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Stretchable antenna for wearable health monitoring
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new stretchable antenna that can be incorporated into wearable technologies such as health monitoring devices Many researchers including our lab have developed prototype sensors for wearable ... - Read MoreEffective thermal camouflage and invisibility device for soldiers created
Engineers and scientists have been trying to discover the ultimate cloaking device not just as a hat trick to make things invisible but for its applications in defense technology Now a team from the NUS ... - Read MoreEngineering team increases power efficiency for future computer processors
Have you ever wondered why your laptop or smartphone feels warm when you're using it That heat is a byproduct of the microprocessors in your device using electric current to power computer processing functions and ... - Read MoreSupercomputers join search for 'cheapium': Brute force computing used to find new materials
In 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 MoreNew materials with potential biomedical applications
Bisphosphonates are a group of compounds that have become well known and are extensively used as drugs for treating bone related diseases such as osteoporosis New uses for bisphosphonates were discovered as their ability to ... - Read MoreExotic alloys for potential energy applications
The search for thermoelectrics exotic materials that convert heat directly into electricity has received a boost from researchers at the California Institute of Technology and the University of Tokyo who have found the best way ... - Read More'Chemical architects' build materials with potential applications in drug delivery and gas storage
Home remodelers understand the concept of improving original foundations with more modern elements Using this same approach but with chemistry researchers in the University of Pittsburgh's Kenneth P Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences have ... - 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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Chemical Thermodynamics
Refrigerant in car air conditioners: Refreshingly cool, potentially toxic?The refrigerant R1234yf is being considered for use in air conditioning systems in cars Chemists at Ludwig Maximilians Universitaet LMU in Munich now show that in the event of a fire it releases the highly ...
- Thermal conductance can be controlled like waves using nanostructures
- Heat-based technique offers new way to measure microscopic particles
- Magnetically stimulated flow patterns offer strategy for heat transfer problems
- Staying cool in the nanoelectric universe by getting hot
- Physicists quantify temperature changes in metal nanowires
Carbohydrate Chemistry
Emerging carbon trading markets offer lessonsAlthough markets for trading carbon emission credits to reduce greenhouse gas emissions have stalled in United States federal policy making carbon markets are emerging at the state level within the U S and around the ...
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
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- Understanding secondary light emission by plasmonic nanostructures may improve medical imaging
- Researchers create nonlinear light-generating zero-index metamaterial
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Theoretical Chemistry
Bright future for protein nanoprobesThe term a brighter future might be a cliché but in the case of ultra small probes for lighting up individual proteins it is now most appropriate Researchers at the U S Department of Energy ...
- 'Ultracold' molecules promising for quantum computing, simulation
- Big data tackles tiny molecular machines
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- Ultra sensitive detection of radio waves with lasers
- Tulane Team Invents New Instrument to Study Complex Molecules
Chemistry Education
Modelling modules lead to higher-quality aluminiumThe 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 ...
Chemical Kinetics
An improved, cost-effective catalyst for water-splitting devicesSolar 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 ...
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
- A new renewable energy source? Device captures energy from Earth's infrared emissions to outer space
- Soil production breaks geologic speed record
- 'Standing on a comet': Rosetta mission will contribute to space weather research
- Noble gas molecule discovered in space
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
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
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- Radiation damage at the root of Chernobyl's ecosystems
- Fast synthesis could boost drug development
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- Rewrite the textbooks on water's surface tension: Air-water interface is negatively charged by the adsorption of hydroxide ions
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