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I have heard many theories about 'End of Days' in 2012. Some are utterly implausible but this one seems to me to be something that could possibly happen. I have read that the Earth will align with the...
I basically understand how tandem mass spec works but I am having trouble getting my head around it in a practical sense, I have been given this scenario and have done a lot of reading but still dont...
I shun hydrogenated oils in food like the plague. Recently I've realised there's hydrogenated stuff in cosmetics and perfume as well. When it's declared as such, no problem, I just don't buy it. But...
Would anybody be able to tell me what the advantages and disadvantages of using electrospray ionisation over MALDI in proteomic analyss would be?!?! Thanks
I've just found a complete contradiction between two websites and don't know which one to believe! In a D- amino acid, is it COOH, R, NH2 and H organised CLOCKWISE round the carbon, or ANTI CLOCKWISE?...
Was watching one of these aircraft crash investigation programmes last night . Very sad ,as they usually are . As well as the welling up of tears - also got the feeling in the back of the throat , as...
well we've all seen it in sci-fi films where lasers are used to preform milli second surgery and then the hero's on his feet without a care in the world...........now my question is have'nt they yet...
how likley would it be that a mixed partial low copy dna sample stored for 16 years would be contaminated ?do you think it would give a good enough reading to convict someone knowing what has been...
When mapping box plots with whiskers, can the upper and lower values exceed the actual data range? ie is the calculation 1.5 times the interquartile range plus/minus the 25th/75th percentiles limited...
I am interested in learning about human biology and genetics and would like to read a book or two in this area. I am not stupid, but I am not a scientist, so something at about the same intellectual...
just someting that came to mind while watching superman 3,its the bit when superman gives the supercomputer acid and it starts boiling and then melts into the machine. now can you boil acid? would the...