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except that they exhibit rotational symmetries that have long been considered incompatible with such crystalline organization Quasicrystals are so strange that their discoverer Dan Shechtman remarked “There can be no such creature ” “Quasicrystals are ... - Read MoreLead negatively impacts cognitive functions of boys more than girls
A study recently published in the Journal of Environmental Health provides evidence the female hormones estrogen and estradiol may help ward off the effects of lead exposure for young girls explaining why boys in greater ... - Read MoreEsther Conwell, Pioneering Professor of Chemistry, Dead at 92
herself a National Medal of Science winner “Dr Esther Conwell has had an extraordinarily productive career as a scientist and has greatly influenced electronic device design and performance…” wrote Dresselhaus in her letter of nomination ... - Read MoreDo cycle lanes increase safety of cyclists from overtaking vehicles?
Date October 14 2014 Source Taylor & amp Francis Summary Cycling is well known to improve individual health and fitness it also benefits the wider population in terms of economy road congestion and environmental impact ... - Read MoreNobel Laureates in Chemistry Should 'Spark Imagination of Would-Be Scientists Everywhere,' Says Cornell Chemist
Expert Pitch Released 8 Oct 2014 10 00 AM EDTSource Newsroom Cornell University more news from this source Contact Information Available for logged in reporters only Melissa Hines director for the Cornell Center for Materials ... - Read MoreResearcher Available to Discuss Work That Won 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Expert Pitch Released 8 Oct 2014 11 00 AM EDTSource Newsroom Bowling Green State University more news from this source Contact Information Available for logged in reporters only Dr H Peter Lu Ohio Eminent Scholar ... - Read MoreRun, cheetah, run: New algorithm enables cheetah robot to run and jump, untethered, across grass
Speed and agility are hallmarks of the cheetah The big predator is the fastest land animal on Earth able to accelerate to 60 mph in just a few seconds As it ramps up to top ... - Read MoreLatest in Crystal Research: Chemistry, Physics, Pharmaceuticals, and More
Released 4 Aug 2014 2 00 PM EDTEmbargo expired 7 Aug 2014 11 00 AM EDTSource Newsroom Newswise more news from this source Contact Information Available for logged in reporters only Citations Newswise Live EventLive ... - Read MoreRevealing the healing of 'dino-sores': Examining broken bones in 150-million-year-old predatory dinosaur
Scientists have used state of the art imaging techniques to examine the cracks fractures and breaks in the bones of a 150 million year old predatory dinosaur The University of Manchester researchers say their groundbreaking ... - Read MoreEcology Team Improves Understanding of Valley-Wide Stream Chemistry
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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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Modelling modules lead to higher-quality aluminium
no picThe 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 MoreNew salt compounds challenge the foundation of chemistry
SBU Team Discovers New Compounds that Challenge the Foundation of Chemistry
no picthat even in well defined systems like sodium chloride you can find totally new chemistry and totally new and very exciting materials ” Oganov says “It’s like discovering a new continent now we need to ... - Read MoreFace to face with Sweden's social robot
Breakthrough in study of aluminum should yield new technological advances
Spectroscopy
Researchers use sound to slow down, speed up, and block lightResearchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign have experimentally demonstrated for the first time the phenomenon of Brillouin Scattering Induced Transparency BSIT which can be used to slow down speed up and block ...
Photochemistry
Glimpsing pathway of sunlight to electricityFour pulses of laser light on nanoparticle photocells in a University of Oregon spectroscopy experiment has opened a window on how captured sunlight can be converted into electricity The work which potentially could inspire devices ...
- High-tech materials purify water with sunlight
- 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'
Neurochemistry
New high-speed 3-D microscope -- SCAPE -- gives deeper view of living thingsOpening new doors for biomedical and neuroscience research Elizabeth Hillman associate professor of biomedical engineering at Columbia Engineering and of radiology at Columbia University Medical Center CUMC has developed a new microscope that can image ...
- Wireless brain sensor could unchain neuroscience from cables
- Small molecule acts as on-off switch for nature's antibiotic factory: Tells Streptomyces to either veg out or get busy
- Fluorescent sensor developed for detecting nitric oxide, a molecule related to many diseases
- Ketamine acts as antidepressant by boosting serotonin
- Scientists decode serotonin receptor at room temperature
Synthetic chemistry
Programmed synthesis towards multi-substituted benzene derivativesChemists at the Institute of Transformative Bio Molecules ITbM Nagoya University and the JST ERATO Project have developed a new method to accomplish the programmed synthesis of benzene derivatives with five or six different functional ...
- Chromium-centered cycloparaphenylene rings as new tools for making functionalized nanocarbons
- New technique helps probe performance of organic solar cell materials
- Fine motor skills for robotic hands
- Decorative and flexible solar panels become part of interior design and the appearance of objects
- Melting glaciers have big carbon impact
Natural Product Chemistry
Logging destabilizes forest soil carbon over timeLogging doesn't immediately jettison carbon stored in a forest's mineral soils into the atmosphere but triggers a gradual release that may contribute to climate change over decades a Dartmouth College study finds The results are ...
- Clues to trapping carbon dioxide in rock: Calcium carbonate takes multiple, simultaneous roads to different minerals
- Potent Spider Toxin 'Electrocutes' German, Not American, Cockroaches
- Bio-printing transplantable tissues, organs: Another step closer
- Cellular Gates for Sodium and Calcium Controlled by Common Element of Ancient Origin
- Details of calcium 'safety-valve' in cells explained
Immunochemistry
New technique efficiently turns antibodies into highly tuned 'nanobodies'Antibodies in charge of recognizing and homing in on molecular targets are among the most useful tools in biology and medicine Nanobodies antibodies' tiny cousins can do the same tasks for example marking molecules for ...
Polymer Chemistry
More light shed on on biomass breakdownScientists at the University of York are part of a research team which has found that a recently discovered family of enzymes can degrade resistant forms of starch Earlier research established that the enzymes lytic ...
- New catalyst process uses light, not metal, for rapid polymerization
- Theory details how 'hot' monomers affect thin-film formation
- Of bio-hairpins and polymer-spaghetti: Spotlight on how entangled polymers flow and soften
- Continuous fabrication system for highly aligned polymer films provides method for tuning mechanical and thermal properties in bulk polymers
- Spot light on tailor-made multicyclic type of polymers
Flavor Chemistry
Sensors could give machines more accurate sense of smell than that of humansScientists have come up with a way of creating sensors which could allow machines to smell more accurately humans Every odour has its own specific pattern which our noses are able to identify Using a ...
- Ultrasound tracks odor representation in brain
- Making artificial vision look more natural
- Microalgae capable of assimilating ammonia resulting from the management of agrifood waste
- Small-scale, urban allotments yield food, healthy soil, study finds
- First steps towards achieving better and cheaper biodiesel
Femtochemistry
Faster annotation system for prokaryotic genomes unveiledGeorgia Tech researchers working with colleagues in the National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI have released a new version of a genome annotation system capable of analyzing more than 2 000 prokaryotic genomes per day ...
- Mobile radio passive radar makes harbors safer
- Computers that teach by example: New computer system enables pattern-recognition systems to convey what they learn to humans
- Laser sniffs out toxic gases from afar: System can ID chemicals in atmosphere from a kilometer away
- High-speed 'label-free' imaging could reveal dangerous plaques
- Lord of the microrings: Breakthrough in microring laser cavities reported
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- Global warming doubles risk of extreme La Niña event, research shows
- Easter Island mystery: Why did the native culture die out?
- Smothered oceans: Extreme oxygen loss in oceans accompanied past global climate change
- Programmed synthesis towards multi-substituted benzene derivatives
- Chromium-centered cycloparaphenylene rings as new tools for making functionalized nanocarbons
- 'Bulletproof' Battery: Kevlar Membrane for Safer, Thinner Lithium Rechargeables
- Researchers tune friction in ionic solids at the nanoscale
- Nanoscale mirrored cavities amplify, connect quantum memories
- Researchers use sound to slow down, speed up, and block light
- Holes in valence bands of nanodiamonds discovered: Potential catalysts for splitting water
- Missing link in metal physics explains Earth's magnetic field
- Detecting chemical weapons quickly with a color-changing film
- Spiky 'hedgehog particles' for safer paints, fewer VOC emissions
- Researchers produce two bio-fuels from a single algae
- Carbon nanoballs can greatly contribute to sustainable energy supply
- Cell imaging gets colorful
- Novel radioguided brain surgery technique could help pinpoint cancerous tissue
- The origin of life: Labyrinths as crucibles of life
- New mechanism unlocked for evolution of green fluorescent protein
- Demystifying nanocrystal solar cells
- No Joke: Chemistry Thesis Transmuted Into Comic Book
- Spiky 'Hedgehog Particles' for Safer Paints, Fewer VOC Emissions
- Converting olive mash into cash
- Faster annotation system for prokaryotic genomes unveiled
- Chemists find a way to unboil egg whites: Ability to quickly restore molecular proteins could slash biotechnology costs
- Nanoshuttle wear and tear: It’s the mileage, not the age
- Visualizing interacting electrons in a molecule
- Researchers identify materials to improve biofuel, petroleum processing
- Lead negatively impacts cognitive functions of boys more than girls
- Promising drug candidate protects against radiation exposure from nuclear fallout
- More light shed on on biomass breakdown
- Using less fish to test chemicals safety
- The latest fashion: Graphene edges can be tailor-made
- Ocean could hold key to predicting recurring extreme winters
- Scientists search for new ways to deal with U. S. uranium ore processing legacy
- New technique helps probe performance of organic solar cell materials
- Boston's leaky pipes release high levels of heat-trapping methane
- Fossils survive volcanic eruption to tell us about the origin of the Canary Islands
- Soils could keep contaminants in wastewater from reaching groundwater, streams
- Antibiotics, bacteria, resistance genes found in dust from feedlots
- New research re-creates planet formation, super-Earths and giant planets in the laboratory
- Path to artificial photosynthesis? Manganese catalyst's electronic states characterized
- Scientists set quantum speed limit
- Fine motor skills for robotic hands
- Gold 'nano-drills' help with DNA analysis
- Exotic, gigantic molecules fit inside each other like Russian nesting dolls
- Scientists 'bend' elastic waves with new metamaterials that could have commercial applications
- New conductive coatings for flexible touchscreens
- Electroluminescent light sheets: Printable luminous particles enable cost-effective, large and curved luminous surfaces
- Decorative and flexible solar panels become part of interior design and the appearance of objects
- Sequestration on shaky ground: Natural impediment to long-term sequestration of carbon dioxide
- Watching protein crystal nucleation in real time
- Self-assembled nanotextures create antireflective surface on silicon solar cells
- Individual protons and neutrons in atomic nuclei do not behave according to predictions
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