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Released 1 9 2014 10 00 AM ESTSource Newsroom University of North Carolina School of Medicine more news from this source Contact Information Available for logged in reporters only Citations Journal of the American Chemistry ... - Read MoreThe Play-by-Play of Energy Conversion: Catching Catalysts in Action
but some details remain hidden Beginning in 2015 the next generation National Synchrotron Light Source II NSLS II will provide even brighter x rays and the Center for Functional Nanomaterials CFN will operate the first ... - Read MoreWhat Is Different About Women's Health?
Released 1 6 2014 9 05 AM ESTSource Newsroom American Association for Clinical Chemistry AACC more news from this source Contact Information Available for logged in reporters only Citations Clinical ChemistryJan 7 2014 WASHINGTON – ... - Read MorePromising New Biomarkers Linked to Early Diagnosis of Breast Cancer
could increase survival rates more than current screening methods such as mammography Until recently however scientists have discovered disappointingly few useful cancer markers A team of researchers led by Ye Hu PhD of Weill Cornell ... - Read MoreUnderdiagnosis of Women's Heart Disease Not Resolved by Sex-Specific Criteria
Released 1 6 2014 9 15 AM ESTSource Newsroom American Association for Clinical Chemistry AACC more news from this source Contact Information Available for logged in reporters only Citations Clinical Chemistry 60 1 158–164 2014 ... - Read MoreDesigning Genes Through Diagnosis
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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 ...
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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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Environmental Chemistry
Recycling astronaut urine for energy and drinking waterOn the less glamorous side of space exploration there's the more practical problem of waste in particular what to do with astronaut pee But rather than ejecting it into space scientists are developing a new ...
- Permafrost thaw exacerbates climate change
- Deep ocean current may slow due to climate change
- Ocean's carbon budget balanced: Supply of food to midwater organisms balanced with demands for food
- Goldilocks principle: Earth's continued habitability due to geologic cycles that act as climate control
- Algae may be a potential source of biofuels and biochemicals even in cool climate
Synthetic chemistry
Forever clean? Metal–organic 'micromushrooms' repel allA clever chemical transformation yields surface bound microstructures that efficiently drive away oil and water based contaminants Natural surfaces that repel water such as lotus leaves or butterfly wings often have a rough microscale texture ...
- Planting cotton early may mean less stink bug damage
- Big step for next-generation fuel cells and electrolyzers
- An environmentally friendly chemical reaction that does not waste any atoms
- New discoveries show biological formation of oxygen in soils
- Carbon dioxide tamed: Making this ubiquitous gas industrially useful
Photochemistry
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
- General in the Solar Army to High School and College Students: 'We Are Recruiting'
- Off-grid sterilization with 'solar steam'
Spectroscopy
Switching an antibiotic on and off with lightScientists of the KIT and the University of Kiev have produced an antibiotic whose biological activity can be controlled with light Thanks to the robust diarylethene photoswitch the antimicrobial effect of the peptide mimetic can ...
- Thermal vision: Graphene light detector first to span infrared spectrum
- Tweaking MRI to track creatine may spot heart problems earlier, study suggests
- Understanding secondary light emission by plasmonic nanostructures may improve medical imaging
- Researchers create nonlinear light-generating zero-index metamaterial
- Amplifying Our Vision of the Infinitely Small
Nuclear Chemistry
Researcher: Study on Element Could Change Ballgame on Radioactive Wasteand it’s what Florida State Professor Thomas Albrecht Schmitt the lead researcher on the project calls “wicked stuff ” In carefully choreographed experiments Albrecht Schmitt and his colleagues found that californium had amazing abilities to ...
- Seal teeth offer glimpse into the environmental past of Russia's Lake Baikal
- Tiny transistors for extreme environs: Engineers shrink plasma devices to resist radiation
- Magnetic behavior discovery could advance nuclear fusion
- Radiation damage at the root of Chernobyl's ecosystems
- Shale could be long-term home for problematic nuclear waste
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 ...
Scientific Communication
Improving the reliability of electronic devices by mitigating corrosive effectsA study of the thermodynamic properties of copper connections uncovers a route to improving the reliability of electronic devices One in five electronic device failures is a result of corrosion Bonds the metal connections that ...
- Blazing car murder of 1930 investigated
- Natural products discovery group asks for public's help with citizen science program
- 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Highlights the Cross-Disciplinary Nature of Today's Research Environment
- 'Celebrate Science' Events Next Sunday Open to the Public
- A close Bond: How the CIA exploited 007 for gadget ideas and public relations
Mechanochemistry
Forests crucial to green growthThe value of forests and tree based ecosystems extends far beyond carbon sequestration they are the foundation of sustainable societies A new report launched in Jakarta Indonesia on 21 March the International Day of Forests ...
- Scientists make your stomach turn bright green if you have an ulcer
- Green innovator: Turning chicken feathers and plant fiber into eco-leather, bio-based circuit boards
- Nanoscale friction: High energy losses in the vicinity of charge density waves
- Silkworms spin colored silks while on a 'green' dyed-leaf diet
- New device to revolutionize gaming in virtual realities
Polymer Chemistry
It looks like rubber but isn't: What goes on in a concentrated solution of circular polymers?The experimental and numerical study of the behaviour of polymers in concentrated solutions is a line of research that is still highly active In the past it enabled us to understand why materials like rubber ...
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- Thermoelectric generator on glass fabric for wearable electronic devices
- New self-healing plastics developed
- Virus structure inspires novel understanding of onion-like carbon nanoparticles
- Researchers bolster development of programmable quantum computers
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- A modern twist on Young's slits
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- Most Hospital Pregnancy Tests Found to Be Unreliable After First Few Weeks of Pregnancy
- A New Approach to Huntington's Disease?
- Bamboo-Loving Giant Pandas Also Have a Sweet Tooth
- Engineers design 'living materials': Hybrid materials combine bacterial cells with nonliving elements that emit light
- Shifting evolution into reverse promises cheaper, greener way to make new drugs
- Shifting Evolution Into Reverse Promises Cheaper, Greener Way to Make New Drugs
- Researcher: Study on Element Could Change Ballgame on Radioactive Waste
- Forests crucial to green growth
- Seal teeth offer glimpse into the environmental past of Russia's Lake Baikal
- Permafrost thaw exacerbates climate change
- Deep ocean current may slow due to climate change
- Making synthetic diamond crystals in plasma reactor
- Dust in the wind drove iron fertilization during ice age
- Emerging carbon trading markets offer lessons
- It looks like rubber but isn't: What goes on in a concentrated solution of circular polymers?
- Switching an antibiotic on and off with light
- Mathematical equation that explains the behavior of nanofoams
- Dartmouth Cancer Researcher on Genetic-Based Testing and Treatment for Breast Cancer
- True value of cover crops to farmers, environment
- Ocean's carbon budget balanced: Supply of food to midwater organisms balanced with demands for food
- Goldilocks principle: Earth's continued habitability due to geologic cycles that act as climate control
- Nanoparticle-based coating for aircraft engines may triple service life and reduce fuel consumption
- Tiny transistors for extreme environs: Engineers shrink plasma devices to resist radiation
- Algae may be a potential source of biofuels and biochemicals even in cool climate
- Real-time simulation of textiles with new software
- Important and complex systems, from the global financial market to groups of friends, may be highly controllable
- Fierce 2012 magnetic storm just missed us: Earth dodged huge magnetic bullet from the sun
- Planting cotton early may mean less stink bug damage
- Magnetic behavior discovery could advance nuclear fusion
- Nanotube composites greatly increase efficiency of next generation of solar cells
- High-strength materials from the pressure cooker: New materials made quickly and in eco-friendly manner
- Pocket diagnosis: App turns any smartphone into a portable medical diagnostic device
- New technique makes LEDs brighter, more resilient
- Radiation damage at the root of Chernobyl's ecosystems
- Fast synthesis could boost drug development
- New biotechnology product to make waterproof paper using natural enzymes
- Rewrite the textbooks on water's surface tension: Air-water interface is negatively charged by the adsorption of hydroxide ions
- Vaccination: No-refrigeration, spray vaccine could curb diseases in remote areas
- Thermal conductance can be controlled like waves using nanostructures
- Building Heart Tissue That Beats
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