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New Version of Texas Tech's Fibertect(r) Proves Better at Decontaminating Nerve Gas Surrogate in Lab Testing
Released 3 4 2013 11 35 AM ESTSource Newsroom Texas Tech University more news from this source Mar 4 2013 A new version of Fibertect® a nonwoven decontamination wipe created by researchers at Texas Tech ... - Read MoreHuman-made material pushes the bounds of superconductivity
A multi university team of researchers has artificially engineered a unique multilayer material that could lead to breakthroughs in both superconductivity research and in real world applications Share This See Also Materials Science Civil Engineering ... - Read MoreNew study reveals how sensitive US East Coast regions may be to ocean acidification
Volcanic aerosols, not pollutants, tamped down recent Earth warming
Saharan and Asian dust, biological particles end global journey in California
New insights into plant evolution
New Study Shows Cannabis Effects on Driving Skills
Released 3 1 2013 11 55 AM ESTSource Newsroom American Association for Clinical Chemistry AACC more news from this source Mar 1 2013 WASHINGTON – New research appearing online today in Clinical Chemistry the journal ... - Read MoreNew Chemical Probe Provides Tool to Investigate Role of Malignant Brain Tumor Domains in Chromatin Structure and Regulation
Released 3 1 2013 8 00 AM ESTSource Newsroom University of North Carolina School of Medicine more news from this source Mar 1 2013 “Before this there were no known chemical probes for the more ... - Read MoreWhat lies beneath: NASA Antarctic sub goes subglacial
NASA on course to launch Orion flight test
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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 ...
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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 ...
An old material gets a new name and with it topological insulators have another chance to shine Samarium hexaboride SmB6 has been around since the late 1960s but understanding its low temperature behavior has remained ...
All too often when a person takes a pill full of a potent and effective drug the drug passes straight through the body not reaching the organ where it is needed a waste of money ...
With the help of phylogenetic analysis scientists describe three new fungus species from New Zealand The new species belong to the widespread genus Gymnopus part of the Omphalotaceae family the most famous representative of which ...
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Turbulence in a crystal
Order in the chaos of a cell membrane
no picAn explanation has been proposed for the way in which ordered structures arise in cell membranes Scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam have discovered how complex compounds of sugar ... - Read MorePour, shake and stir: How gold particles, DNA and water have the potential to shape the future of medicine
Researchers find new information about 'Snowball Earth' period
no picIt is rather difficult to imagine but approximately 635 million years ago ice may have covered a vast portion of our planet in an event called Snowball Earth According to the Snowball Earth hypothesis the ... - Read MoreImproving climate protection in the agricultural sector
Medicinal Chemistry
The prospect of turning coal into fluorescent particles may sound too good to be true but the possibility exists thanks to scientists at Rice University The Rice lab of chemist James Tour found simple methods ...
- Clinical waste may be valuable for monitoring treatment response in ovarian cancer
- Carbon monoxide may help shrink tumors, amplify effectiveness of chemotherapy
- Turning waste into power with bacteria and loofahs
- Sorting Good Germs From Bad, in the Bacterial World
- Iron-based process promises greener, cheaper, safer drug, perfume production
Synthetic chemistry
Scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST and Sandia National Laboratories have added something new to a family of engineered high tech materials called metal organic frameworks MOFs the ability to conduct ...
- Carbon capture and storage: An inside look at a metal-organic framework (MOF) in action
- Organic lights and solar cells straight from the printer
- A noble yet simple way to synthesize new metal-free electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction
- Chemical synthesis: A simple technique for highly functionalized compounds
- Speedy chemical reaction captured in mid-stride
Food Chemistry
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 ...
- Tiny 'Lego' blocks build Janus nanotubes with potential for new drugs and water purification
- Gaming technology unravels one of the most complex entities in nature: Computational research unveils secrets in the human carbohydrate bar-code
- Quick test kit detects phenolic compounds in drinking water
- Protein surfaces defects act as drug targets
- BPA and chlorine means bad news: Modified forms of bisphenol A found to alter hormone signaling in new, disturbing ways
Geochemistry
When it comes to the growth of graphene an ultrathin ultrastrong all carbon material it is survival of the fittest according to researchers at The University of Texas at Austin The team used surface oxygen ...
- Study uses neutron scattering, supercomputing to demystify forces at play in biofuel production
- Breathing underwater: Evidence of microscopic life in oceanic crust
- A completely new atomic crystal dynamic of the white pigment titanium dioxide discovered
- Plasmonic black metals: Breakthrough in solar energy research?
- Cosmochemist May Have Solved Meteorite Mystery
Astrochemistry
An atmospheric peculiarity Earth shares with Jupiter Saturn Uranus and Neptune is likely common to billions of planets University of Washington astronomers have found and knowing that may help in the search for potentially habitable ...
- More light shed on possibility of life on Mars
- NASA Curiosity: First Mars age measurement and human exploration help
- Evidence found for granite on Mars: Red Planet more more geologically complex than thought
- Investigating mercury pollution in Indonesia
- Probing methane's secrets: From diamonds to Neptune
Scientific Communication
The University of Oklahoma Natural Products Discovery Group has taken an unconventional approach to finding new compounds with therapeutic relevance by launching a crowdsourcing initiative with citizen scientists from around the country With this approach ...
- 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Highlights the Cross-Disciplinary Nature of Today's Research Environment
- 'Celebrate Science' Events Next Sunday Open to the Public
- A close Bond: How the CIA exploited 007 for gadget ideas and public relations
- Scientists reveal structure of a supercooled liquid
- New generation soil property maps for Africa
Materials Science
By relentlessly miniaturizing a pre World War II computer technology and combining this with a new and durable material researchers at Case Western Reserve University have built nanoscale switches and logic gates that operate more ...
- Pioneering path to electrical conductivity in 'Tinker Toy' material (MOF)
- Polymers can behave like insulators, semiconductors and metals -- as well as semimetals
- Scientists scale terahertz peaks in nanotubes
- Scientists offer new insights on controlling nanoparticle stability
- Morphing material has mighty potential: Composite may find use in bioscaffolds, optics, drugs
Acid-base Chemistry
Seeds from Moringa oleifera trees can be used to purify water Uppsala University leads a research group which has discovered that seed material can give a more efficient purification process than conventional synthetic materials in ...
- Water glides freely across 'nanodrapes' made from the world's thinnest material
- Nanocrystal catalyst transforms impure hydrogen into electricity
- In water as in love, likes can attract
- Motorized microscopic matchsticks move in water with sense of direction
- Rare earth metal essential element for methane-munching acid-volcano microbe
Physical Organic Chemistry
A theoretical three dimensional 3D form of carbon that is metallic under ambient temperature and pressure has been discovered by an international research team The findings which may significantly advance carbon science are published online ...
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- Pioneering path to electrical conductivity in 'Tinker Toy' material (MOF)
- Polymers can behave like insulators, semiconductors and metals -- as well as semimetals
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- Coal yields plenty of graphene quantum dots
- Quantum effects help cells capture light, but the details are obscure
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- GRAPHENE: Growing Giants
- Geoengineering approaches to reduce climate change unlikely to succeed
- Experiment is first to simulate warming of Arctic permafrost
- New Jersey Shore likely faces unprecedented flooding by mid-century
- Ultrathin 'diagnostic skin' allows continuous patient monitoring
- Electricity from waste heat with more efficient materials
- Researchers create nonlinear light-generating zero-index metamaterial
- How water dissolves stone, molecule by molecule
- Carbon monoxide may help shrink tumors, amplify effectiveness of chemotherapy
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- While the Arctic Ocean is largely a carbon sink, parts are also a source of atmospheric carbon dioxide
- Turning waste into power with bacteria and loofahs
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- Highly insulating windows are very energy efficient, though expensive
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- Intense two-color double X-ray laser pulses: Powerful tool to study ultrafast processes
- The promise of nanotechnology
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- Molecular sensor detects early signs of multiple sclerosis, study finds
- Diagnostic imaging: New chip provides better all-round performance
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