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Small size enhances charge transfer in quantum dots
Ultrafast heating of water: This pot boils faster than you can watch it
Graphene nanoribbons an ice-melting coat for radar
Cellulose nanocrystals possible 'green' wonder material
High-resolution 3-D imaging draws new picture of Golgi's whereabouts during cell division
Resolving a fundamental question in cell biology and showing off the powers of new high resolution 3 D imaging NIH scientists have discovered where the Golgi apparatus which sorts newly synthesized proteins for transport inside ... - Read MoreNanoparticles and their orbital positions
Physicists have developed a planet satellite model to precisely connect and arrange nanoparticles in three dimensional structures Inspired by the photosystems of plants and algae these artificial nanoassemblies might in the future serve to collect ... - Read MoreGreen innovator: Turning chicken feathers and plant fiber into eco-leather, bio-based circuit boards
SOFs take to water: First soluble 2-D supramolecular organic frameworks created
Golden trap: Highly sensitive system to detect individual molecules
Microprinting leads to low-cost artificial cells
Easily manufactured low cost artificial cells manufactured using microprinting may one day serve as drug and gene delivery devices and in biomaterials biotechnology and biosensing applications according to a team of Penn State biomedical engineers ... - 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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FDA to Review Safety of Chemicals in Soaps, Cornell Expert Available
no picExpert Pitch Released 12 16 2013 3 00 PM ESTSource Newsroom Cornell University more news from this source Contact Information Available for logged in reporters only Anthony Hay professor in the department of microbiology at ... - Read MoreAncient Chemical Bond May Aid Cancer Therapy
no picReleased 12 10 2013 3 00 PM ESTEmbargo expired 12 16 2013 3 00 PM ESTSource Newsroom Vanderbilt University Medical Center more news from this source Contact Information Available for logged in reporters only Citations ... - Read MoreEthanol blends carry hidden risk
Deep-sea corals record dramatic long-term shift in Pacific Ocean ecosystem
Low-power tunneling transistor for high-performance devices at low voltage
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Sonochemistry
Ultrasound cuts costs in producing aluminium alloysScientists at Brunel University London have confirmed that treating molten metal with ultrasound is a cleaner greener and more efficient route to produce high quality castings Molten aluminium alloys at 700 °C naturally contain a ...
- 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'
- Levitation: Droplets surfing on sound waves
Photochemistry
Glimpsing pathway of sunlight to electricityFour pulses of laser light on nanoparticle photocells in a University of Oregon spectroscopy experiment has opened a window on how captured sunlight can be converted into electricity The work which potentially could inspire devices ...
- High-tech materials purify water with sunlight
- Promising news for producing fuels through artificial photosynthesis
- Solar-power device would use heat to enhance efficiency
- Photosynthesis mechanism: Tofu-like crystalline catalysts for producing clean energy
- General in the Solar Army to High School and College Students: 'We Are Recruiting'
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
Geochemistry
Fossils survive volcanic eruption to tell us about the origin of the Canary IslandsThe most recent eruption on the Canary Islands at El Hierro in 2011 produced spectacularly enigmatic white floating rocks that originated from the layers of oceanic sedimentary rock underneath the island An international team of ...
- Voyage from Earth's crust to its mantle and back again
- A new look at the finer details of rust show an assumed atomic structure has been wrong all along
- Tropical Inspiration for an Icy Problem
- New material steals oxygen from air
- New material steals oxygen from the air: One spoonful absorbs all the oxygen in a room
Separation Processes
Deep within spinach leaves, vibrations enhance efficiency of photosynthesisBiophysics researchers at the University of Michigan have used short pulses of light to peer into the mechanics of photosynthesis and illuminate the role that molecule vibrations play in the energy conversion process that powers ...
- 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
- Chemists Find New Compounds to Curb Staph Infection
Food Chemistry
Antiquity of dairying on Emerald Isle revealedAs dairy farmers across Europe anxiously await the lifting of EU milk quotas in April this year new research from the University of Bristol UK has revealed the antiquity of dairy farming in a region ...
Environmental Chemistry
Global warming doubles risk of extreme La Niña event, research showsThe risk of extreme La Niña events in the Pacific Ocean could double due to global warming new research has shown The projected twofold increase in the frequency of this potentially devastating weather phenomenon across ...
- Easter Island mystery: Why did the native culture die out?
- Smothered oceans: Extreme oxygen loss in oceans accompanied past global climate change
- Holes in valence bands of nanodiamonds discovered: Potential catalysts for splitting water
- Missing link in metal physics explains Earth's magnetic field
- Spiky 'hedgehog particles' for safer paints, fewer VOC emissions
Molecular Biology
The origin of life: Labyrinths as crucibles of lifeWater filled micropores in hot rock may have acted as the nurseries in which life on Earth began A team at Ludwig Maximilians Universitaet LMU in Munich has now shown that temperature gradients in pore ...
Nuclear Chemistry
Nanoscale mirrored cavities amplify, connect quantum memoriesThe idea of computing systems based on controlling atomic spins just got a boost from new research performed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT and the U S Department of Energy's DOE Brookhaven National ...
- Promising drug candidate protects against radiation exposure from nuclear fallout
- Scientists search for new ways to deal with U. S. uranium ore processing legacy
- Individual protons and neutrons in atomic nuclei do not behave according to predictions
- Graphene brings quantum effects to electronic circuits
- New decontamination tool expected to help Fukushima cleanup
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- Global warming doubles risk of extreme La Niña event, research shows
- Easter Island mystery: Why did the native culture die out?
- Smothered oceans: Extreme oxygen loss in oceans accompanied past global climate change
- Programmed synthesis towards multi-substituted benzene derivatives
- Chromium-centered cycloparaphenylene rings as new tools for making functionalized nanocarbons
- 'Bulletproof' Battery: Kevlar Membrane for Safer, Thinner Lithium Rechargeables
- Researchers tune friction in ionic solids at the nanoscale
- Nanoscale mirrored cavities amplify, connect quantum memories
- Researchers use sound to slow down, speed up, and block light
- Holes in valence bands of nanodiamonds discovered: Potential catalysts for splitting water
- Missing link in metal physics explains Earth's magnetic field
- Detecting chemical weapons quickly with a color-changing film
- Spiky 'hedgehog particles' for safer paints, fewer VOC emissions
- Researchers produce two bio-fuels from a single algae
- Carbon nanoballs can greatly contribute to sustainable energy supply
- Cell imaging gets colorful
- Novel radioguided brain surgery technique could help pinpoint cancerous tissue
- The origin of life: Labyrinths as crucibles of life
- New mechanism unlocked for evolution of green fluorescent protein
- Demystifying nanocrystal solar cells
- No Joke: Chemistry Thesis Transmuted Into Comic Book
- Spiky 'Hedgehog Particles' for Safer Paints, Fewer VOC Emissions
- Converting olive mash into cash
- Faster annotation system for prokaryotic genomes unveiled
- Chemists find a way to unboil egg whites: Ability to quickly restore molecular proteins could slash biotechnology costs
- Nanoshuttle wear and tear: It’s the mileage, not the age
- Visualizing interacting electrons in a molecule
- Researchers identify materials to improve biofuel, petroleum processing
- Lead negatively impacts cognitive functions of boys more than girls
- Promising drug candidate protects against radiation exposure from nuclear fallout
- More light shed on on biomass breakdown
- Using less fish to test chemicals safety
- The latest fashion: Graphene edges can be tailor-made
- Ocean could hold key to predicting recurring extreme winters
- Scientists search for new ways to deal with U. S. uranium ore processing legacy
- New technique helps probe performance of organic solar cell materials
- Boston's leaky pipes release high levels of heat-trapping methane
- Fossils survive volcanic eruption to tell us about the origin of the Canary Islands
- Soils could keep contaminants in wastewater from reaching groundwater, streams
- Antibiotics, bacteria, resistance genes found in dust from feedlots
- New research re-creates planet formation, super-Earths and giant planets in the laboratory
- Path to artificial photosynthesis? Manganese catalyst's electronic states characterized
- Scientists set quantum speed limit
- Fine motor skills for robotic hands
- Gold 'nano-drills' help with DNA analysis
- Exotic, gigantic molecules fit inside each other like Russian nesting dolls
- Scientists 'bend' elastic waves with new metamaterials that could have commercial applications
- New conductive coatings for flexible touchscreens
- Electroluminescent light sheets: Printable luminous particles enable cost-effective, large and curved luminous surfaces
- Decorative and flexible solar panels become part of interior design and the appearance of objects
- Sequestration on shaky ground: Natural impediment to long-term sequestration of carbon dioxide
- Watching protein crystal nucleation in real time
- Self-assembled nanotextures create antireflective surface on silicon solar cells
- Individual protons and neutrons in atomic nuclei do not behave according to predictions
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