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Engineering 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 MorePCB concentrations same in urban and rural areas
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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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Photochemistry
Promising news for producing fuels through artificial photosynthesisThere's promising news from the front on efforts to produce fuels through artificial photosynthesis A new study by Berkeley Lab researchers at the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis JCAP shows that nearly 90 percent of ...
- 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'
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Theoretical Chemistry
Ultra sensitive detection of radio waves with lasersRadio waves are used for many measurements and applications for example in communication with mobile phones MRI scans scientific experiments and cosmic observations But 'noise' in the detector of the measuring instrument limits how sensitive ...
- Tulane Team Invents New Instrument to Study Complex Molecules
- Researchers 'detune' a molecule: Scientists control the bonds between atoms in a buckyball
- Establishing guides for molecular counting using fluorescent proteins
- Golden trap: Highly sensitive system to detect individual molecules
- Programming smart molecules: Machine-learning algorithms could make chemical reactions intelligent
Supramolecular Chemistry
Supramolecular chemistry aka chemistry beyond the molecule in which molecules and molecular complexes are held together by non covalent bonds is just beginning to come into its own with the emergence of nanotechnology Metal organic ...
Polymer Chemistry
Understanding the functioning of a new type of solar cellPhotovoltaic energy conversion offers one of the best means for the future of renewable energy in the world The efficiency of solar cells depends heavily upon the light absorbing materials they use Photovoltaic systems based ...
Food Chemistry
Scientists from the Hamburg Center for Free Electron Laser Science have devised a novel way to boil water in less than a trillionth of a second The theoretical concept which has not yet been demonstrated ...
- FDA to Review Safety of Chemicals in Soaps, Cornell Expert Available
- Gentle pasteurization of milk – with microwaves
- Tiny 'Lego' blocks build Janus nanotubes with potential for new drugs and water purification
- Gaming technology unravels one of the most complex entities in nature: Computational research unveils secrets in the human carbohydrate bar-code
- Quick test kit detects phenolic compounds in drinking water
Materials Science
Effective thermal insulation with wood foamInsulation materials of tomorrow must be both efficient and environmentally friendly Fraunhofer scientists are developing insulation foam made from wood that could re place petrochemical plastics in the long term Climate protection is now a ...
- Research tests which nano system works best in killing cancer cells
- Recent advances in the controlled synthesis and functional applications of luminescent metal nanoclusters
- Colored diamonds are a superconductor's best friend
- Tackling the tiniest technology to make gadgets smaller, faster and more efficient
- Save money and the planet: Turn your old milk jugs into 3-D printer filament
Spectroscopy
A new MRI method to map creatine at higher resolutions in the heart may help clinicians and scientists find abnormalities and disorders earlier than traditional diagnostic methods researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at ...
Mechanochemistry
Doctors may soon be able to diagnose stomach ulcers without taking tissue samples from the stomach Researchers from the University of Southern Denmark now report to have developed a new safer and noninvasive diagnostic technique ...
- 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
- Friction in the nano-world: Physicists discover a new kind of friction
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 ...
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