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Sir Fraser Stoddart Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Oct 10 2016 EVANSTON Sir Fraser Stoddart Board of Trustees Professor of Chemistry in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University today Oct 5 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry The ... - Read MoreOn-surface chemistry leads to novel products
On surface chemical reactions can lead to novel chemical compounds not yet synthesized by solution chemistry The first step second step and third step products can be analyzed in detail using a high resolution atomic ... - Read MoreWayne State Chemistry Professor Earns Prestigious NSF CAREER Award to Examine Unusual Chemical Structures
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Released 22 Oct 2015 2 05 PM EDTSource Newsroom University of Alabama more news from this source Add to Favorites Contact Information Available for logged in reporters only Citations Angewandte Chemie Oct 16 2015Oct 28 ... - Read MoreMimicking nature's chemistry to solve global environmental problems
What many people might call the daily laboratory grind Theodore Betley Ph D calls play As a student he developed a passion for lab work that could now pay off for the rest of the ... - Read MoreMethod to simplify pictures makes chemistry calculations a snap
Date March 23 2015 Source American Chemical Society Summary A method smartphones use to simplify images when storage space is limited could help answer tough chemistry problems Researchers now apply this technique called compressed or ... - Read MoreOMG Moment Affects GPAs
Released 24 Feb 2015 1 00 PM ESTSource Newsroom Wake Forest University more news from this source Contact Information Available for logged in reporters only Feb 25 2015 Professor Angela King had an OMG moment ... - Read MoreNo Joke: Chemistry Thesis Transmuted Into Comic Book
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 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 ...
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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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Do cycle lanes increase safety of cyclists from overtaking vehicles?
no picDate 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
no picExpert 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
no picExpert 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
no picSpeed 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
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Widest possible photosynthesis, absorbing any color of sunlight, from oranges through near-infraredIn 2005 scientists studying tiny sac like creatures called sea squirts found bacteria containing two types of chlorophyll a and b in cavities inside the squirts' tissues These two pigments were soaking up most of ...
Theoretical Chemistry
Tomoyasu Mani Wins 2016 Blavatnik Regional Award for Young ScientistsTomoyasu Mani former Goldhaber Fellow at the U S Department of Energy’s DOE Brookhaven National Laboratory and now an assistant professor in the University of Connecticut’s Department of Chemistry has received the 2016 Blavatnik Regional ...
Environmental Chemistry
Asteroid Impacts Could Create Habitats for LifeNov 18 2016 An international team of 38 scientists including Rutgers’ Sonia Tikoo has shown how large asteroid impacts deform rocks and possibly create habitats for early life on Earth and elsewhere Around 65 million ...
- Salty Snow Could Affect Air Pollution in the Arctic
- New UAH Lab Seeks Answers to Particle, Cloud Mysteries
- Chemistry Says Moon Is Proto-Earth's Mantle, Relocated
- California Gas Well Blowout Caused Nation's Largest Methane Release, Study Finds
- Oxygen-starved oceans held back life's recovery after the 'Great Dying'
Astrochemistry
Scientists Expect to Calculate Amount of Fuel Inside Earth by 2025Sep 13 2016 Earth requires fuel to drive plate tectonics volcanoes and its magnetic field Like a hybrid car Earth taps two sources of energy to run its engine primordial energy from assembling the planet ...
Scientific Communication
Announcing the Winners and Finalists of the 2016 Blavatnik Regional Awards for Young ScientistsOct 14 2016 The Blavatnik Family Foundation and the New York Academy of Sciences today announced the three winners and six finalists of the 2016 Blavatnik Regional Awards The winners include an ecologist who has ...
Molecular Biology
CRISPR-Gene Editing Breakthrough ExpertLidong Qin Ph D Professor of Nanomedicine Institute for Academic MedicineFull Member Research InstituteHouston MethodistWeill Cornell Medical College Dr Qin received his Ph D in Chemistry from Northwestern University Evanston Illinois and completed a postdoctoral ...
- Arginine Study Contributes to Understanding of Cell Membrane Properties
- Smart Microscope Adapts to Changes in Live Specimens
- Researchers Identify Enzyme That Removes Molecular Modifications From Transfer RNA
- An Expanded Genetic Code Is Shown Phototoxic to Cells
- Shedding Light on the Limits of the Expanded Genetic Code
Materials Science
X-Rays Reveal Artistry in an Ancient Vaseshows certain standards of aesthetic excellence The artist invested more in his work than we had given him credit for Such collaborations spark scientific innovation as well Well conserved art objects allow researchers to look ...
Supramolecular Chemistry
Tying Molecular KnotsReleased 18 Feb 2016 2 05 PM ESTEmbargo expired 18 Feb 2016 5 00 PM ESTSource Newsroom National Institute of Chemistry Add to Favorites Contact Information Available for logged in reporters only Citations Nature Communications ...
- Smartphone face recognition 'improved' by copying the brain
- New catalyst to create chemical building blocks from biomass
- Mysteries of 'molecular machines' revealed: Phenix software uses X-ray diffraction spots to produce 3-D image
- A molecular thread: Flexible metal–organic frameworks with a range of pore sizes are made by threading through molecular ligands
- Hollow-fiber membranes could cut separation costs, energy use
Sonochemistry
Flight and nuclear safety boosted by sound researchA system for using sound waves to spot potentially dangerous cracks in pipes aircraft engines and nuclear power plants has been developed by a University of Strathclyde academic A study found that transmitting different types ...
- Ultrasound cuts costs in producing aluminium alloys
- Bottling up sound waves: Acoustic bottle beams hold promise for imaging, cloaking, levitation and more
- New ultrasound device may add in detecting risk for heart attack, stroke
- Unlocking the brain's secrets using sound
- Fantastic phonons: Blocking sound, channeling heat with 'unprecedented precision'
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