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Catalyst for green chemistry: Amberlyst-15 can act as a catalyst for the acylation of phenols and alcohols
3-D printer can build synthetic tissues
Building better blood vessels could advance tissue engineering
Breakthrough in chemical crystallography
A research team led by Professor Makoto Fujita of the University of Tokyo Japan and complemented by Academy Professor Kari Rissanen of the University of Jyväskylä Finland has made a fundamental breakthrough in single crystal ... - Read MoreSame-day water pollution test could keep beaches open more often
With warm summer days at the beach on the minds of millions of winter weary people scientists are reporting that use of a new water quality test this year could prevent unnecessary beach closures while ... - Read MoreA giant step toward miniaturization: Nanotechnology transforms molecular beams into functional nano-devices
Bottom up synthesis of nanowires through metal catalyzed vapor phase epitaxy is a very attractive process to generate high quality nanowires thus providing an additional degree of freedom in design of innovative devices that extend ... - Read MorePapyrus plant detox for slaughterhouses
Humans have used the papyrus sedge for millennia The Ancient Egyptians wrote on it it can be made into highly buoyant boats it is grown for ornamentation and parts can even be eaten Now writing ... - Read MoreThin clouds drove Greenland's record-breaking 2012 ice melt
A giant step toward miniaturization: Nanotechnology transforms molecular beams into functional nano-devices with controlled atomic architectures
Bottom up synthesis of nanowires through metal catalyzed vapor phase epitaxy is a very attractive process to generate high quality nanowires thus providing an additional degree of freedom in design of innovative devices that extend ... - Read MoreThird-generation device significantly improves capture of circulating tumor cells
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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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Building quantum states with individual silicon atoms
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Photochemistry
High-tech materials purify water with sunlightSunlight plus a common titanium pigment might be the secret recipe for ridding pharmaceuticals pesticides and other potentially harmful pollutants from drinking water Scientists combined several high tech components to make an easy to use ...
- 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'
- Off-grid sterilization with 'solar steam'
Food Chemistry
Novel membrane reveals water molecules will bounce off a liquid surfaceConsider the nearest water surface a half full glass on your desk a puddle outside your window or a lake across town All of these surfaces represent liquid vapor interfaces where liquid meets air Molecules ...
- Potentially safer, greener alternative to BPA could come from papermaking waste
- Recovering metals and minerals from waste
- Origin of life: Simulating how Earth kick-started metabolism
- Ultrafast heating of water: This pot boils faster than you can watch it
- FDA to Review Safety of Chemicals in Soaps, Cornell Expert Available
Molecular Biology
A New Approach to Huntington's Disease?Released 3 28 2014 8 00 AM EDTEmbargo expired 3 30 2014 1 00 PM EDTSource Newsroom University of California Los Angeles UCLA Health Sciences more news from this source Contact Information Available for logged ...
- Shifting evolution into reverse promises cheaper, greener way to make new drugs
- Shifting Evolution Into Reverse Promises Cheaper, Greener Way to Make New Drugs
- Better way to make unnatural amino acids devised
- Synthetic biologists shine light on genetic circuit analysis
- Imaging dynamics of small biomolecules inside live cells
Chemical Kinetics
An improved, cost-effective catalyst for water-splitting devicesSolar energy appears to be the only form of renewable that can be exploited at level that matches the world's growing needs However it is equally necessary to find efficient ways to store solar energy ...
Chemical Biology
Toward a faster, more accurate way to diagnose strokeWhen someone suffers from a stroke a silent countdown begins A fast diagnosis and treatment can mean the difference between life and death So scientists are working on a new blood test that one day ...
Nuclear Chemistry
Researcher: Study on Element Could Change Ballgame on Radioactive Wasteand it’s what Florida State Professor Thomas Albrecht Schmitt the lead researcher on the project calls “wicked stuff ” In carefully choreographed experiments Albrecht Schmitt and his colleagues found that californium had amazing abilities to ...
- Seal teeth offer glimpse into the environmental past of Russia's Lake Baikal
- Tiny transistors for extreme environs: Engineers shrink plasma devices to resist radiation
- Magnetic behavior discovery could advance nuclear fusion
- Radiation damage at the root of Chernobyl's ecosystems
- Shale could be long-term home for problematic nuclear waste
Biophysical Chemistry
The question how rapidly animals plants or microorganisms can colonize new territories is not only of interest to ecologists the spread of invasive species can also have economic consequences e g in the agricultural sector ...
- 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
- Bringing out the best in X-ray crystallography data
- Tapping fungus to unlock energy: Crafting a better enzyme cocktail to turn plants into fuel faster
Chemical Industry
Simpler gas distribution using buoyant transfer systemA new fully mobile solution for offloading natural gas from ships to land may lead to increased distribution to new markets around the world International demand for natural gas is high and there are plentiful ...
- 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
- Super efficient combustion engine emits half the carbon dioxide
Physical Organic Chemistry
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers have combined ultrafast time resolved experimental measurements with theory to reveal how an explosive responds to a high impact shock The work involved advances in both ultrafast experimental shock wave ...
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- A New Approach to Huntington's Disease?
- Bamboo-Loving Giant Pandas Also Have a Sweet Tooth
- Engineers design 'living materials': Hybrid materials combine bacterial cells with nonliving elements that emit light
- Shifting evolution into reverse promises cheaper, greener way to make new drugs
- Shifting Evolution Into Reverse Promises Cheaper, Greener Way to Make New Drugs
- Researcher: Study on Element Could Change Ballgame on Radioactive Waste
- Forests crucial to green growth
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- Permafrost thaw exacerbates climate change
- Deep ocean current may slow due to climate change
- Making synthetic diamond crystals in plasma reactor
- Dust in the wind drove iron fertilization during ice age
- Emerging carbon trading markets offer lessons
- It looks like rubber but isn't: What goes on in a concentrated solution of circular polymers?
- Switching an antibiotic on and off with light
- Mathematical equation that explains the behavior of nanofoams
- Dartmouth Cancer Researcher on Genetic-Based Testing and Treatment for Breast Cancer
- True value of cover crops to farmers, environment
- Ocean's carbon budget balanced: Supply of food to midwater organisms balanced with demands for food
- Goldilocks principle: Earth's continued habitability due to geologic cycles that act as climate control
- Nanoparticle-based coating for aircraft engines may triple service life and reduce fuel consumption
- Tiny transistors for extreme environs: Engineers shrink plasma devices to resist radiation
- Algae may be a potential source of biofuels and biochemicals even in cool climate
- Real-time simulation of textiles with new software
- Important and complex systems, from the global financial market to groups of friends, may be highly controllable
- Fierce 2012 magnetic storm just missed us: Earth dodged huge magnetic bullet from the sun
- Planting cotton early may mean less stink bug damage
- Magnetic behavior discovery could advance nuclear fusion
- Nanotube composites greatly increase efficiency of next generation of solar cells
- High-strength materials from the pressure cooker: New materials made quickly and in eco-friendly manner
- Pocket diagnosis: App turns any smartphone into a portable medical diagnostic device
- New technique makes LEDs brighter, more resilient
- Radiation damage at the root of Chernobyl's ecosystems
- Fast synthesis could boost drug development
- New biotechnology product to make waterproof paper using natural enzymes
- Rewrite the textbooks on water's surface tension: Air-water interface is negatively charged by the adsorption of hydroxide ions
- Vaccination: No-refrigeration, spray vaccine could curb diseases in remote areas
- Thermal conductance can be controlled like waves using nanostructures
- Building Heart Tissue That Beats
- New Method Is a Thousand Times More Sensitive to Performance-Enhancing Drugs
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