Differences in susceptibility of five cladocerans to the neonicotinoid imidacloprid and the phenyl-pyrazole fipronil, which have been dominantly used in rice fields of Japan in recent years, were examined based on short-term ...

Red-shifting of the optical absorption spectra of aggregates of gold nanoparticles by dipole-dipole interactions is of considerable interest, both for theoretical reasons and because the phenomenon can be potentially ...

Se-ing is believing: Many proteins are cross-braced by disulfide bonds that frequently play key roles in protein structure, folding, and function. Unfortunately, the methods available for assignment of disulfide-bond ...

We have isolated a novel family of insect-selective neurotoxins that appear to be the most potent blockers of insect voltage-gated calcium channels reported to date. These toxins display exceptional phylogenetic specificity, ...

The potential for differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) as a tool for the discrimination of forensic polymer specimens is investigated for a series of commercial low density polyethylene (LDPE) samples. Variation in the ...

Forensic DNA profiling is now a routine feature of the criminal justice system in Australia. Its applications in this context continue to increase. Technological advancements and the use of DNA databases have facilitated ...

The donor-acceptor complexes [Fe(C5H5){C5H4QNHM(NO)(TpMe,Me)X}] {TpMe,Me= tris(3,5-dimethylpyrazolyl)borate; Q = nothing, M = Mo, X = Cl, Br, I; M = W, X = Cl; Q = C6H4, M = Mo, X = Cl, Br, I; M = W, X = Cl; Q = CHCHC6H4 ...

Compression moulded plaques of a range of poly( ether ether ketone) (PEEK)- poly(tetrafluoroethylene) (PTFE) blends (100,92,48,29,9.5 and °mass% PEEK) have been characterised using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) ...

Simultaneous DTA-TG is an excellent technique for evaluating phases formed in hydrothermally treated CaO-SiO2-H2O and CaO-Al2O3-SiO2-H2O systems. Thermal analysis in combination with XRD and SEM, revealed that in the ...