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Nov 19, 2009
Homeopathy really doesn’t work
A couple of years ago, I re-posted an old article of mine about homeopathy discussing its ludicrous claims, its feeble attempts to provide a scientific explanation for those claims, and basically pointing out that no solid evidence has ever been found that infinitely diluted solutions of spurious ingredients have any more beneficial effect on a patient than a glass of fresh water….
Nov 17, 2009
Latest science headlines
Time to bring you up to date on the latest science headlines I’ve put together for other sites this last couple of weeks, so here’s a quick round-up:
On the SpectroscopyNOW site, this issue, I covered natural chemicals that can help sunflowers soak up toxic cadmium from the soil (another example of the phytoremediation process I discussed in more detail on Sciencebase.com recently). I also …
Nov 13, 2009
Genetically engineered heavy metal fans
The wastewater released from industry often contains high levels of toxic heavy metals, which can kill organisms, damage ecosystems, and accumulate in the foodchain. Electroplating, lead smelting, mining, and countless other processes produce enormous volumes of such wastewater.
In a perfect world, remediation would be powered by a renewable energy supply, there would be no solid waste to dispose of, and the heavy metal contaminants could be recycled back into the industrial process with minimal losses. …
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In conjunction with Wiley's SpectroscopyNOW, David Bradley brings you the latest science news in the fields of MRI, NMR, IR, Raman and UV spectroscopy as well as chemical informatics, crystallography and other X-ray techniques. Physical science news is in conjunction with Intute where you can read more recent scientific discoveries in astronomy, chemistry, geology, materials science, physics. For straight chemistry news check out my twice-monthly Alchemist newsfeed on ChemWeb as well as Reactive Reports both covering all areas of chemical science, including organic, inorganic, physical, pharma, nano, environmental and biotech. New stories are linked from the main Sciencebase blog as soon as they're available on client sites.
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