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Team wins Cubesat berth to gather Earth energy imbalance measurements
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The loss of eastern hemlock from forests in the Southern Appalachian region of the United States could permanently change the area's hydrologic cycle reports a new study by U S Forest Service scientists at the ... - Read MoreDust in the clouds: Cirrus clouds form around mineral dust and metallic particles
The Black Sea is a goldmine of ancient genetic data
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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 ...
It sounds like science fiction but a team from the University of Exeter with support from Shell has developed a method to make bacteria produce diesel on demand While the technology still faces many significant ...
By identifying two genes required for transforming inorganic into organic mercury which is far more toxic scientists have just taken a significant step toward protecting human health Share This See Also Genes Human Biology Dentistry Chemistry ...
How you get the chameleon of the molecules to settle on a particular look has been discovered by RUB chemists led by Professor Dominik Marx The molecule CH5+ is normally not to be described by ...
The research team led by Academy Research Fellow Heikki M Tuononen has been able to identify the mechanism which enables some non metal compounds to mimic the reactivity of their metal based counterparts Chemical reactivity ...
Blood flows differently than water Anyone who has ever cut themselves knows that blood flows viscously and rather erratically The similarity between blood and ketchup is something not only filmmakers are aware of Experts refer ...
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Lava erupting on sea floor linked to deep-carbon cycle
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Chemical Kinetics
From methanol to formaldehyde this reaction is the starting point for the synthesis of many everyday plastics Using catalysts made of gold particles formaldehyde could be produced without the environmentally hazardous waste generated in conventional ...
- Reaction rates of second key atmospheric component measured
- Cost-Saving Measure to Upgrade Ethanol to Butanol -- A Better Alternative to Gasoline
- Catalyst for green chemistry: Amberlyst-15 can act as a catalyst for the acylation of phenols and alcohols
- Breakthrough research shows chemical reaction in real time
- Catalysts that produce 'green' fuel
Food Chemistry
Water gives life Researchers at Linköping University in Sweden now show how the cells in our bodies are driven mainly by water power a discovery that in the long run opens the way for a ...
- Competing for milk can be a stressful thing for hyena twin siblings
- 'Seeing' the Flavor of Foods
- Revealing the Scientific Secrets of Why People Can't Stop After Eating One Potato Chip
- High Levels of Lead Detected in Rice Imported From Certain Countries
- Major Symposium on Arsenic Contamination in Food and Water Supplies
Bioinorganic Chemistry
Catalysis may initiate almost all modern industrial manufacturing processes but catalytic activity on solid surfaces is poorly understood This is especially true for the cellulase enzymes used to release fermentable sugars from cellulosic biomass for ...
- DNA catalysts do the work of protein enzymes
- Stressed proteins can cause blood clots for hours
- Fungal cleaning crew: Chemists determine the structure of an enzyme that breaks down dyes
- Cure for common hangover? 'Pill' mimics action of human liver in fighting alcohol intoxication
- Gap geometry grasped: New algorithm elucidates structure of liquids and how they flow through porous media
Environmental Chemistry
A team of scientists has won a berth on a tiny satellite to explore one of NASA's most important frontiers in climate studies the imbalance in Earth's energy budget and the extent to which fast ...
- Fall warming on Antarctic Peninsula driven by tropically forced circulation
- Billion-year-old water could hold clues to life on Earth and Mars
- Loss of eastern hemlock will affect forest water use
- Dust in the clouds: Cirrus clouds form around mineral dust and metallic particles
- The Black Sea is a goldmine of ancient genetic data
Polymer Chemistry
New uses for tiny carbon nanotubes: Adding ionic liquid to nanotube films could build smaller gadgetsThe atom sized world of carbon nanotubes holds great promise for a future demanding smaller and faster electronic components Nanotubes are stronger than steel and smaller than any element of silicon based electronics the ubiquitous ...
Electrochemistry
Frustration led to revelation when Rice University scientists determined how graphene might be made useful for high capacity batteries Calculations by the Rice lab of theoretical physicist Boris Yakobson found a graphene boron anode should ...
- New technique to improve quality control of lithium-ion batteries
- New battery design could help solar and wind power the grid
- Understanding the Life of Lithium Ion Batteries in Electric Vehicles
- Tin nanocrystals for the battery of the future
- Lithium-Ion Battery Technology Topic of Dozens of New Scientific Reports This Week
Spectroscopy
Elucidating energy shifts in optical tweezersPhysicists are providing an all in one guide to help calculate the effect the use of optical tweezers has on the energy levels of atoms under study A small piece of paper sticks to an ...
- Invisible pattern can put a stop to counterfeit designer clothing
- Researchers devise method for enhancing CEST MRI
- Insights into deadly coral bleaching could help preserve reefs: Surprising result from study of 1893 World's Fair corals
- Plasmonics: Model makes light work of nanocircuits
- High-resolution endoscope as thin as a human hair
Chemical Industry
Groundwater unaffected by shale gas production in ArkansasA new study by scientists at Duke University and the U S Geological Survey USGS finds no evidence of groundwater contamination from shale gas production in Arkansas Our results show no discernible impairment of groundwater ...
- Low-Grade Cotton Offers More Ecologically-Friendly Way to Clean Oil Spills
- Geologists study mystery of 'eternal flames'
- Researchers find a way to make steel without greenhouse-gas emissions
- New mechanism converts natural gas to energy faster, captures carbon dioxide
- New mechanism converts natural gas to energy faster, captures CO2
Chemical Thermodynamics
By means of special metamaterials light and sound can be passed around objects KIT researchers now succeeded in demonstrating that the same materials can also be used to specifically influence the propagation of heat A ...
- Keeping beverages cool in summer: I''s not just the heat, it's the humidity
- Innovative self-cooling, thermoelectric system consumes no electricity
- Research could improve heat dissipation in 3-D systems
- Model Allows Engineers to Test Fuel Systems on Computers
- The dynamic of Spain's population follows the maximum entropy principle
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- Add boron for better batteries
- X-ray tomography of living frog embryo
- World's smallest liquid droplets ever made in the lab, experiment suggests
- Team wins Cubesat berth to gather Earth energy imbalance measurements
- Research into carbon storage in Arctic tundra reveals unexpected insight into ecosystem resiliency
- Beautiful 'flowers' self-assemble in a beaker
- Artificial forest for solar water-splitting: First fully integrated artificial photosynthesis nanosystem
- Carbon in a twirl: The science behind a self-assembled nano-carbon helix
- New insights into how materials transfer heat could lead to improved electronics
- DNA-guided assembly yields novel ribbon-like nanostructures
- Groundwater unaffected by shale gas production in Arkansas
- Fall warming on Antarctic Peninsula driven by tropically forced circulation
- Billion-year-old water could hold clues to life on Earth and Mars
- Nanoscavengers could usher in next generation water purification
- Natural 'keystone molecules' punch over their weight in ecosystems
- Physicists light 'magnetic fire' to reveal energy's path
- First precise MEMS output measurement technique unveiled
- Solar panels as inexpensive as paint?
- Chemists demonstrate nanoscale alloys so bright they could have potential medical applications
- New uses for tiny carbon nanotubes: Adding ionic liquid to nanotube films could build smaller gadgets
- Significant improvement in performance of solar-powered hydrogen generation
- Electronics comes to paper: Paper, being light and foldable, works well for electrically conducting structures
- Obtaining polymers with à la carte optical and electrical properties
- Friction in the nano-world: Physicists discover a new kind of friction
- Cotton offers a new ecologically friendly way to clean up oil spills
- Observation of second sound in a quantum gas
- Better dyes for imaging technology
- Oxygen consumption of individual cells measured: Scanning electrochemical microscopy decisively optimized
- Molecular basis of strawberry aroma
- Water governs cell movement: Aquaporins play key role, new research finds
- Engineered biomaterial could improve success of medical implants
- Squishy hydrogels may be the ticket for studying biological effects of nanoparticles
- Low-Grade Cotton Offers More Ecologically-Friendly Way to Clean Oil Spills
- Zinc: The Goldilocks Metal for Bioabsorbable Stents?
- Research On Cilia Heats Up: Implications For Hearing, Vision Loss And Kidney Disease
- Revealing hidden fungal species using DNA: The importance of recognizing cryptic diversity
- New magnetic graphene may revolutionize electronics
- Flawed diamonds promise sensory perfection: Electron spin extended for incredibly tiny magnetic detectors
- Perfectly doped quantum dots yield 'colors to dye for'
- New Test for H7N9 Bird Flu in China May Help Slow Outbreak, Prevent Pandemic
- Loss of eastern hemlock will affect forest water use
- Dust in the clouds: Cirrus clouds form around mineral dust and metallic particles
- New technique to improve quality control of lithium-ion batteries
- Scientists demonstrate pear shaped atomic nuclei
- New advance in biofuel production
- Heady mathematics: Describing popping bubbles in a foam
- PCBs are everywhere: Problem exists in industrial city and rural community
- Elevated cadmium levels linked to disease: Men especially affected
- 'Power plants': How to harvest electricity directly from plants
- Geologists study mystery of 'eternal flames'
- Setting the standard for sustainable bioenergy crops
- PCB concentrations same in urban and rural areas
- Device for portable, ultra-precise clocks and quantum sensors developed
- Lucky bacteria strike it rich during formation of treatment-resistant colonies: Research could help in battle against infections that do not respond to powerful drugs
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