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The Norwegian project Modelling assisted Innovation for the Aluminium DC Casting Process MINAC has developed modelling tools that show the impact of even minute adjustments to the casting process on casthouse products The aluminium industry ... - Read MoreQuantum mechanics explains efficiency of photosynthesis
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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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no picSolar energy appears to be the only form of renewable that can be exploited at level that matches the world's growing needs However it is equally necessary to find efficient ways to store solar energy ... - Read MoreSupercomputers join search for 'cheapium': Brute force computing used to find new materials
no picIn the search for cheaper materials that mimic their purer more expensive counterparts researchers are abandoning hunches and intuition for theoretical models and pure computing power In a new study researchers from Duke University's Pratt ... - Read MorePhotochemistry
High-tech materials purify water with sunlightSunlight plus a common titanium pigment might be the secret recipe for ridding pharmaceuticals pesticides and other potentially harmful pollutants from drinking water Scientists combined several high tech components to make an easy to use ...
- Promising news for producing fuels through artificial photosynthesis
- Solar-power device would use heat to enhance efficiency
- Photosynthesis mechanism: Tofu-like crystalline catalysts for producing clean energy
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- Off-grid sterilization with 'solar steam'
Astrochemistry
Fierce 2012 magnetic storm just missed us: Earth dodged huge magnetic bullet from the sunEarth dodged a huge magnetic bullet from the sun on July 23 2012. According to University of California Berkeley and Chinese researchers a rapid succession of coronal mass ejections the most intense eruptions on the ...
- An experiment recreates the crust of Jupiter's moon Europa
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- Noble gas molecule discovered in space
Theoretical Chemistry
Steering chemical reactions with laser pulsesUsually chemical reactions just take their course much like a ball rolling downhill However it is also possible to deliberately control chemical reactions at the Vienna University of Technology molecules are hit with femtosecond laser ...
- Bright future for protein nanoprobes
- 'Ultracold' molecules promising for quantum computing, simulation
- Big data tackles tiny molecular machines
- A brake for spinning molecules: Precise control of rotational temperature of molecular ions for lab-based astrochemistry
- Ultra sensitive detection of radio waves with lasers
Natural Product Chemistry
When scientists discuss global change they often focus on the amount of carbon in the atmosphere and vegetation But soil contains more carbon than air and plants combined This means that even a minor change ...
- Researchers show how modified pacemaker strengthens failing hearts
- New antifungal composition effectively inhibits wide variety of fungi
- Computer simulations indicate calcium carbonate has a dense liquid phase
- Traditional forest management reduces fungal diversity
- Great exaptations: Most traits emerge for no crucial reason, scientists find
Electrochemistry
A team of Harvard scientists and engineers has demonstrated a new type of battery that could fundamentally transform the way electricity is stored on the grid making power from renewable energy sources such as wind ...
- Free code to help build better batteries
- Accelerated corrosion testing of silver provides clues about performance in atmospheric conditions
- Enhancing battery performance for portable electronics
- Scientists invent self-healing battery electrode
- Better batteries through biology? Modified viruses boost battery performance
Physical Organic Chemistry
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers have combined ultrafast time resolved experimental measurements with theory to reveal how an explosive responds to a high impact shock The work involved advances in both ultrafast experimental shock wave ...
Chemistry Education
Ecology Team Improves Understanding of Valley-Wide Stream ChemistryReleased 4 17 2014 10 00 PM EDTEmbargo expired 4 21 2014 3 00 PM EDTSource Newsroom Virginia Tech Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University more news from this source Contact Information Available for logged ...
Bioorganic Chemistry
Infrared sheds light on single protein complexesProteins are basic building blocks of life The chemistry and structure of proteins are essential for their biological function Indeed the structure of proteins determines their mechanical and catalytic properties e g enzymes Such functions ...
- DNA helicity, elasticity explained on nanoscale
- Dye absorption structure of dye-sensitized solar cells elucidated on molecular level: Success in dye absorption structure control
- 'X-shape' not true picture of chromosome structure, new imaging technique reveals
- Molecular structure reveals how HIV infects cells
- RNA double helix structure identified using synchrotron light
Bioinorganic Chemistry
DNA can be damaged by very low-energy radiationDamage to DNA by high energy radiation constitutes the most lethal damage occurring at the cellular level Surprisingly very low energy interactions with OH radicals for instance can also induce DNA damage including double strand ...
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