If you've ever had to have surgery, whether it is major or minor, you may have been prescribed a painkiller to ease the pain of the first few post-op days, when the pain is most intense. Often, these prescription painkillers are synthetic opiate derivatives such as hydrocodone, which mimics natural opiates found in plants [...]
Posted in better living through biochem, discuss, research, science and society
|
88 Comments
Have you ever conducted an experiment that produced results that may not have turned out the way you wanted them to? Think about the things in your experimental environment that may have contributed to your "off" results. Would you ever suspect the lab equipment you use as the source of your error?
Well, scientists [...]
Posted in better living through biochem, discuss, science and society, what do you think?
|
120 Comments
A few weeks ago, I posted a story about the use of corn as the plant of choice in the production of ethanol. Scientific American is reporting that several Central U.S. states--Nebraska and the Dakotas, to name a few--are planting large fields of a native grass called switchgrass. Switchgrass is being touted [...]
Posted in better living through biochem, discuss, ethanol production, fermentation, science and society, what do you think?
|
33 Comments
This article, sent to me by the awesome Brandi Manthei, describes how a research team was able to generate an electrical connection between an enzyme and a carbon nanotube. Don't know about nanotubes? Well, you can read more about them here, and see what research is being done locally in nanotechnology [...]
Posted in better living through biochem, discuss, enzymes rock my world, proteins are cool
|
13 Comments