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Engineering new properties on ultra-thin nanomaterials: Tool opens door for design of new phases of materials
Physicists have engineered novel magnetic and electronic phases in the ultra thin films of in a specific electronic magnetic material opening the door for researchers to design new classes of material for the next generation ... - Read MoreBest techniques for intracellular particle tracking
A contest for the best technique of intracellular particle tracking simultaneous tracking of the motions of hundreds and thousands of intracellular organelles virions and even individual molecules that is an important issue in cellular biology ... - Read MoreEnergy-dense sugar battery created
Breakthrough technology enables gene silencing to heal wounds
Hydrocephalus: Sensors monitor cerebral pressure
Novel nanotherapy breakthrough may help reduce recurrent heart attacks, stroke
Up to 30 percent of heart attack patients suffer a new heart attack because cardiologists are unable to control inflammation inside heart arteries the process that leads to clots rupturing and causing myocardial infarction or ... - Read MoreA 21st Century Adaptation of the Miller-Urey Origin of Life Experiments
and the Tokyo Institute of Technology were also involved “Miller was hesitant to encourage people to repeat the experiment due to the risk of inducing an explosion ” said Parker explaining why his lab chose ... - Read MoreWater cycle amplifies abrupt climate change
During the abrupt cooling at the onset of the so called Younger Dryas period 12680 years ago changes in the water cycle were the main drivers of widespread environmental change in western Europe Thus the ... - Read MoreUltra-thin tool heating for injection molding
In future thin film heating will allow plastic parts to be produced with greatly improved surface quality Researchers have also found a way to make the whole process more energy efficient If you have ever ... - Read MoreSolar-power device would use heat to enhance efficiency
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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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Biomedical engineer pursues development of five-dimensional imaging technology
no picVirginia Tech biomedical engineering faculty member Guohua Cao director of the X Ray Systems Laboratory is leading an effort to develop a new type of X ray scanner that is an unprecedented five dimensional technology ... - Read MoreLab-on-a-chip realizes potential
Soil production breaks geologic speed record
Improving the reliability of electronic devices by mitigating corrosive effects
no picA study of the thermodynamic properties of copper connections uncovers a route to improving the reliability of electronic devices One in five electronic device failures is a result of corrosion Bonds the metal connections that ... - Read MoreCarbon dioxide tamed: Making this ubiquitous gas industrially useful
no picUsing a copper catalyst to unite carbon dioxide with organic molecules under mild conditions could make this ubiquitous gas industrially useful Carbon dioxide has become notorious as a troublesome greenhouse gas produced by burning fossil ... - Read More- «
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Chemical Physics
Flashes of light on a superconductorA study just published in Nature Communications and carried out by a collaboration of several Italian and international centres including SISSA used a technique based on applying short flashes of light to observe and analyse ...
- Physicists detect process even rarer than the long-sought Higgs particle
- Making quantum connections: The speed of information in a spin network
- New optogenetic tool for controlling neuronal signalling by blue light
- Lights out: Light pollution alters reproduction cycle in lemurs
- From pencil marks to quantum computers
Natural Product Chemistry
Potent Spider Toxin 'Electrocutes' German, Not American, Cockroachessuggests that insecticides can be designed to target specific pests without harming beneficial species like bees A summary of the research led by Frank Bosmans Ph D an assistant professor of physiology at the Johns ...
- 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
- Scientists investigate the role of the 'silent killer' inside deep-diving animals
- Fungi may determine the future of soil carbon
Biophysical Chemistry
Rare chemical phenomenon that could be harnessed to harvest solar energy demonstrated by researchersA team of international scientists led by Professor Jagadese J Vittal of the Department of Chemistry at the National University of Singapore's NUS Faculty of Science has successfully unraveled the chemical reaction responsible for propelling ...
- NUS Scientists Demonstrate Rare Chemical Phenomenon That Could Be Harnessed to Harvest Solar Energy
- Refined model for reliable prediction of invasion dynamics
- Found: New cellulose digestion mechanism by fast-eating enzyme
- Intense two-color double X-ray laser pulses: Powerful tool to study ultrafast processes
- X-ray laser can solve protein structures from scratch
Chemical Kinetics
Water-cleanup catalysts tackle biomass upgradingRice University chemical engineer Michael Wong has spent a decade amassing evidence that palladium gold nanoparticles are excellent catalysts for cleaning polluted water but even he was surprised at how well the particles converted biodiesel ...
Immunochemistry
How beryllium causes deadly lung diseaseUsing exquisitely detailed maps of molecular shapes and the electrical charges surrounding them researchers at National Jewish Health have discovered how the metal beryllium triggers a deadly immune response in the lungs In the July ...
Acid-base Chemistry
First snapshots of water splitting in photosynthesisAn international team led by Arizona State University scientists has published today in Nature a groundbreaking study that shows the first snapshots of photosynthesis in action as it splits water into protons electrons and oxygen ...
- Postcards from the photosynthetic edge: Femtosecond snapshots of photosynthetic water oxidation
- Study Yields First Snapshots of Water Splitting in Photosynthesis
- Efficient thermal cooling and heating
- Interlayer distance in graphite oxide gradually changes when water is added
- Insights from nature for more efficient water splitting
Supramolecular Chemistry
Hollow-fiber membranes could cut separation costs, energy useResearchers have developed a microfluidic technique for fabricating a new class of metal organic framework MOF membranes inside hollow polymer fibers that are just a few hundred microns in diameter The new fabrication process believed ...
- Green spaces in cities may increase erosion of building materials such as stone, concrete and steel
- Let there be light: Chemists develop magnetically responsive liquid crystals for writing tablets, billboards and more
- LEGO bricks turned into scientific tool to study plant growth
- New perspectives to the design of molecular cages
- Making better medicines with handful of chemical building blocks
Molecular Biology
Scientists Find Protein-Building Enzymes Have Undergone Metamorphosis and Evolved Diverse New Functionswork toward their next discoveries The institute's graduate program which awards PhD degrees in biology and chemistry ranks among the top ten of its kind in the nation For more information see www scripps edu ...
- 'Microbe sniffer' could point way to next-generation bio-refining
- Identifying cyst-laden meat: Sarcocystis thermostable PCR detection kit developed
- Better tissue healing with disappearing hydrogels
- Long-sought molecular map of critical genetic machinery developed
- Scientists Capture Most Detailed Images Yet of Tiny Cellular Machines
Materials Science
Squishy robots: Phase-changing material could allow even low-cost robots to switch between hard and soft statesIn the movie Terminator 2 the shape shifting T 1000 robot morphs into a liquid state to squeeze through tight spaces or to repair itself when harmed Now a phase changing material built from wax ...
- New materials for future green tech devices
- Labs characterize carbon for lithion-ion batteries
- 3-D nanostructure could benefit nanoelectronics, gas storage: functional advantages of 3-D boron nitride predicted
- Uncertainty gives scientists new confidence in search for novel materials
- Silicon oxide for better computer memory: Use of porous silicon oxide reduces forming voltage, improves manufacturability
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- Solar energy gets a boost: 'Singlet fission' can increase solar cell efficiency by as much as 30 percent
- Getting a charge out of water droplets: Water jumping from a superhydrophobic surface can be harnessed to produce electricity
- Squishy robots: Phase-changing material could allow even low-cost robots to switch between hard and soft states
- New materials for future green tech devices
- Anti-tank missile detector joins fight against malaria
- Researchers discover boron 'buckyball'
- Cheap, highly efficient solar cells: A new stable and cost-cutting type of perovskite solar cell
- Labs characterize carbon for lithion-ion batteries
- 3-D nanostructure could benefit nanoelectronics, gas storage: functional advantages of 3-D boron nitride predicted
- When is a molecule a molecule? Scientists watch fast electron jumps in exploding molecules
- Scientists experimentally re-create conditions deep inside giant planets, such as Jupiter and many exo-planets
- Research Finds Bedbugs Can Be Killed with Lower Dosage of Chemical
- Scientists Find Protein-Building Enzymes Have Undergone Metamorphosis and Evolved Diverse New Functions
- Removing disordered regions of shape-shifting protein explains how blood clots
- Directly visualizing hydrogen bonds
- Improving tumor radiation therapy: When basic ions break DNA down
- Best-ever efficiency points to clean, green gas-diesel engine
- Efficient structures help build a sustainable future
- A Natural Way to Monitor, and Possibly Control Populations of, Stink Bugs
- Study of noninvasive retinal imaging device presented at Alzheimer's conference
- Flashes of light on a superconductor
- Deep within spinach leaves, vibrations enhance efficiency of photosynthesis
- Technology produces clean-burning hydrogen fuel cheaply using carbon nanotubes
- Fuel cells for powering homes
- Physicists detect process even rarer than the long-sought Higgs particle
- First snapshots of water splitting in photosynthesis
- Uncertainty gives scientists new confidence in search for novel materials
- Pressure cell for reproducing deep-Earth chemistry
- Postcards from the photosynthetic edge: Femtosecond snapshots of photosynthetic water oxidation
- Making quantum connections: The speed of information in a spin network
- Silicon oxide for better computer memory: Use of porous silicon oxide reduces forming voltage, improves manufacturability
- Neutron crystallography resolves long-standing molecular mystery
- Sophisticated radiation detector designed for broad public use
- Ultrasound tracks odor representation in brain
- Bacteria Hijack Plentiful Iron Supply Source to Flourish
- Study Yields First Snapshots of Water Splitting in Photosynthesis
- American Chemical Society Meeting Features Hands-On Family Event, Energy Symposia
- New Compound Treats Both Blindness and Diabetes in Animal Studies
- Potent Spider Toxin 'Electrocutes' German, Not American, Cockroaches
- SAR11, oceans' most abundant organism, has ability to create methane
- Platonic solids generate their four-dimensional analogues
- Ultra-cold atom transport made simple
- Efficient thermal cooling and heating
- The quantum dance of oxygen: Proposal for a new phase of the element, when atoms dance in quartets
- Highlights for 2014 National Meeting of World's Largest Scientific Society
- How beryllium causes deadly lung disease
- New optogenetic tool for controlling neuronal signalling by blue light
- Lights out: Light pollution alters reproduction cycle in lemurs
- Ironing out details of the carbon cycle: Dissolved iron in North Atlantic traced to Sahara desert
- From pencil marks to quantum computers
- Identifying microbial species: New device will help identify the millions of bacteria that populate the world
- Tool helps guide brain cancer surgery
- Hollow-fiber membranes could cut separation costs, energy use
- Safer, cheaper building blocks for future anti-HIV and cancer drugs
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