Room Temperature

New study warns that climate change could create agricultural winners and losers in East Africa.
NewsRx Health & Science; 11/22/2009; 1777 words; ...types of projections involve much uncertainty, they leave no room for complacency about East Africa's food security in the...systems of the tropical highlands, the study shows that rising temperatures may actually favor food crops, helping boost output of maize...

New infarction study findings have been published by D. Yannopoulos and colleagues.
Heart Disease Weekly; 11/22/2009; 880 words; ...hypothermia system placed in the right atrium and set at a target of 32 degrees C. Intra-CPR volume loading with room temperature (group C) or iced saline (group D) significantly (P <0.05) decreased coronary perfusion pressure...

Research from J.M. Zhang and co-researchers yields new findings on spectroscopy.
Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week; 11/22/2009; 691 words; ...doped ZnO nanobelts have been synthesized via the vapor phase evaporation method, which exhibited ferromagnetism at room temperature. Electron energy-loss spectroscopy was used to investigate the chemical state of Mn dopants," investigators...

Materials scientists find better model for glass creation.
NewsRx Health; 11/22/2009; 1272 words; ...made from silica or silicon dioxide, Weitz said many sugars are glasses. Honey, for example, is not a glass at room temperature, but as it cools down and solidifies, it becomes a glass. Scientists like Weitz use models to understand the properties...

Research conducted at University of Lille has updated our knowledge about proteomics.
Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week; 11/21/2009; 893 words; ...thus it is independent of the presence of basic residues in the sequence. This derivatization can be performed at room temperature, which greatly facilitates the automation of the process," wrote J. Franck and colleagues, University of Lille...