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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
Released 3 Feb 2016 9 05 AM ESTSource Newsroom Wayne State University Division of Research more news from this source Add to Favorites Contact Information Available for logged in reporters only Citations National Science Foundation ... - Read MoreWood-Based Alternatives in Chemistry Fuel Scientific Collaboration
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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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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Sparkling Firework DropletsNov 21 2016 Washington D C November 21 2016 In Japan many adults hold fond childhood memories of fireworks as a symbol of the summer season Senko hanabi which translates to “sparkling fireworks ” emit ...
- Big Data for Chemistry: New Method Helps Identify Antibiotics in Mass Spectrometry Datasets
- International Team Decodes Cellular Death Signals
- First Mouse Model for the Most Common Form of Infant Leukemia, Gene Deletion Allows Cancer Cells to Thrive in the Brain, Cancer Therapy That Reduces Toxic Chemotherapy Effects, and More in the Cancer News Source
- Changes in Depression Symptoms Tied to Lung Cancer Survival, Depriving Deadly Brain Tumors of Cholesterol, New Model for Understanding Myeloma, and MORE in the Cancer News Source
- Toxicoepigenetics: The Emerging Field Many Are Exploring Without Knowing It
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 ...
Nuclear Chemistry
Argonne Radioisotopes Have Potential for Medical Diagnosis and Treatmentare essential to nuclear medicine In an effort to return to a stable mass isotopes known as radioisotopes emit radiation that can damage diseased tissue and can be traced in certain environments making them useful ...
- Scientists discover 'supramolecule' that could help reduce nuclear, agricultural waste
- "Weighing" Atoms with Electrons
- IU Scientists Discover 'Supramolecule' That Could Help Reduce Nuclear, Agricultural Waste
- UChicago Site of Radiocarbon Dating Discovery Named Historic Landmark
- Proton diffusion discovery a boost for fuel cell technologies
Natural Product Chemistry
Snake Venom Composition Could Be Related to Hormones and DietSep 29 2016 Many people are afraid of snakes but scientists are now revealing insights about their venoms that could give even ophidiophobes an appreciation for the animals One team has found that the proteins ...
Chemistry Education
Sir Fraser Stoddart Is Awarded Nobel Prize in ChemistryOct 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 ...
- On-surface chemistry leads to novel products
- Wayne State Chemistry Professor Earns Prestigious NSF CAREER Award to Examine Unusual Chemical Structures
- Wood-Based Alternatives in Chemistry Fuel Scientific Collaboration
- Mimicking nature's chemistry to solve global environmental problems
- Method to simplify pictures makes chemistry calculations a snap
Bioinorganic Chemistry
Scientists Rev Up Speed of Bionic Enzyme ReactionsOct 10 2016 Bionic enzymes got a needed boost in speed thanks to new research at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley Lab By pairing a noble metal with a natural enzyme ...
Carbohydrate Chemistry
Innovative molten silicon-based energy storage systemA team of researchers from Solar Energy Institute at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid UPM are developing a novel system that allows the storage energy in molten silicon which is the most abundant element in Earth's ...
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'
Colloidal Chemistry
Making a Multi-Use, Stiff Carbon Foam Using Breadand biomass such as banana peels can be used to make these foams but they are not very stable are costly to make or have varied inner structures that cannot be adjusted So Yibin Li ...
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