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Global Warming Mania, Panic, Facts, Climategate
The East Anglia Climatic Unit that supplies global warming data to the UN, has been implicated in scientific fraud with: data manipulation, deletions and fabrication.
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Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis Wise Nuggets
SDS-PAGE is a refined modern research tool, invaluable for forensics, medicine, biology. PAGE and PCR have dramatically advanced scientific inquiries of DNA and proteins.
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Mass Spectrometry, a Factual, Basic Primer
Mass spectrometry is a factual, basic primer for ionic studies. The Nobel-Prize-winning "mass spec" can identify atoms and molecules with great specificity and accuracy.
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Capillary Electrophoresis Basics and Facts
Capillary electrophoresis is a rapid, sensitive, and accurate way to identify small amounts of many important compounds. The technique resembles a mini-hybrid PAGE-HPLC.
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2-D Electrophoresis Facts and Primal Data
2-D electrophoresis provides facts and primal data by its clear separations of protein and DNA molecules. For proteomics, 2-DE gives insight into proteins and genomes.
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Electrophoresis Prime Principles and Techniques
Electrophoresis is an outstanding applied and basic research method with several useful variations. Electrophoresis is used for many important studies in the sciences.
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Thin-Layer Chromatography, Drug Identifications
TLC, thin-layer chromatography, is a procedure of chemistry that can identify over 700 types of biochemicals, including significant medical drugs of legal importance.
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Placebos, Effects, What They are, How They Work
The history of medicine is awash with drug trials and procedures that failed in well-controlled experiments. Controls are basic and essential for validation of science.
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Swine Flu Vaccine Debated as H1N1 Deaths Rise
Parents and guardians of children are dealing more suspiciously with the swine flu H1N1 vaccine more than any other vaccine in recent years. Why are there vaccine doubts?
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Diffusion, Atom or Molecule Random Movements
Diffusion is the random movement of molecules and atoms. The properties, characteristics, features, and processes of atoms and molecules are important to scientists.
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Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms of Bacteria
Natural antibiotics are products of bacteria and fungi. In the microbial world, chemical battles are fought and microbes have learned well how to protect and defend.
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Antibiotic Activity at Bacterial Ribosome Sites
The mechanisms of inhibition of bacterial protein synthesis become clearer each year. The recent Nobel Prize in Chemistry rewarded the clearer understanding of ribosomes.
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Ribosomal Law and Order for Protein Synthesis
The purification and crystallization of ribosomes clarified how structure is related to function and how ribosomes account for the law and order of protein synthesis.
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Ribosome Structure, Chemistry Nobel Prize 2009
The crystalline structure of ribosomes has been studied by three scientific groups and the group leaders have received the 2009 Nobel Prize for explaining ribosomes.
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Principles of Ribosome Structure and Function
See the structure, nature and function of ribosomes - cell organelles essential for life. Ribosomes work with messenger RNA to manufacture all necessary cell proteins.
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Column Chromatography for Molecular Separations
Biochemistry advances with its technology. The ability to discover compounds, and test and evaluate substances enables scientists to advance medicine and therapies.
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Coffee Filter Chromatography, Crime Science Lab
This unique chromatography experiment works extremely well and promotes insight and scientific inquiry of chromatography. The project is suitable for people of all ages.
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Coffee Filter Chromatography of Plant Pigments
Plant leaves contain pigments important for photosynthesis and cell protection. Chromatography experiments with leaf extracts clearly reveal chlorophyll and carotenoids.
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Paper Chromatography Basic Principles and Facts
Paper chromatography, even today, has useful application for scientific investigations, and it reveals how chemists can separate and identify specific chemical compounds.
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Centrifuge, Ultracentrifuge Methods and Theory
Round and round they spin, those centrifuges, creating high g-forces as they work and - under the right conditions - molecules and organelles separate and layer within.
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Fraunhofer Lines, the Sun, Elements and Universe
Understanding the sun, solar systems, and the universe is a constant and intense quest of astronomers. Spectroscopes and Fraunhofer's lines reveal the universal elements.
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Puzzle Maps Make Geography Less Puzzling
Everyone seems to like puzzles. Some prefer easy puzzles, others prefer difficult ones. Geography with innovative puzzle maps is free fun and good learning for all.
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Comet Tail with Glycine Amino Acid Amazes All
The search for life beyond planet earth never ceases to delight and amaze. Scientists probe outer space with powerful equipment and strive to find signs of new life.
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Cell Organelles and Features, What To Know
Cells that are small and primitive, or large and more complex, are organized to promote their sustenance and survival. Even the simplest of cells are very complex.
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Cell Membrane Activities, Osmosis and Transport
Cell outer membranes regulate and transport materials into and out of cells. Without membranes there would be no life as it is now known and understood by scientists
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