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Gulf of Mexico Has Greater-Than-Believed Ability to Self-Cleanse Oil Spills
The Gulf of Mexico may have a much greater natural ability to self clean oil spills than previously believed an expert in bioremediation said here today at the 245th National Meeting & amp Exposition of ... - Read MoreHydrogen from methane without CO2 emissions?
The production of hydrogen from methane without carbon dioxide emissions is the objective of a project in which KIT is a major partner At KALLA the Karlsruhe Liquid metal Laboratory researchers are setting up a ... - Read MoreUnderstanding Climate Science: A Scientist's Responsibility to Communicate with the Public
With global climate change and the prospect of another record hot summer on the minds of millions of people experts have gathered here today to encourage scientists to take a more active role in communicating ... - Read MoreAir pollution stunts coral growth
NASA flies radar south on wide-ranging expedition
A comet, not an asteroid, may have killed the dinosaurs, experts propose
Same-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 MoreRising temperature difference between hemispheres could dramatically shift rainfall patterns in tropics
NASA's SORCE satellite marks a decade in the sun
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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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Soils in newly forested areas store substantial carbon that could help offset climate change
Indian monsoon failure more frequent with global warming, research suggests
Stirred not mixed: How seawater turbulence affects marine food webs
Lunar cycle determines hunting behavior of nocturnal gulls
New evidence ancient asteroid caused global firestorm on Earth
Agrochemistry
Glomeromycota is an ancient lineage of fungi that has a symbiotic relationship with roots that goes back nearly 420 million years to the earliest plants More than two thirds of the world's plants depend on ...
Bioinorganic Chemistry
Nanorobot for transporting drugs in the bodyA 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 ...
Bioorganic Chemistry
DNA helicity, elasticity explained on nanoscaleA simple mechanical model to effectively implement the well known double stranded structure and the elasticity of DNA on a nano meter scale has been developed by Jae Hyung Jeon and Wokyung Sung of Pohang ...
- Dye absorption structure of dye-sensitized solar cells elucidated on molecular level: Success in dye absorption structure control
- 'X-shape' not true picture of chromosome structure, new imaging technique reveals
- Molecular structure reveals how HIV infects cells
- RNA double helix structure identified using synchrotron light
- Sorting out Parkinson's protein structure: Computer modeling may offer hints for new drug-design strategies
Chemical Industry
A new study is examining methane and other components in groundwater wells in advance of drilling for shale gas that's expected over the next several years in an Ohio region Amy Townsend Small a University ...
- Super efficient combustion engine emits half the carbon dioxide
- Butterfly wings inspire new technologies: From fabrics and cosmetics to sensors
- Hydraulic fracturing in Michigan investigated
- Using a form of 'ice that burns' to make potable water from oil and gas production
- Potential well water contaminants highest near natural gas drilling
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 ...
Materials Science
Half Heusler compounds are especially suited for manufacturing thermoelectric modules Waste heat can be converted to electricity with them Researchers have manufactured the alloys for the first time in kilogram quantities More than two thirds ...
- Electricity from waste heat with more efficient materials
- How water dissolves stone, molecule by molecule
- The promise of nanotechnology
- Diagnostic imaging: New chip provides better all-round performance
- Nanoscale shape-memory oxide discovered: Opens door to applications in medicine, energy and electronics
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
Natural Product Chemistry
Researchers show how modified pacemaker strengthens failing heartsJohns Hopkins heart researchers are unraveling the mystery of how a modified pacemaker used to treat many patients with heart failure known as cardiac resynchronization therapy CRT is able to strengthen the heart muscle while ...
- New antifungal composition effectively inhibits wide variety of fungi
- Computer simulations indicate calcium carbonate has a dense liquid phase
- Traditional forest management reduces fungal diversity
- Great exaptations: Most traits emerge for no crucial reason, scientists find
- Beautiful but hiding unpleasant surprise: Three new species of fetid fungi from New Zealand
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
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- Electricity from waste heat with more efficient materials
- Researchers create nonlinear light-generating zero-index metamaterial
- How water dissolves stone, molecule by molecule
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- DNA helicity, elasticity explained on nanoscale
- Silkworms spin colored silks while on a 'green' dyed-leaf diet
- 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
- Data centers can be cooled down in environmentally friendly, energy efficient ways
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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
- Living desert underground: In perpetual darkness of limestone cave, surprisingly diverse ecosystem of microbes
- Tracking fracking pollution
- New thermoelectronic generator: Heat energy efficiently converted to electricity
- Companies could make the switch to wood power
- Nanoscale shape-memory oxide discovered: Opens door to applications in medicine, energy and electronics
- 'Spooky action' builds a wormhole between 'entangled' quantum particles
- Optimizing carbon nanotube arrays for use in hot spots
- Face to face with Sweden's social robot
- Sorting Good Germs From Bad, in the Bacterial World
- Microplastics make marine worms sick
- 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
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- Amplifying Our Vision of the Infinitely Small
- Mystery of neutron stars heats up: Previously unknown layers where rapid neutrino cooling occurs
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- Destroying greenhouse gases in environmentally-friendly way
- New simulatable model displaying exotic quantum phenomena
- From cellulose to textile fiber
- Physicists study coldest objects in universe
- Pills of the future: Nanoparticles; Researchers design drug-carrying nanoparticles that can be taken orally
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- Iron-based process promises greener, cheaper, safer drug, perfume production
- Polymer gel, heal thyself: Engineering team proposes new composites that can regenerate when damaged
- Flexible, stretchable fire-ant rafts
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