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Breakthrough harnesses light for controlled chemical reaction
When chemist Tehshik Yoon looks out his office window he sees a source of energy to drive chemical reactions Plants learned to synthesize chemicals with sunlight eons ago Yoon came to the field a bit ... - Read MoreControlling brain waves to improve vision
Have you ever accidently missed a red light or a stop sign Or have you heard someone mention a visible event that you passed by but totally missed seeing When we have different things competing ... - Read MoreChernobyl's birds adapting to ionizing radiation
Birds in the exclusion zone around Chernobyl are adapting to and may even be benefiting from long term exposure to radiation ecologists have found The study published in the British Ecological Society's journal Functional Ecology ... - Read More'Double-Duty' Electrolyte Enables New Chemistry for Longer-Lived Batteries
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a new and unconventional battery chemistry aimed at producing batteries that last longer than previously thought possible In a study published in the ... - Read MoreToday's Antarctic region once as hot as California, Florida
Parts of ancient Antarctica were as warm as today's California coast and polar regions of the southern Pacific Ocean registered 21st century Florida heat according to scientists using a new way to measure past temperatures ... - Read MoreCow manure harbors diverse new antibiotic resistance genes
Manure from dairy cows which is commonly used as a farm soil fertilizer contains a surprising number of newly identified antibiotic resistance genes from the cows' gut bacteria The findings reported in mBio® the online ... - Read MoreNew design for mobile phone masts could cut carbon emissions
A breakthrough in the design of signal amplifiers for mobile phone masts could deliver a massive 200MW cut in the load on UK power stations reducing CO2 emissions by around 0.5 million tonnes a year ... - Read MoreIncreased infrastructure required for effective oil spill response in U.S. Arctic
A changing climate is increasing the accessibility of U S Arctic waters to commercial activities such as shipping oil and gas development and tourism raising concern about the risk of oil spills A new report ... - Read MoreSurprising material could play huge role in saving energy: Tin selenide is best at converting waste heat to electricity
One strategy for addressing the world's energy crisis is to stop wasting so much energy when producing and using it which can happen in coal fired power plants or transportation Nearly two thirds of energy ... - Read MoreNew material coating technology mimics nature's lotus effect
Ever stop to consider why lotus plant leaves always look clean The hydrophobic water repelling characteristic of the leaf termed the Lotus effect helps the plant survive in muddy swamps repelling dirt and producing beautiful ... - 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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Impurity size affects performance of emerging superconductive material
no picResearch from North Carolina State University finds that impurities can hurt performance or possibly provide benefits in a key superconductive material that is expected to find use in a host of applications including future particle ... - Read MoreHigh-performance, low-cost ultracapacitors built with graphene and carbon nanotubes
no picBy combining the powers of two single atom thick carbon structures researchers at the George Washington University's Micro propulsion and Nanotechnology Laboratory have created a new ultracapacitor that is both high performance and low cost ... - Read MoreVacuum ultraviolet lamp of the future created
no picA team of researchers in Japan has developed a solid state lamp that emits high energy ultraviolet UV light at the shortest wavelengths ever recorded for such a device from 140 to 220 nanometers This ... - Read MoreNeuroimaging Technique: Live from inside the cell in real-time
no picA novel imaging technique provides insights into the role of redox signaling and reactive oxygen species in living neurons in real time Scientists of the Technische Universität München TUM and the Ludwig Maximilians Universität München ... - Read MoreRNA shows potential as boiling-resistant anionic polymer material for nanoarchitectures
no picA team of nanotechnology researchers at the University of Kentucky has discovered new methods to build heat resistant nanostructures and arrays using RNA The research led by Peixuan Guo professor and William Farish Endowed Chair ... - Read More- «
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Materials Science
Researchers discover new material to produce clean energyResearchers at the University of Houston have created a new thermoelectric material intended to generate electric power from waste heat from a vehicle tailpipe for example or an industrial smokestack with greater efficiency and higher ...
Mechanochemistry
Hidden hazards found in 'green' productsA University of Melbourne researcher has found that common consumer products including those marketed as 'green' 'all natural' 'non toxic' and 'organic' emit a range of compounds that could harm human health and air quality ...
Scientific Communication
World's challenges demand science changes -- and fast, experts sayWorld's challenges demand science changes and fast experts say The world has little use and precious little time for detached experts A group of scientists each of them experts makes a compelling case in this ...
Chemical Physics
Quantum radar to detect objects which are invisible to conventional systemsA prototype quantum radar that has the potential to detect objects which are invisible to conventional systems has been developed by an international research team led by a quantum information scientist at the University of ...
Neurochemistry
New high-speed 3-D microscope -- SCAPE -- gives deeper view of living thingsOpening new doors for biomedical and neuroscience research Elizabeth Hillman associate professor of biomedical engineering at Columbia Engineering and of radiology at Columbia University Medical Center CUMC has developed a new microscope that can image ...
- Wireless brain sensor could unchain neuroscience from cables
- Small molecule acts as on-off switch for nature's antibiotic factory: Tells Streptomyces to either veg out or get busy
- Fluorescent sensor developed for detecting nitric oxide, a molecule related to many diseases
- Ketamine acts as antidepressant by boosting serotonin
- Scientists decode serotonin receptor at room temperature
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
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 ...
Biophysical Chemistry
X-ray imaging of a single virus in 3-DSince the determination of the molecular structure of myoglobin in 1957 X ray crystallography has been the defining tool of structural biology allowing researchers to determine the structure and hence the function of tens of ...
- Giant virus revealed in 3-D using X-ray laser
- New x-ray microscope for nanoscale imaging
- Watching protein crystal nucleation in real time
- New research paves the way for nano-movies of biomolecules
- New research paves the way for nano-movies of biomolecules; Scientists use X-ray laser as ultra slow-motion camera
Chemical Industry
Big Box Stores Could Ditch the Grid, Use Natural Gas Fuel Cells InsteadReleased 4 Mar 2015 4 30 PM ESTSource Newsroom Pacific Northwest National Laboratory more news from this source Contact Information Available for logged in reporters only Citations Fuel CellsMar 6 2015 RICHLAND Wash – Large ...
- Methane leaks from three large US natural gas fields in line with federal estimates
- 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
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- Full-annual-cycle models track migratory bird populations throughout the year
- Hidden hazards found in 'green' products
- Nutrient pollution damages streams in ways previously unknown, ecologists find
- Snffing out origins of methane: instrument identifies methane's origins in mines, deep-sea vents, and cows
- Researchers discover new material to produce clean energy
- Lightning plus volcanic ash make glass
- Solar cells to get growth boost, price cut
- Democratizing synthetic biology
- NASA Ames reproduces the building blocks of life in laboratory
- X-ray imaging of a single virus in 3-D
- Basis for cadmium toxicity uncovered
- Reducing greenhouse gas emissions with a more effective carbon capture method
- Energy-generating cloth could replace batteries in wearable devices
- New models yield clearer picture of emissions' true costs
- Metabolic path to improved biofuel production
- Breakthrough in energy harvesting could power 'life on Mars'
- Medical nanoparticles: local treatment of lung cancer
- Semi-artificial chloroplasts to manufacture biotechnologically relevant products
- Protecting crops from radiation-contaminated soil
- Chemists develop 'looking glass' for spotting sound molecular structures
- Biomolecular force generation based on principle of a gas spring
- The Making of a Geochemist: Q&A with Andrew Stack
- Big Box Stores Could Ditch the Grid, Use Natural Gas Fuel Cells Instead
- NYU Chemists Develop "Looking Glass" for Spotting Sound Molecular Structures
- American Chemical Society Presidential Symposia: Nanoscience, International Chemistry
- Methane oxidation fuelled by algal oxygen production
- Lasting severe weather impact found in feathers of young birds
- Mystery solved: Why seashells' mineral forms differently in seawater
- New tech could significantly cut carbon dioxide emissions
- Flower-like magnetic nanoparticles target difficult tumors
- Graphene Research: Electrons Moving along Defined Snake States
- Giant virus revealed in 3-D using X-ray laser
- The rub with friction: News rules of friction at the microscopic level
- Step change for screening could boost biofuels
- Enhancing high-temperature tolerance in plants: Effective on rice and tomatoes
- Munching bugs thwart eager trees, reducing the carbon sink
- Breakthrough in organic light emitting diodes technology
- Freeze! Watching alloys change from liquid to solid could lead to better metals
- First detailed microscopy evidence of bacteria at the lower size limit of life
- Preventing spread of cancer with copper molecules
- Supersonic electrons could produce future solar fuel
- Aerogel catalyst shows promise for fuel cells: Unzipped nanotubes turned into possible alternative for platinum
- Scientists trick the light fantastic
- Lab-on-paper developed for rapid, inexpensive medical diagnostics
- Blend of polymers could one day make solar power lighter, cheaper and more efficient
- Smart crystallization
- Swarmies shuffle through field tests
- Forbidden atomic transitions: Controlling matter 1,000 times more precisely using high-resolution spectroscopy
- Pens filled with high-tech inks for do-it-yourself sensors
- Quantum radar to detect objects which are invisible to conventional systems
- Predicting human crowds with statistical physics
- 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
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