Intractable pain may find relief in tiny gold rods
Kyoto, Japan (SPX) Aug 25, 2015 -
A team of scientists at Kyoto University's Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) has developed a novel technique using tiny gold rods to target pain receptors.
Gold nanorods are tiny rods that are 1-100 nanometers wide and long. In comparison, a human hair is 100,000 nanometers wide. The team coated gold nanorods with a special type of protein that transports fat within t ...
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Chimpanzee in unprotected landscape is three times bigger than suspected
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 27, 2015 -
Two years spent collecting and analyzing eastern chimpanzee fecal samples from an unprotected region in Uganda has revealed a far larger population of the primates than previous estimates suggested for the area.
In the shrinking forest fragments between Budongo and Bugoma reserves - a roughly 1,200 square kilometer area along Lake Albert on Uganda's western border - researchers found evide ...
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Debut of the global mix-master
Columbia, SC (SPX) Aug 27, 2015 -
Trekking across the high Canadian Arctic almost 20 years ago, Howie Scher had an unexpected encounter that helped fix the course of his career.
An undergraduate on a research expedition over summer break, Scher was part of a scientific group traveling deep into the Arctic Circle to collect basalt cores for paleomagnetic analysis. But as focused as the team was on finding rocks with magneti ...
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Iran wary of foreign control over oil
Tehran (UPI) Aug 26, 2015 -
With Iranian sanctions set for U.S. congressional review, Iran's oil minister made it clear there will be no major foreign control over its reserves.
Republican leaders in the U.S. Congress are working to court their adversaries in the Democratic Party to move against the July deal reached between Iran, the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, plus Germany. Countering de ...
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U.S. natural gas production waning
Washington (UPI) Aug 26, 2015 -
A drilling productivity report from the United States finds the Utica shale basin in Ohio is the only one of seven reviewed that's expecting more production.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration finds production from seven shale basins in the United States reached 45.6 billion cubic feet per day in May for an all-time high. That's expected to drop 1.5 percent by September.
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Transocean mulls steps to navigate weak market
Zug, Switzerland (UPI) Aug 26, 2015 -
Offshore rig company Transocean said it plans to cancel issuance of stock dividends and record $2.1 billion in impairments because of the weak market.
The company, which has headquarters in Switzerland, announced plans to hold an emergency general meeting of shareholders in October to consider the cancellation of the third and fourth installments of its dividend.
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Fitch sees Houston at risk from weak oil market
Chicago (UPI) Aug 26, 2015 -
Fitch Ratings finds the impact of lower crude oil prices will impact U.S. cities differently, though Houston may be a standout in terms of financial risk.
U.S. crude oil prices are down more than 50 percent from this time last year. An increase in oil production, largely from reserve areas like the Eagle Ford shale basin in Texas, has pushed markets toward the supply side.
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