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More accurate model for greenhouse gases from peatlands
Scientists at the U S Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have created a new model to more accurately describe the greenhouse gases likely to be released from Arctic peatlands as they warm Their findings ... - Read MoreAtmospheric chemistry hinges on better physics model
New theoretical physics models could help us better grasp the atmospheric chemistry of ozone depletion Indeed understanding photoabsorption of nitrous oxide N2O a process which involves the transfer of the energy of a photon to ... - Read MoreAir pollution increases river-flows, study shows
A study published in Nature Geoscience shows that air pollution has had a significant impact on the amount of water flowing through many rivers in the northern hemisphere The paper shows how such pollution known ... - Read MoreAn innovative way to increase flower, seed and fruit production
A scientist from UPM has developed a method to enhance crop yield by the contact of roots aerial parts or even the substratum of the plant fungus 'Colletotrichum tofieldiae' A new method developed at the ... - Read MoreFungicides: Discovery on how fungi avoid immune responses of plants leads to new generation of fungicides
Plants that come under attack from pathogens have an automatic immune response Fungi get around this plant immunity by injecting proteins into the host plant cells These 'effector proteins' enable the fungi to escape the ... - Read MoreNew material steals oxygen from air
Researchers from the University of Southern Denmark have synthesized crystalline materials that can bind and store oxygen in high concentrations The stored oxygen can be released again when and where it is needed We do ... - Read MoreAll directions are not created equal for nanoscale heat sources
Thermal considerations are rapidly becoming one of the most serious design constraints in microelectronics especially on submicron scale lengths A study by researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign has shown that standard ... - Read MoreOnline games and remote experiments could reduce scientific fraud, cherry-picking
One way to combat the rising level of errors and fraud in life sciences research is through massive online laboratories which use videogames to engage large numbers of non professional investigators and prevent scientists from ... - Read MoreExotic matter: A closer look at the perfect fluid sheds light on what happened microseconds after the Big Bang
By combining data from two high energy accelerators nuclear scientists have refined the measurement of a remarkable property of exotic matter known as quark gluon plasma The findings reveal new aspects of the ultra hot ... - Read MoreNanotechnology: Fullerene spheres can be used to slide in the nanoworld
Nano machines around one billionth of a metre in size of the future will need tiny devices to reduce friction and make movement possible The C60 molecule also known as fullerene or buckyball seemed to ... - Read MoreMost Popular Articles
Released 3 11 2013 5 00 AM EDTSource Newsroom National University of Singapore more news from this source Mar 11 2013 A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore NUS led by Professor ...
In the EU funded project MicroMilk European SMEs together with the University of Hohenheim and the Fraunhofer IGB have developed a novel method for pasteurization of milk with microwaves The system preserves the valuable components ...
All chefs know that you have to break some eggs to make an omelet and that includes engineers at Iowa State University who are using high frequency sound waves to break down plant materials in ...
Released 10 11 2013 9 35 AM EDTEmbargo expired 10 13 2013 1 00 PM EDTSource Newsroom McMaster University more news from this source Oct 15 2013 Hamilton ON Oct 13 2013 Researchers at McMaster ...
A natural shift to stronger warm El Niño events in the Pacific Ocean might be responsible for a substantial portion of the global warming recorded during the past 50 years according to new research at ...
Geochemistry analysis conducted by the U S Naval Research Laboratory of fossil sediment injection structures off the New Zealand coast in February and March reveal no presence of modern day expulsions of methane gas a ...
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Crumpled graphene could power future stretchable electronics
no picWhen someone crumples a sheet of paper that usually means it's about to be thrown away But researchers have now found that crumpling a piece of graphene paper a material formed by bonding together layers ... - Read MoreBatteries included: A solar cell that stores its own power
no picIs it a solar cell Or a rechargeable battery Actually the patent pending device invented at The Ohio State University is both the world's first solar battery In the October 3 2014 issue of the ... - Read MoreImprovements in fuel cell design
no picFuel cells could possibly replace the batteries of mobile phones and laptop computers and the UPV EHU University of the Basque Country is looking at ways of enhancing their efficiency Researchers in the renewable energy ... - Read MoreContinuous fabrication system for highly aligned polymer films provides method for tuning mechanical and thermal properties in bulk polymers
no picA team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT in Cambridge MA have demonstrated a novel automated fabrication process consisting of a three step sol gel extrusion structure freezing and drying and mechanical ... - Read MoreUntangling how cables coil: Simulation technology from movies is used to predict coiling patterns in the lab
no picThe world's fiber optic network spans more than 550 000 miles of undersea cable that transmits e mail websites and other packets of data between continents all at the speed of light A rip or ... - Read More- «
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Carbohydrate Chemistry
The biobattery: Turning sewage sludge into electricity and engine oilSewage sludge green waste production residue from the food industry straw or animal excrement with the biobattery's modular concept a much larger range of biomass can be utilized for energy recovery than previously Researchers show ...
Medicinal Chemistry
Preventing spread of cancer with copper moleculesChemists at Bielefeld University have developed a molecule containing copper that binds specifically with DNA and prevents the spread of cancer First results show that it kills the cancer cells more quickly than cisplatin a ...
- Aerogel catalyst shows promise for fuel cells: Unzipped nanotubes turned into possible alternative for platinum
- Lab-on-paper developed for rapid, inexpensive medical diagnostics
- Lithium from the coal in China
- Graphene shows potential as novel anti-cancer therapeutic strategy
- Cherenkov Effect improves radiation therapy for patients with cancer
Electrochemistry
In quest for better lithium-air batteries, chemists boost carbon's stabilityTo power a car so it can travel hundreds of miles at a time lithium ion batteries of the future are going to have to hold more energy without growing too big in size That's ...
- Using 'fuzzy logic' to optimize hybrid solar/battery systems
- 'Bulletproof' Battery: Kevlar Membrane for Safer, Thinner Lithium Rechargeables
- Compact batteries enhanced by spontaneous silver matrix formations
- Possible avenue to better electrolyte for lithium ion batteries
- Low-grade waste heat regenerates ammonia battery
Chemistry Education
OMG Moment Affects GPAsReleased 24 Feb 2015 1 00 PM ESTSource Newsroom Wake Forest University more news from this source Contact Information Available for logged in reporters only Feb 25 2015 Professor Angela King had an OMG moment ...
- No Joke: Chemistry Thesis Transmuted Into Comic Book
- Lead negatively impacts cognitive functions of boys more than girls
- Esther Conwell, Pioneering Professor of Chemistry, Dead at 92
- Do cycle lanes increase safety of cyclists from overtaking vehicles?
- Nobel Laureates in Chemistry Should 'Spark Imagination of Would-Be Scientists Everywhere,' Says Cornell Chemist
Environmental Chemistry
Munching bugs thwart eager trees, reducing the carbon sinkIn a high carbon dioxide world the trees would come out ahead Except for the munching bugs A new study published in Nature Plants shows that hungry plant eating insects may limit the ability of ...
- First detailed microscopy evidence of bacteria at the lower size limit of life
- Climate-warmed leaves change lake ecosystems
- First direct observation of carbon dioxide's increasing greenhouse effect at Earth's surface
- Lake Tahoe research provides new insights on global change
- Looking back into the past of oceans: Acidification trends, seasonal fluctuations
Chemical Industry
Methane leaks from three large US natural gas fields in line with federal estimatesTens of thousands of pounds of methane leak per hour from equipment in three major natural gas basins that span Texas Louisiana Arkansas and Pennsylvania according to airborne measurements published today But the overall leak ...
- Combination of imaging methods improves diagnostics
- Boston's leaky pipes release high levels of heat-trapping methane
- Study fuels hope for natural gas cars: Metal organic framework candidates for methane storage identified
- Detecting gases wirelessly, cheaply
- Researchers find way to turn sawdust into gasoline
Scientific Communication
World's challenges demand science changes -- and fast, experts sayWorld's challenges demand science changes and fast experts say The world has little use and precious little time for detached experts A group of scientists each of them experts makes a compelling case in this ...
Separation Processes
Crude oil production: Asphaltene analysis takes a giant stepRice University researchers have developed an easy and accurate technique to detect and quantify the amount of asphaltene precipitated from crude oils which bedevils the oil industry by clogging wells and flow lines Asphaltene is ...
- Deep within spinach leaves, vibrations enhance efficiency of photosynthesis
- Broadening the scope for synthesizing optically active compounds
- Lab-on-a-chip realizes potential
- Game changer for synthesizing new materials: Method synthesizes thousands of new compounds with ultra low thermal conductivity
- Evaporation: Tiny temperature differences are primary driving force in droplet evaporation
Statistical Mechanics
On quantum scales, there are many second laws of thermodynamicsNew research from UCL and the Universities of Gdansk Singapore and Delft has uncovered additional second laws of thermodynamics which complement the ordinary second law of thermodynamics one of the most fundamental laws of nature ...
- String field theory could be the foundation of quantum mechanics: Connection could be huge boost to string theory
- Scientists propose existence and interaction of parallel worlds: Many Interacting Worlds theory challenges foundations of quantum science
- Electrical control of nuclear spin qubits: Important step towards quantum computers
- Quantum engines must break down
- Reconcilable differences: Study uncovers the common ground of scientific opposites
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Recent News
- Enhancing high-temperature tolerance in plants: Effective on rice and tomatoes
- Munching bugs thwart eager trees, reducing the carbon sink
- Breakthrough in organic light emitting diodes technology
- Freeze! Watching alloys change from liquid to solid could lead to better metals
- First detailed microscopy evidence of bacteria at the lower size limit of life
- Preventing spread of cancer with copper molecules
- Supersonic electrons could produce future solar fuel
- Aerogel catalyst shows promise for fuel cells: Unzipped nanotubes turned into possible alternative for platinum
- Scientists trick the light fantastic
- Lab-on-paper developed for rapid, inexpensive medical diagnostics
- Blend of polymers could one day make solar power lighter, cheaper and more efficient
- Smart crystallization
- Swarmies shuffle through field tests
- Forbidden atomic transitions: Controlling matter 1,000 times more precisely using high-resolution spectroscopy
- Pens filled with high-tech inks for do-it-yourself sensors
- Quantum radar to detect objects which are invisible to conventional systems
- Predicting human crowds with statistical physics
- Submarine data used to investigate turbulence beneath Arctic ice
- The biobattery: Turning sewage sludge into electricity and engine oil
- World's challenges demand science changes -- and fast, experts say
- Untangling DNA with a droplet of water, a pipet and a polymer
- Mystery of the reverse-wired eyeball solved
- Bringing clean energy a step closer
- The better to see you with: Prosthetic leg would keep an eye on path ahead
- Himalayan ice shows chemicals ban is working
- Climate-warmed leaves change lake ecosystems
- First direct observation of carbon dioxide's increasing greenhouse effect at Earth's surface
- Lake Tahoe research provides new insights on global change
- Lithium from the coal in China
- Superatomic Nickel core and unusual molecular reactivity
- In quest for better lithium-air batteries, chemists boost carbon's stability
- Building blocks of the future defy logic: New logic-defying mathematical model
- Combating bacteria via silver-dammar coating
- New x-ray microscope for nanoscale imaging
- Caging of molecules allows investigation of equilibrium thermodynamics
- Spin laser: Rapid data transfer thanks to quantum physics
- Physicists offer a solution to the puzzle of the origin of matter in the universe
- Clusters of aluminum metal atoms become superconductive at surprisingly high temperatures
- Simple way to make and reconfigure complex emulsions
- Graphene shows potential as novel anti-cancer therapeutic strategy
- Cherenkov Effect improves radiation therapy for patients with cancer
- New technology could make treatment of oil and gas wastewater simpler, cheaper
- Bacteria in marine sponges harvest phosphorus for reef community
- Looking back into the past of oceans: Acidification trends, seasonal fluctuations
- Storks could become poisoned by pesticides during their migration to Africa
- New, useful feature of Moringa seeds revealed
- Renewable energy obtained from wastewater
- Building tailor-made DNA nanotubes step by step
- Crude oil production: Asphaltene analysis takes a giant step
- New acoustic insulation material that incorporates fibers from orange tree pruning
- Optical nanoantennas set the stage for a NEMS lab-on-a-chip revolution
- Using 'fuzzy logic' to optimize hybrid solar/battery systems
- Together, nanotechnology, genetic interference may tackle 'untreatable/ brain tumors
- Novel pretreatment could cut biofuel costs by 30 percent or more
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