UofL scientists uncover how grapefruits provide a secret weapon in medical drug delivery — School of Medicine

  • UofL scientists uncover how grapefruits provide a secret weapon in medical drug delivery — School of Medicine - University of Louisville researchers have uncovered how to create nanoparticles using natural lipids derived from grapefruit, and have discovered how to use them as drug delivery vehicles.(10.1038/ncomms2886)
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    Alchemist chemistry news

    The Alchemist this week learns of a loopy approach to making natural gas a more efficient fuel, the truth about glass, Goldilocks chemistry for the nuclear industry, and how fullerenes could put single water molecules under the microscope. In materials news, we hear of a swell new material that has almost cell-like behavior. Finally, mass spectrometry wins awards.

    via The Alchemist Newsletter: May 17, 2013 — Welcome to ChemWeb.

    Bacteria use hydrogen, carbon dioxide to produce electricity

  • Bacteria use hydrogen, carbon dioxide to produce electricity - Researchers have engineered a strain of electricity-producing bacteria that can grow using hydrogen gas as its sole electron donor and carbon dioxide as its sole source of carbon.