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Negative-charge carrying molecular structures created
Smallest vibration sensor in the quantum world
Inspired by deep sea sponges: Creating flexible minerals
'Metasurfaces' to usher in new optical technologies
Paraffin encapsulated in beach sand material as a new way to store heat from the sun
'Superheated' water can corrode diamonds
A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore NUS led by Professor Loh Kian Ping Head of the Department of Chemistry at the NUS Faculty of Science has successfully altered the properties of ... - Read MoreResearchers solve riddle of what has been holding two unlikely materials together
Researchers develop AFM-IR for nanometer scale chemical identification
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First discovery of a natural topological insulator
In a step toward understanding and exploiting an exotic form of matter that has been sparking excitement for potential applications in a new genre of supercomputers scientists are reporting the first identification of a naturally ... - 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 ...
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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Duckweed as a cost-competitive raw material for biofuel production
no picThe search for a less expensive sustainable source of biomass or plant material for producing gasoline diesel and jet fuel has led scientists to duckweed that fast growing floating plant that turns ponds and lakes ... - Read MoreChemists develop efficient material for carbon capture
Human-made material pushes the bounds of superconductivity
no picA multi university team of researchers has artificially engineered a unique multilayer material that could lead to breakthroughs in both superconductivity research and in real world applications Share This See Also Materials Science Civil Engineering ... - Read MoreTrackable drug-filled nanoparticles: Potential weapon against cancer
no picTiny particles filled with a drug could be a new tool for treating cancer in the future A new study published by Swedish scientists in Particle & amp Particle Systems Characterization shows how such nanoparticles ... - Read MoreIs nanosilver toxic?
no picAccording to Finnish Estonian joint research with data obtained on two crustacean species there is apparently no reason to consider silver nanoparticles more dangerous for aquatic ecosystems than silver ions The results were reported in ... - Read MoreChemistry Education
Revealing the healing of 'dino-sores': Examining broken bones in 150-million-year-old predatory dinosaurScientists 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 ...
Nuclear Chemistry
Researchers discover boron 'buckyball'The discovery 30 years ago of soccer ball shaped carbon molecules called buckyballs helped to spur an explosion of nanotechnology research Now there appears to be a new ball on the pitch Researchers from Brown ...
Bioorganic Chemistry
Atomic structure of key muscle component revealedActin is the most abundant protein in the body and when you look more closely at its fundamental role in life it's easy to see why It is the basis of most movement in the ...
Environmental Chemistry
Getting a charge out of water droplets: Water jumping from a superhydrophobic surface can be harnessed to produce electricityLast year MIT researchers discovered that when water droplets spontaneously jump away from superhydrophobic surfaces during condensation they can gain electric charge in the process Now the same team has demonstrated that this process can ...
- Pressure cell for reproducing deep-Earth chemistry
- SAR11, oceans' most abundant organism, has ability to create methane
- Ironing out details of the carbon cycle: Dissolved iron in North Atlantic traced to Sahara desert
- NASA launches carbon mission to watch Earth breathe
- High carbon dioxide levels cause warming in tropics
Chemical Industry
Checking up on crude oil in the ground: Nanoreporters tell 'sour' oil from 'sweet'Scientists at Rice University have created a nanoscale detector that checks for and reports on the presence of hydrogen sulfide in crude oil and natural gas while they're still in the ground The nanoreporter is ...
- Simpler gas distribution using buoyant transfer system
- Turning raw natural gas into upgraded liquid alcohol fuel
- What makes superalloys super? Hierarchical microstructure of a superalloy
- Stripped mobile phone camera turned into mini-microscope for low-cost diagnostics
- Tapping a valuable resource or invading the environment? Research examines the start of fracking in Ohio
Synthetic chemistry
Cost-effective, solvothermal synthesis of heteroatom (S or N)-doped graphene developedA research team led by group leader Yung Eun Sung has announced that they have developed cost effective technology to synthesize sulfur doped and nitrogen doped graphenes which can be applied as high performance electrodes ...
Food Chemistry
New global maps of livestock distributionLed by Marius Gilbert Interfaculty School of Bioengineering Université libre de Bruxelles and Tim Robinson ILRI Kenya an international researcher team established new global maps of livestock distribution This study should help to measure the ...
Spectroscopy
Hollow optical fibers for UV lightIf you want to send light on a trip through optical fibres with as little loss as possible you should opt for infrared light as is the case for example in the telecommunication networks worldwide ...
- Optical invisibility cloak built for diffusive media (like fog or milk)
- New 'T-ray' tech converts light to sound for weapons detection, medical imaging
- Water caged in buckyballs: Work on 'spin isomer conversion' may enhance magnetic resonance imaging
- Surgeons 'light up' GI tract to safely remove gall bladder
- Controlling brain waves to improve vision
Electrochemistry
Bolstering batteries with nanotubesResearchers at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory NREL are turning to extremely tiny tubes and rods to boost power and durability in lithium ion batteries the energy sources for cell phones laptops and ...
- Charging portable electronics in 10 minutes: New architecture for lithium-ion battery anodes far outperform the current standard
- Controlling thermal conductivities can improve energy storage
- Battery design could reduce electric car weight
- Scientists Pinpoint the Creeping Nanocrystals Behind Lithium-Ion Battery Degradation
- New lithium battery created
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