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The future of electronics, now in 2-D
The future of electronics could lie in a material from its past as researchers from The Ohio State University work to turn germanium the material of 1940s transistors into a potential replacement for silicon At ... - Read MoreGeoengineering report: Scientists urge more research on climate intervention
Deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions while necessary may not happen soon enough to stave off climate catastrophe So in addition the world may need to resort to so called geoengineering approaches that aim to ... - Read MoreGlobal sea ice diminishing, despite Antarctic gains
Sea ice increases in Antarctica do not make up for the accelerated Arctic sea ice loss of the last decades a new NASA study finds As a whole the planet has been shedding sea ice ... - Read MoreAdvent of geoengineering may help lower temperature of debate over climate change
Geoengineering an emerging technology aimed at counteracting the effects of human caused climate change also has the potential to counteract political polarization over global warming according to a new study Published Feb 9 in the ... - Read MoreWant to save the planet? Neighbors better allies than family
Know your neighbor save the planet That's the key finding of a study that says visits with neighbors lead to more planet friendly behaviors than spending time with friends or family The study published by ... - Read MoreCarbon release from ocean helped end the Ice Age
A release of carbon dioxide CO2 from the deep ocean helped bring an end to the last Ice Age according to new collaborative research by the University of Southampton Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona UAB the ... - Read MoreGlobal rainfall satellites require massive overhaul
Circling hundreds of miles above Earth weather satellites are working round the clock to provide rainfall data that are key to a complex system of global flood prediction A new Cornell University study warns that ... - Read MoreQuest for efficiency in thermoelectric nanowires
Efficiency is big in the tiny world of thermoelectric nanowires Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories say better materials and manufacturing techniques for the nanowires could allow carmakers to harvest power from the heat wasted by ... - Read MoreUnderstanding air pollution from biomass burners used for heating
As many places in the U S and Europe increasingly turn to biomass rather than fossil fuels for power and heat scientists are focusing on what this trend might mean for air quality and people's ... - Read MoreNanoscale solution to big problem of overheating in microelectronic devices
Anyone who has ever toasted the top of their legs with their laptop or broiled their ear on a cell phone knows that microelectronic devices can give off a lot of heat These devices contain ... - 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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Nano-hydrogels that attack cancer cells
no picHydrogels are materials that are commonly used in everyday objects such as contact lenses or diapers in order to control humidity However chemical engineers at the University of Guadalajara UdeG in Mexico developed a new ... - Read MoreOn quantum scales, there are many second laws of thermodynamics
no picNew research from UCL and the Universities of Gdansk Singapore and Delft has uncovered additional second laws of thermodynamics which complement the ordinary second law of thermodynamics one of the most fundamental laws of nature ... - Read MoreNanotubes self-organize and wiggle: Evolution of a nonequilibrium system demonstrates MEPP
no picThe second law of thermodynamics tells us that all systems evolve toward a state of maximum entropy wherein all energy is dissipated as heat and no available energy remains to do work Since the mid ... - Read MoreArachnid Rapunzel: Researchers spin spider silk proteins into artificial silk
no picIncredibly tough slightly stretchy spider silk is a lightweight biodegradable wonder material with numerous potential biomedical applications But although humans have been colonizing relatively placid silkworms for thousands of years harvesting silk from territorial and ... - Read MoreBetter batteries inspired by lowly snail shells
no picScientists are using biology to improve the properties of lithium ion batteries Researchers at the University of Maryland Baltimore County UMBC have isolated a peptide a type of biological molecule which binds strongly to lithium ... - Read More- «
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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
Chemical Industry
Sponge-like material to more efficiently store natural gasAlthough compressed natural gas represents a cleaner and more efficient fuel for vehicles its volatile nature requires a reinforced heavy tank that stores the gas at high pressure and therefore limits vehicle design Researchers at ...
- High-precision radar for the steel industry
- 'Chemistry of Natural Resources' Focus of Plenaries at American Chemical Society Meeting
- Big Box Stores Could Ditch the Grid, Use Natural Gas Fuel Cells Instead
- Methane leaks from three large US natural gas fields in line with federal estimates
- Combination of imaging methods improves diagnostics
Carbohydrate Chemistry
Ames Lab Discovers Way to Make Alane a Better Hydrogen Fuel Option for VehiclesSep 28 2016 Scientists at the U S Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory in collaboration with several partners have discovered a less expensive more energy efficient way to produce alane – aluminum trihydride – a ...
Environmental Chemistry
Chemistry Says Moon Is Proto-Earth's Mantle, Relocatedbut two have been very influential ” In the original giant impact model the impact melted a part of the Earth and the entire impactor flinging some of the melt outward like clay from a ...
- California Gas Well Blowout Caused Nation's Largest Methane Release, Study Finds
- Oxygen-starved oceans held back life's recovery after the 'Great Dying'
- Humans settled, set fire to Madagascar's forests 1,000 years ago
- Sound of deep-water animal migration revealed
- Air pollution exposure during pregnancy linked with asthma risk
Physical Organic Chemistry
Measuring chemistry: Local fingerprint of hydrogen bonding captured in experimentsMolecules are composed of atoms that maintain specific intervals and angles between one another However the shape of a molecule can change for example through proximity to other molecules external forces and excitations and also ...
- Phosphine as a Superconductor? Sure, but the Story May Be Complicated
- Hydrogen Bond Research at Indiana State University Adds to Scientific Community's Knowledge
- Combustion's Mysterious "QOOH" Radicals Exposed
- The first observation of the effect of electron spin of molecular oxygen on the surface oxidation reaction
- The simplest element: Turning hydrogen into 'graphene'
Biophysical Chemistry
One in a Million: Analyzing Metabolites in a Single CellReleased 28 Aug 2015 12 05 PM EDTSource Newsroom Department of Energy Office of Science more news from this source Add to Favorites Contact Information Available for logged in reporters only Citations Angewandte Chemie International ...
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 ...
Electrochemistry
Pioneering Scientists in Battery Technology, Renewable Energy to Be Featured at PRiME 2016Sep 15 2016 Pennington NJ – Sept 14 2016 – Three scientific societies will hold their joint scientific meeting known as PRiME 2016 from Oct 2 7 in Honolulu HI This is the largest most ...
- Chemists Offer Enhanced 3D Look Inside Batteries
- Car roof and battery made with byproducts of paper production
- Researchers Prove Surprising Chemistry Inside a Potential Breakthrough Battery
- Engineer improves rechargeable batteries with nano 'sandwich'
- Beyond the lithium ion: Significant step toward a better performing battery
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 ...
