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Process holds promise for production of synthetic gasoline from carbon dioxide
'Nanosponge vaccine' fights MRSA toxins
New light shed on solar water-splitting process
Nanorobot for transporting drugs in the body
A nanorobot is a popular term for molecules with a unique property that enables them to be programmed to carry out a specific task In collaboration with colleagues in Italy and the USA researchers at ... - Read MoreAmplifying Our Vision of the Infinitely Small
Released 12 2 2013 10 00 AM ESTSource Newsroom Universite de Montreal more news from this source Dec 3 2013 Richard Martel and his research team at the Department of Chemistry of the Université de ... - Read MoreMystery of neutron stars heats up: Previously unknown layers where rapid neutrino cooling occurs
Until now scientists were pretty sure they knew how the surface of a neutron star a super dense star that forms when a large star explodes and its core collapses into itself can heat itself ... - Read MoreSnapshots differentiate molecules from their mirror image
Destroying greenhouse gases in environmentally-friendly way
New simulatable model displaying exotic quantum phenomena
From cellulose to textile fiber
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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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Physicists study coldest objects in universe
Pills of the future: Nanoparticles; Researchers design drug-carrying nanoparticles that can be taken orally
Pushing limits of light microscopy
Scientists stitch up photosynthetic megacomplex
Iron-based process promises greener, cheaper, safer drug, perfume production
no picUniversity of Toronto researchers have developed a series of techniques to create a variety of very active iron based catalysts necessary to produce the alcohols and amines used in the drug and perfume industry The ... - Read More- «
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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
Natural Product Chemistry
Can cattle grazing management technique help capture and store carbon in soil?Can beef production help restore ecosystems A team of scientists advisors and communications specialists are banding together to explore whether ranching management can create robust soils watersheds and wildlife habitat while sequestering atmospheric carbon dioxide ...
- Logging destabilizes forest soil carbon over time
- Clues to trapping carbon dioxide in rock: Calcium carbonate takes multiple, simultaneous roads to different minerals
- Potent Spider Toxin 'Electrocutes' German, Not American, Cockroaches
- Bio-printing transplantable tissues, organs: Another step closer
- Cellular Gates for Sodium and Calcium Controlled by Common Element of Ancient Origin
Electrochemistry
In quest for better lithium-air batteries, chemists boost carbon's stabilityTo power a car so it can travel hundreds of miles at a time lithium ion batteries of the future are going to have to hold more energy without growing too big in size That's ...
- Using 'fuzzy logic' to optimize hybrid solar/battery systems
- 'Bulletproof' Battery: Kevlar Membrane for Safer, Thinner Lithium Rechargeables
- Compact batteries enhanced by spontaneous silver matrix formations
- Possible avenue to better electrolyte for lithium ion batteries
- Low-grade waste heat regenerates ammonia battery
Agrochemistry
Storks could become poisoned by pesticides during their migration to AfricaNot all storks migrate to Africa Many stay for the winter in the Iberian Peninsula where landfills have become a permanent source of food Scientists from Extremadura have analysed the presence of pollutants and pesticides ...
- Bacteria as individual as people? Study of rhizobium from plant roots suggests yes
- Scientists' new analysis of plant proteins advances our understanding of photosynthesis
- Why Plants Don't Get Sunburn
- Potential of autochthonous bacteria for use as biofertilizers
- Plant scientist discovers basis of 'evolution' in violins
Chemical Industry
Methane leaks from three large US natural gas fields in line with federal estimatesTens of thousands of pounds of methane leak per hour from equipment in three major natural gas basins that span Texas Louisiana Arkansas and Pennsylvania according to airborne measurements published today But the overall leak ...
- Combination of imaging methods improves diagnostics
- Boston's leaky pipes release high levels of heat-trapping methane
- Study fuels hope for natural gas cars: Metal organic framework candidates for methane storage identified
- Detecting gases wirelessly, cheaply
- Researchers find way to turn sawdust into gasoline
Astrochemistry
New research re-creates planet formation, super-Earths and giant planets in the laboratoryNew laser driven compression experiments reproduce the conditions deep inside exotic super Earths and giant planet cores and the conditions during the violent birth of Earth like planets documenting the material properties that determined planet ...
Chemical Biology
Untangling DNA with a droplet of water, a pipet and a polymerResearchers have long sought an efficient way to untangle DNA in order to study its structure neatly unraveled and straightened out under a microscope Now chemists and engineers at KU Leuven in Belgium have devised ...
- Himalayan ice shows chemicals ban is working
- Flame retardants found to cause metabolic, liver problems, animal study shows
- Recent research provides new data on chemical gardens, whose formation is a mystery for science
- Data-storage for eternity, stored in the form of DNA
- Research Team Finds How CBD, a Component in Marijuana, Works Within Cells
Environmental Chemistry
Climate-warmed leaves change lake ecosystemsRising soil temperatures significantly affect autumn leaves and consequently the food web appearance and biochemical makeup of the lakes and ponds those leaves fall into a Dartmouth College led study finds The study is one ...
- First direct observation of carbon dioxide's increasing greenhouse effect at Earth's surface
- Lake Tahoe research provides new insights on global change
- Looking back into the past of oceans: Acidification trends, seasonal fluctuations
- Recycling of nutrients may be the key to saving Earth
- Scientists bring oxygen back to dead fjord
Molecular Biology
Expert Available Re GFP Research, Genetically Modified Mosquitoes. @ConnCollege Chem Prof Marc Zimmer, Author Of "Illuminating Disease"Expert Pitch Released 20 Feb 2015 12 00 PM ESTSource Newsroom Connecticut College more news from this source Contact Information Available for logged in reporters only Marc Zimmer the Tempel Professor of Chemistry at Connecticut ...
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- Submarine data used to investigate turbulence beneath Arctic ice
- The biobattery: Turning sewage sludge into electricity and engine oil
- World's challenges demand science changes -- and fast, experts say
- Untangling DNA with a droplet of water, a pipet and a polymer
- Mystery of the reverse-wired eyeball solved
- Bringing clean energy a step closer
- The better to see you with: Prosthetic leg would keep an eye on path ahead
- Himalayan ice shows chemicals ban is working
- Climate-warmed leaves change lake ecosystems
- First direct observation of carbon dioxide's increasing greenhouse effect at Earth's surface
- Lake Tahoe research provides new insights on global change
- Lithium from the coal in China
- Superatomic Nickel core and unusual molecular reactivity
- In quest for better lithium-air batteries, chemists boost carbon's stability
- Building blocks of the future defy logic: New logic-defying mathematical model
- Combating bacteria via silver-dammar coating
- New x-ray microscope for nanoscale imaging
- Caging of molecules allows investigation of equilibrium thermodynamics
- Spin laser: Rapid data transfer thanks to quantum physics
- Physicists offer a solution to the puzzle of the origin of matter in the universe
- Clusters of aluminum metal atoms become superconductive at surprisingly high temperatures
- Simple way to make and reconfigure complex emulsions
- Graphene shows potential as novel anti-cancer therapeutic strategy
- Cherenkov Effect improves radiation therapy for patients with cancer
- New technology could make treatment of oil and gas wastewater simpler, cheaper
- Bacteria in marine sponges harvest phosphorus for reef community
- Looking back into the past of oceans: Acidification trends, seasonal fluctuations
- Storks could become poisoned by pesticides during their migration to Africa
- New, useful feature of Moringa seeds revealed
- Renewable energy obtained from wastewater
- Building tailor-made DNA nanotubes step by step
- Crude oil production: Asphaltene analysis takes a giant step
- New acoustic insulation material that incorporates fibers from orange tree pruning
- Optical nanoantennas set the stage for a NEMS lab-on-a-chip revolution
- Using 'fuzzy logic' to optimize hybrid solar/battery systems
- Together, nanotechnology, genetic interference may tackle 'untreatable/ brain tumors
- Novel pretreatment could cut biofuel costs by 30 percent or more
- OMG Moment Affects GPAs
- Recycling of nutrients may be the key to saving Earth
- Scientists bring oxygen back to dead fjord
- Stretch and relax: Losing one electron switches magnetism on in dichromium
- Simulating superconducting materials with ultracold atoms
- New catalyst to create chemical building blocks from biomass
- Fever alarm armband: A wearable, printable, temperature sensor
- Threat of ocean acidification to coastal communities in US
- Quantum many-body systems on the way back to equilibrium
- Frequency combs in molecular fingerprint region
- Availabililty of rare metals for manufacturing: Are we (in)dependent of rare metals?
- Magnetic nanoparticles could stop blood clot-caused strokes
- Waste electrical and electronic equipment, including kitchen utensils, contain valuable materials
- Getting a grip on exotic atomic nuclei
- Climate change influences distribution of organic pollutants in the Baltic Sea
- Draft report analyzes policy options for hydraulic fracturing in Michigan
- System to turn wastewater into fresh water developed
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