New understanding of placebo effect could be important in testing novel analgesics and developing treatments for chronic illness
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Sex at Your Fingertips
Pre-natal exposure to different sex steroids affects the ratio of second to fourth digit length, acting as a lifelong indicator of exposure
Could Dopamine be the Most Evil Chemical in the World?
Two neighboring hydroxy groups on a benzene ring with an amino group just around the corner. Nothing too complicated really. Or is it?
Fire and Rechargeable Batteries
Understanding how rechargeable lithium-ion batteries can be a fire risk under various conditions is the aim of fire calorimetry studies
Going with the Flow Leads to Chemical Violation
New simulations violate conventional theory but match experimental measurements for vibrational energy flow
Protecting an Apple a Day
Extracts and metabolites from the Gingko biloba tree can be used to prevent infestation of apple trees
Reverse Engineering Organic Solar Cells
Chemists have studied 9000 copolymer materials to calculate the optimal polymer for making organic photovoltaic solar cells
First Amino Acid Ionic Liquid Gel
Adding another ion to an amino acid ionic liquid makes it a thermotropic and ion conductive gel while retaining the ionic status
Adulterated Herbal Viagra
Men's health products labeled as "potency" pills illegally laced with unlicenced analogs of the erectile dysfunction drug sildenafil
The Antimalarial Set
A cyclopropyl carboxamide is found to be a highly potent in vitro inhibitor of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum