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Computing toxic chemicals
A new computational method for working out in advance whether a chemical will be toxic will be reporting in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Data Mining and Bioinformatics There is increasing pressure ... - Read MoreBPA and chlorine means bad news: Modified forms of bisphenol A found to alter hormone signaling in new, disturbing ways
Using bacteria batteries to make electricity
Their idea is state of the art Ten Bielefeld students have set their sights on constructing a bio battery They want to make use of the bacteria Escherichia coli to convert glucose into energy With ... - Read MoreA heart of gold: Gold nanofibers in engineered heart tissue can enhance electrical signalling
Bioengineers develop new approach to regenerate back discs
Great exaptations: Most traits emerge for no crucial reason, scientists find
Biochemists uphold law of physics
Artificial cells to study molecular crowding and gene expression created
The interior of a living cell is a crowded place with proteins and other macromolecules packed tightly together A team of scientists at Carnegie Mellon University has approximated this molecular crowding in an artificial cellular ... - Read MoreBiologists name newly discovered threadworm after physicist Max Planck
Supercooled water transforms into new form of liquid
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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 ...
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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Researchers Identify Transformation in Low-Temperature Water
no picResearchers at the University of Arkansas have identified that water when chilled to a very low temperature transforms into a new form of liquid Through a simulation performed in “supercooled” water a research team led ... - Read MoreResearchers Perform DNA Computation in Living Cells
no picReleased 7 10 2013 1 45 PM EDTSource Newsroom North Carolina State University more news from this source Jul 11 2013 Chemists from North Carolina State University have performed a DNA based logic gate operation ... - Read MoreNovel nanoparticle delivers powerful RNA interference drugs
no picSilencing genes that have malfunctioned is an important approach for treating diseases such as cancer and heart disease One effective approach is to deliver drugs made from small molecules of ribonucleic acid or RNA which ... - Read MoreChemical/bioengineers use adhesion to combine advantages of silicones and organic materials
no picIntroductory chemistry students learn that oil and water repel each other So do other hydrophobic substances which carry no electric charge and hydrophilic substances which carry an electric charge that allows them to mix with ... - Read MoreDesigner droplets open new possibilities
no picBy designing droplets using electricity researchers have created a technique that could possibly be used for everything from extracting oil from wells to creating makeup and food You've seen Hollandaise sauce or mayonnaise that has ... - Read MoreChemical Kinetics
Step toward rational design of catalysts: Better catalysts, made-to-orderMost of our food medicine fuel plastics and synthetic fibers wouldn't exist without catalysts materials that open favorable pathways for chemical reactions to run forth And yet chemists don't fully understand how most catalysts work ...
- Better Catalysts, Made-to-Order
- The gold standard: Affordable catalyst for energy and environmental applications
- A green transformation for pharmaceuticals
- A new piece in the high-temperature superconductivity puzzle: 'Dressing' in superconductors
- Switching clicks in polymers: Thermoset materials acquire thermoplastic properties with the aid of triazolinediones
Geochemistry
Freeze! Watching alloys change from liquid to solid could lead to better metalsIf you put a camera in the ice machine and watched water turn into ice the process would look simple But the mechanism behind liquids turning to solids is actually quite complex and understanding it ...
- Submarine data used to investigate turbulence beneath Arctic ice
- How carbonates behave in Earth's interior
- Global sea ice diminishing, despite Antarctic gains
- Bacterial armor holds clues for self-assembling nanostructures
- Fossils survive volcanic eruption to tell us about the origin of the Canary Islands
Environmental Chemistry
Methane oxidation fuelled by algal oxygen productionMethane emissions are strongly reduced in lakes with anoxic bottom waters But here contrary to what has previously been assumed methane removal is not due to archaea or anaerobic bacteria A new study on Lake ...
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
Bioinorganic Chemistry
Novel pretreatment could cut biofuel costs by 30 percent or moreResearchers at the University of California Riverside have invented a novel pretreatment technology that could cut the cost of biofuels production by about 30 percent or more by dramatically reducing the amount of enzymes needed ...
- Solving a case of intercellular entrapment
- That smartphone is giving your thumbs superpowers
- Optogenetics: Identifying new targets for intervention
- Complementary light switchable proteins and superresolution reveal moving protein complexes in live cells at single molecule level
- Quantum mechanical calculations reveal the hidden states of enzyme active sites
Biophysical Chemistry
Giant virus revealed in 3-D using X-ray laserFor the first time researchers have produced a 3 D image revealing part of the inner structure of an intact infectious virus using a unique X ray laser at the Department of Energy's SLAC National ...
- New x-ray microscope for nanoscale imaging
- Watching protein crystal nucleation in real time
- New research paves the way for nano-movies of biomolecules
- New research paves the way for nano-movies of biomolecules; Scientists use X-ray laser as ultra slow-motion camera
- X-ray laser reveals how bacterial protein morphs in response to light
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 ...
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
Spectroscopy
Frequency combs in molecular fingerprint regionIn an article published in Nature Communications an international collaboration of scientists around Dr Nathalie Picqué Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics and Ludwig Maximilians Universität München describes a reliable new technique of producing a ...
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