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Predators affect the carbon cycle, study shows
A new study shows that the predator prey relationship can affect the flow of carbon through an ecosystem This previously unmeasured influence on the environment may offer a new way of looking at biodiversity management ... - Read MoreCoatings could help medical implants function better
Efficient and inexpensive: Researchers develop catalyst material for fuel cells
Simple and inexpensive process to make a material for carbon dioxide adsorption
Uniquely shaped enzyme amazes chemists
Polymer-coated catalyst protects 'artificial leaf'
Researchers unmask Janus-faced nature of mechanical forces with supercomputer
Artificial bone: Designing synthetic materials and quickly turning the design into reality with 3-D printing
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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 ...
An old material gets a new name and with it topological insulators have another chance to shine Samarium hexaboride SmB6 has been around since the late 1960s but understanding its low temperature behavior has remained ...
All too often when a person takes a pill full of a potent and effective drug the drug passes straight through the body not reaching the organ where it is needed a waste of money ...
With the help of phylogenetic analysis scientists describe three new fungus species from New Zealand The new species belong to the widespread genus Gymnopus part of the Omphalotaceae family the most famous representative of which ...
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New 'embryonic' subduction zone found
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Noble gases hitch a ride on hydrous minerals
Star-shaped macromolecule grabs large anions
Polymer Chemistry
With the help of DESY's X ray light source PETRA III researchers of Technische Universität München have for the first time watched organic solar cells degrade in real time This work could open new approaches ...
Acid-base Chemistry
Seeds from Moringa oleifera trees can be used to purify water Uppsala University leads a research group which has discovered that seed material can give a more efficient purification process than conventional synthetic materials in ...
- Water glides freely across 'nanodrapes' made from the world's thinnest material
- Nanocrystal catalyst transforms impure hydrogen into electricity
- In water as in love, likes can attract
- Motorized microscopic matchsticks move in water with sense of direction
- Rare earth metal essential element for methane-munching acid-volcano microbe
Astrochemistry
An atmospheric peculiarity Earth shares with Jupiter Saturn Uranus and Neptune is likely common to billions of planets University of Washington astronomers have found and knowing that may help in the search for potentially habitable ...
- More light shed on possibility of life on Mars
- NASA Curiosity: First Mars age measurement and human exploration help
- Evidence found for granite on Mars: Red Planet more more geologically complex than thought
- Investigating mercury pollution in Indonesia
- Probing methane's secrets: From diamonds to Neptune
Electrochemistry
Small test strips made of silver or other metals called coupons are frequently used to assess and predict the speeds at which metals used in outdoor environments pipelines aircraft bridges as well as countless other ...
- Enhancing battery performance for portable electronics
- Scientists invent self-healing battery electrode
- Better batteries through biology? Modified viruses boost battery performance
- New rechargeable flow battery could enable cheaper, more efficient energy storage
- No more leakage of explosive electrolytes in batteries
Chemical Physics
How light affects individual atomsTyndall National Institute and its collaborators are unravelling how atoms vibrate and change when hit with intense bursts of light The ground breaking work has been recognised through publication of a paper in the journal ...
- Quantum effects help cells capture light, but the details are obscure
- World's highest quantum efficiency UV photodetectors created
- 'Spooky action' builds a wormhole between 'entangled' quantum particles
- New simulatable model displaying exotic quantum phenomena
- Physicists study coldest objects in universe
Chemical Kinetics
Chemical engineers at Rice University have found a new catalyst that can rapidly break down nitrites a common and harmful contaminant in drinking water that often results from overuse of agricultural fertilizers Nitrites and their ...
- Non-precious metal catalysts outperforming Pt-based one
- Simple textiles can be used with catalysts to enable complex chemical reactions
- New low-temperature chemical reaction explained
- Seemingly competitive co-catalysts cooperate to accelerate chemical reaction
- New way to study and improve catalytic reactions
Photochemistry
Research by Professor Jian Ren Shen at Okayama University demystifies the reaction mechanisms of photosynthesis and the findings may lead to the development of methods for producing an unlimited source of clean energy Professor Jian ...
- General in the Solar Army to High School and College Students: 'We Are Recruiting'
- Off-grid sterilization with 'solar steam'
- Purple sunlight eaters: Microorganisms found in salt flats could offer new path to green hydrogen fuel
- Artificial forest for solar water-splitting: First fully integrated artificial photosynthesis nanosystem
- New type of solar structure cools buildings in full sunlight
Spectroscopy
The Information Age will get a major upgrade with the arrival of quantum processors many times faster and more powerful than today's supercomputers For the benefits of this new Information Age 2.0 to be fully ...
Chemistry Education
Human interaction with robots is about to get a little more personal Meet Furhat the face of tomorrow's interactive technology An increasingly important and sometimes frustrating part of daily life is dealing with so called ...
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- Efficient removal of uranium, other heavy metals from water
- Precise docking sites for cells
- First measurement flight: Research aircraft HALO explores trade wind clouds
- Astronomers solve temperature mystery of planetary atmospheres
- RAVAN to help solve an earth science mystery
- Missing Molecule in Chemical Production Line Discovered
- Rivers and streams release more greenhouse gas than all lakes
- Hard rock life: Collecting census data on microbial denizens of hardened rocks
- Survey of supposed deep-sea chemical munitions dump off Southern California
- More light shed on possibility of life on Mars
- NASA Curiosity: First Mars age measurement and human exploration help
- 2012 solar storm points up need for society to prepare
- Engineering researchers report on nanoscale energy-efficient switching devices
- Welcome guests: Added molecules allow metal-organic frameworks to conduct electricity
- Pioneering path to electrical conductivity in 'Tinker Toy' material (MOF)
- Polymers can behave like insulators, semiconductors and metals -- as well as semimetals
- Scientists scale terahertz peaks in nanotubes
- A stopwatch for electron flashes: duration of energetic electron pulses measured using laser fields
- Solar cell degradation observed directly for the first time
- New long-lived greenhouse gas discovered: Highest global-warming impact of any compound to date
- How light affects individual atoms
- Scientists offer new insights on controlling nanoparticle stability
- Stripped mobile phone camera turned into mini-microscope for low-cost diagnostics
- Coal yields plenty of graphene quantum dots
- Quantum effects help cells capture light, but the details are obscure
- Morphing material has mighty potential: Composite may find use in bioscaffolds, optics, drugs
- World's highest quantum efficiency UV photodetectors created
- Clinical waste may be valuable for monitoring treatment response in ovarian cancer
- Water pollution in Mozambique
- Thermoelectric materials nearing production scale
- Three-dimensional view helps laser in building new molecules
- GRAPHENE: Growing Giants
- Geoengineering approaches to reduce climate change unlikely to succeed
- Experiment is first to simulate warming of Arctic permafrost
- New Jersey Shore likely faces unprecedented flooding by mid-century
- Ultrathin 'diagnostic skin' allows continuous patient monitoring
- Electricity from waste heat with more efficient materials
- Researchers create nonlinear light-generating zero-index metamaterial
- How water dissolves stone, molecule by molecule
- Carbon monoxide may help shrink tumors, amplify effectiveness of chemotherapy
- Better water purification with seeds from moringa trees
- DNA helicity, elasticity explained on nanoscale
- Silkworms spin colored silks while on a 'green' dyed-leaf diet
- While the Arctic Ocean is largely a carbon sink, parts are also a source of atmospheric carbon dioxide
- Turning waste into power with bacteria and loofahs
- Industrial age helps some coastal regions capture carbon dioxide, surprise finding shows
- Highly insulating windows are very energy efficient, though expensive
- Data centers can be cooled down in environmentally friendly, energy efficient ways
- Accelerated corrosion testing of silver provides clues about performance in atmospheric conditions
- Intense two-color double X-ray laser pulses: Powerful tool to study ultrafast processes
- The promise of nanotechnology
- Amoeboid swimming: Crawling in a fluid
- Molecular sensor detects early signs of multiple sclerosis, study finds
- Diagnostic imaging: New chip provides better all-round performance
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