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Earth's most abundant mineral finally has a name
An ancient meteorite and high energy X rays have helped scientists conclude a half century of effort to find identify and characterize a mineral that makes up 38 percent of the Earth And in doing ... - Read MoreSpace: The Final Frontier in Silicon Chemistry
Released 7 Nov 2014 10 00 AM ESTEmbargo expired 11 Nov 2014 11 00 AM ESTSource Newsroom American Institute of Physics AIP more news from this source Contact Information Available for logged in reporters only ... - Read More'Standing on a comet': Rosetta mission will contribute to space weather research
A comet bound spacecraft that's been in sleep mode for more than two years is scheduled to wake up on the morning of Jan 20 beginning the home stretch of its decade long journey to ... - Read More2011 Draconid meteor shower deposited a ton of meteoritic material on Earth
Studying meteorites may reveal Mars' secrets of life
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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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Chemical Engineering
The better to see you with: Prosthetic leg would keep an eye on path aheadMo Rastgaar is poised to take a giant step forward in the development of a better prosthetic ankle The Michigan Technological University mechanical engineer and his team have already developed a prototype that can provide ...
- Researchers identify materials to improve biofuel, petroleum processing
- Scientists 'bend' elastic waves with new metamaterials that could have commercial applications
- A new step towards using graphene in electronic applications
- Engineer applies robot control theory to improve prosthetic legs
- More Hispanics earning bachelor’s degrees in physical sciences and engineering
Astrochemistry
Breakthrough in energy harvesting could power 'life on Mars'Martian colonists could use an innovative new technique to harvest energy from carbon dioxide thanks to research pioneered at Northumbria University Newcastle The technique which has been demonstrated for the first time by researchers at ...
Electrochemistry
In quest for better lithium-air batteries, chemists boost carbon's stabilityTo power a car so it can travel hundreds of miles at a time lithium ion batteries of the future are going to have to hold more energy without growing too big in size That's ...
- Using 'fuzzy logic' to optimize hybrid solar/battery systems
- 'Bulletproof' Battery: Kevlar Membrane for Safer, Thinner Lithium Rechargeables
- Compact batteries enhanced by spontaneous silver matrix formations
- Possible avenue to better electrolyte for lithium ion batteries
- Low-grade waste heat regenerates ammonia battery
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 ...
Chemical Kinetics
Step toward rational design of catalysts: Better catalysts, made-to-orderMost of our food medicine fuel plastics and synthetic fibers wouldn't exist without catalysts materials that open favorable pathways for chemical reactions to run forth And yet chemists don't fully understand how most catalysts work ...
- Better Catalysts, Made-to-Order
- The gold standard: Affordable catalyst for energy and environmental applications
- A green transformation for pharmaceuticals
- A new piece in the high-temperature superconductivity puzzle: 'Dressing' in superconductors
- Switching clicks in polymers: Thermoset materials acquire thermoplastic properties with the aid of triazolinediones
Crystallography
Liquid crystal as lubricantThanks to a new lubricant small gears can run with virtually no friction Made from liquid crystalline fluid these lubricants drastically reduce friction and wear Lubricants are used in motors axels ventilators and manufacturing machines ...
- Definitive evidence of how zeolites grow: Tracking crystal growth in real time
- Researchers grow liquid crystal 'flowers' that can be used as lenses
- Plasmonic crystal alters to match light-frequency source: Device is like a photonic crystal, but smaller and tunable
- Crystal Mysteries Spiral Deeper
- Vaterite: Crystal within a crystal helps resolve an old puzzle
Separation Processes
Crude oil production: Asphaltene analysis takes a giant stepRice University researchers have developed an easy and accurate technique to detect and quantify the amount of asphaltene precipitated from crude oils which bedevils the oil industry by clogging wells and flow lines Asphaltene is ...
- Deep within spinach leaves, vibrations enhance efficiency of photosynthesis
- Broadening the scope for synthesizing optically active compounds
- Lab-on-a-chip realizes potential
- Game changer for synthesizing new materials: Method synthesizes thousands of new compounds with ultra low thermal conductivity
- Evaporation: Tiny temperature differences are primary driving force in droplet evaporation
Natural Product Chemistry
Can cattle grazing management technique help capture and store carbon in soil?Can beef production help restore ecosystems A team of scientists advisors and communications specialists are banding together to explore whether ranching management can create robust soils watersheds and wildlife habitat while sequestering atmospheric carbon dioxide ...
- Logging destabilizes forest soil carbon over time
- 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
Chemistry Education
OMG Moment Affects GPAsReleased 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 ...
- No Joke: Chemistry Thesis Transmuted Into Comic Book
- Lead negatively impacts cognitive functions of boys more than girls
- Esther Conwell, Pioneering Professor of Chemistry, Dead at 92
- Do cycle lanes increase safety of cyclists from overtaking vehicles?
- Nobel Laureates in Chemistry Should 'Spark Imagination of Would-Be Scientists Everywhere,' Says Cornell Chemist
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- Researchers discover new material to produce clean energy
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- New models yield clearer picture of emissions' true costs
- Metabolic path to improved biofuel production
- Breakthrough in energy harvesting could power 'life on Mars'
- Medical nanoparticles: local treatment of lung cancer
- Semi-artificial chloroplasts to manufacture biotechnologically relevant products
- Protecting crops from radiation-contaminated soil
- Chemists develop 'looking glass' for spotting sound molecular structures
- Biomolecular force generation based on principle of a gas spring
- The Making of a Geochemist: Q&A with Andrew Stack
- Big Box Stores Could Ditch the Grid, Use Natural Gas Fuel Cells Instead
- NYU Chemists Develop "Looking Glass" for Spotting Sound Molecular Structures
- American Chemical Society Presidential Symposia: Nanoscience, International Chemistry
- Methane oxidation fuelled by algal oxygen production
- Lasting severe weather impact found in feathers of young birds
- Mystery solved: Why seashells' mineral forms differently in seawater
- New tech could significantly cut carbon dioxide emissions
- Flower-like magnetic nanoparticles target difficult tumors
- Graphene Research: Electrons Moving along Defined Snake States
- Giant virus revealed in 3-D using X-ray laser
- The rub with friction: News rules of friction at the microscopic level
- Step change for screening could boost biofuels
- Enhancing high-temperature tolerance in plants: Effective on rice and tomatoes
- Munching bugs thwart eager trees, reducing the carbon sink
- Breakthrough in organic light emitting diodes technology
- Freeze! Watching alloys change from liquid to solid could lead to better metals
- First detailed microscopy evidence of bacteria at the lower size limit of life
- Preventing spread of cancer with copper molecules
- Supersonic electrons could produce future solar fuel
- Aerogel catalyst shows promise for fuel cells: Unzipped nanotubes turned into possible alternative for platinum
- Scientists trick the light fantastic
- Lab-on-paper developed for rapid, inexpensive medical diagnostics
- Blend of polymers could one day make solar power lighter, cheaper and more efficient
- Smart crystallization
- Swarmies shuffle through field tests
- Forbidden atomic transitions: Controlling matter 1,000 times more precisely using high-resolution spectroscopy
- Pens filled with high-tech inks for do-it-yourself sensors
- Quantum radar to detect objects which are invisible to conventional systems
- Predicting human crowds with statistical physics
- Submarine data used to investigate turbulence beneath Arctic ice
- The biobattery: Turning sewage sludge into electricity and engine oil
- World's challenges demand science changes -- and fast, experts say
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