Zinc

error in units

The units of resistivity don't come out right.

10^-8 Ohm * m
or
m Ohm * cm

the 'm' should be a 'mu', but unfortunately they both look the same in the latin alphabet.

David Bradley's picture

Zinc link

Spanish researchers used an unusual synthetic route to make the first compound containing a zinc-zinc bond and confirmed its existence with chemical, spectroscopic and X-ray methods. This unprecedented compound and their unusual route to it could provide new ways of making reactive and interesting compounds containing a Zn-Zn bond. David Bradley Science Writer reports in the latest issue of X-factors.

WebElements's picture

Athlete's foot drug: treatment for Alzheimer's

The Telegraph web site http://news.telegraph.co.uk/ is carrying a story indicating a possible treatment for Alzheimer's.

Quote:"A drug that is used in the treatment of athlete's foot could be used to treat Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study by British doctors.

The study, by a team from University College, London, found that clioquinol, a drug that is also used to treat ear infections and indigestion, can almost halt the progression of Alzheimer's.

It discovered that clioquinol, which was developed 100 years ago, is able to absorb the zinc and copper atoms that concentrate in the brains of Alzheimer's sufferers before dementia sets in.

....

Prana Technology, an Australian drug firm, provided clioquinol for the first small trial. "

Syndicate content