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Plasmonic crystal alters to match light-frequency source: Device is like a photonic crystal, but smaller and tunable
Researchers develop label-free automatic cancer diagnostics
Researchers at the Ruhr Universität Bochum RUB have developed a new spectroscopic method to support pathologists in diagnosing cancer In the Journal of Biophotonics and the Analyst they compared conventional procedures for colon cancer identification ... - Read MoreA cost-effective way toward personalized cancer drugs
New microscopes reveal live, developing cells in unprecedented 3-D clarity
Shading system design based on model of the bird-of-paradise flower
Unique nano carrier to target drug delivery to cancer cells
Less toxic metabolites, more chemical product
Texas Tech Paleontologist Presents Origin of Life Theory
Released 10 29 2013 11 45 AM EDTSource Newsroom Texas Tech University more news from this source Oct 30 2013 It has baffled humans for millennia how did life begin on planet Earth Now new ... - Read MoreMolecular biology: Designer of protein factories exposed
Understanding DNA damage from common radiation threat, low-energy electrons
Every day all day our DNA gets beaten up by chemicals and radiation but remarkably most of us stay healthy Now an investigation by a team of French and Canadian researchers has produced insights into ... - Read MoreMost Popular Articles
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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Making hydrogen cheaply by imitating bacteria? Unique chemistry in hydrogen catalysts revealed
Persuading light to mix it up with matter
Polymer scientists jam nanoparticles, trapping liquids in useful shapes
no picSharp observation by doctoral student Mengmeng Cui in Thomas Russell's polymer science and engineering laboratory at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently led her to discover how to kinetically trap and control one liquid within ... - Read MoreNanoscale engineering boosts performance of quantum dot light emitting diodes
Breakthrough for solar cell efficiency
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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 ...
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
Biophysical Chemistry
The question how rapidly animals plants or microorganisms can colonize new territories is not only of interest to ecologists the spread of invasive species can also have economic consequences e g in the agricultural sector ...
- Found: New cellulose digestion mechanism by fast-eating enzyme
- Intense two-color double X-ray laser pulses: Powerful tool to study ultrafast processes
- X-ray laser can solve protein structures from scratch
- Bringing out the best in X-ray crystallography data
- Tapping fungus to unlock energy: Crafting a better enzyme cocktail to turn plants into fuel faster
Polymer Chemistry
Atomic switcheroo explains origins of thin-film solar cell mysteryTreating cadmium telluride CdTe solar cell materials with cadmium chloride improves their efficiency but researchers have not fully understood why Now an atomic scale examination of the thin film solar cells led by the Department ...
- It looks like rubber but isn't: What goes on in a concentrated solution of circular polymers?
- Nanotube composites greatly increase efficiency of next generation of solar cells
- Understanding the functioning of a new type of solar cell
- Soil microbes alter DNA in response to warming
- Simple, cheap way to increase solar cell efficiency
Acid-base Chemistry
Rewrite the textbooks on water's surface tension: Air-water interface is negatively charged by the adsorption of hydroxide ionsResearchers from the University of Melbourne and University of Sydney are confident their new reaserach results will make significant differences to the calculations of surface tension of water used by the next generation of atmospheric ...
Flavor Chemistry
Is there any connection between wine and biodiesel The answer is yes however surprising it may seem Acetals are chemical compounds found in many wines like port for example which give it a unique sweet ...
- Predators affect the carbon cycle, study shows
- Diet likely changed game for some hominids 3.5 million years ago
- Female moths use olfactory signals to choose the best egg-laying sites
- First snapshot of organisms eating each other: Feast clue to smell of ancient Earth
- Do Cells in the Blood, Heart and Lungs Smell the Food We Eat?
Chemical Biology
RNA shows potential as boiling-resistant anionic polymer material for nanoarchitecturesA team of nanotechnology researchers at the University of Kentucky has discovered new methods to build heat resistant nanostructures and arrays using RNA The research led by Peixuan Guo professor and William Farish Endowed Chair ...
- First size-based chromatography technique for the study of livi
- Following a protein's travel inside cells is key to improving patient monitoring, drug development
- Gold nanoparticles help target, quantify breast cancer segments in a living cell
- Following a Protein's Travel Inside Cells Is a Key to Improving Patient Monitoring and Drug Development
- Toward a faster, more accurate way to diagnose stroke
Medicinal Chemistry
Airport security-style technology could help doctors decide on stroke treatmentA new computer program could help doctors predict which patients might suffer potentially fatal side effects from a key stroke treatment The program which assesses brain scans using pattern recognition software similar to that used ...
- Halving hydrogen: First view of nature-inspired catalyst after ripping hydrogen apart provides insights for better fuel cells
- Halving Hydrogen
- Most Hospital Pregnancy Tests Found to Be Unreliable After First Few Weeks of Pregnancy
- Dartmouth Cancer Researcher on Genetic-Based Testing and Treatment for Breast Cancer
- Pocket diagnosis: App turns any smartphone into a portable medical diagnostic device
Geochemistry
Dust in the wind drove iron fertilization during ice ageResearchers from Princeton University and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich have confirmed that during the last ice age iron fertilization caused plankton to thrive in a region of the Southern Ocean The ...
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- Shifting Evolution Into Reverse Promises Cheaper, Greener Way to Make New Drugs
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- Forests crucial to green growth
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