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Global cooling as significant as global warming, study of marine ecosystems during Cretaceous period shows
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Leakage of carbon from land to rivers, lakes, estuaries and coastal regions revealed
New study predicts rising irrigation costs, reduced yields for U.S. corn
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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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no picA major question in ecology has centered on the role of microbes in regulating ecosystem function Now in research published ahead of print in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology Brajesh Singh of the University ... - Read MoreElevated carbon dioxide making arid regions greener
Geochemistry survey at Chatham Rise reveals absence of modern day greenhouse gas emissions
Theoretical Chemistry
Scientists have developed a new feedback method for optimizing the laser pulse shapes used in the control of chemical reactions In many ways traditional chemical synthesis is similar to cooking To alter the final product ...
Chemical Kinetics
Chemical engineers at Rice University have found a new catalyst that can rapidly break down nitrites a common and harmful contaminant in drinking water that often results from overuse of agricultural fertilizers Nitrites and their ...
- Non-precious metal catalysts outperforming Pt-based one
- Simple textiles can be used with catalysts to enable complex chemical reactions
- New low-temperature chemical reaction explained
- Seemingly competitive co-catalysts cooperate to accelerate chemical reaction
- New way to study and improve catalytic reactions
Chemical Biology
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- Survey of supposed deep-sea chemical munitions dump off Southern California
- Graphene nanoribbons for 'reading' DNA: Researchers improve the nanopore-based technology for detecting DNA molecules
- Bait research focused on outsmarting destructive beetle
- Of hurricanes, fungus and Parkinson's disease
- Biosensor could help detect brain injuries during heart surgery
Chemical Thermodynamics
It is likely that at your next visit to the doctor a medical practitioner will start by taking your temperature This has been part of medical practice for so long that we may see it ...
Biophysical Chemistry
A team working at the SACLA X ray Free Electron Laser XFEL in Japan has succeeded in generating ultra bright two color X ray laser pulses for the first time in the hard X ray ...
- 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
- Bismuth-carrying nanotubes show promise for CT scans
- Size matters as nanocrystals go through phases
Photochemistry
Research by Professor Jian Ren Shen at Okayama University demystifies the reaction mechanisms of photosynthesis and the findings may lead to the development of methods for producing an unlimited source of clean energy Professor Jian ...
- General in the Solar Army to High School and College Students: 'We Are Recruiting'
- Off-grid sterilization with 'solar steam'
- Purple sunlight eaters: Microorganisms found in salt flats could offer new path to green hydrogen fuel
- Artificial forest for solar water-splitting: First fully integrated artificial photosynthesis nanosystem
- New type of solar structure cools buildings in full sunlight
Flavor Chemistry
Is there any connection between wine and biodiesel The answer is yes however surprising it may seem Acetals are chemical compounds found in many wines like port for example which give it a unique sweet ...
- Predators affect the carbon cycle, study shows
- Diet likely changed game for some hominids 3.5 million years ago
- Female moths use olfactory signals to choose the best egg-laying sites
- First snapshot of organisms eating each other: Feast clue to smell of ancient Earth
- Do Cells in the Blood, Heart and Lungs Smell the Food We Eat?
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
Electrochemistry
Small test strips made of silver or other metals called coupons are frequently used to assess and predict the speeds at which metals used in outdoor environments pipelines aircraft bridges as well as countless other ...
- Enhancing battery performance for portable electronics
- Scientists invent self-healing battery electrode
- Better batteries through biology? Modified viruses boost battery performance
- New rechargeable flow battery could enable cheaper, more efficient energy storage
- No more leakage of explosive electrolytes in batteries
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- First measurement flight: Research aircraft HALO explores trade wind clouds
- Astronomers solve temperature mystery of planetary atmospheres
- RAVAN to help solve an earth science mystery
- Missing Molecule in Chemical Production Line Discovered
- Rivers and streams release more greenhouse gas than all lakes
- Hard rock life: Collecting census data on microbial denizens of hardened rocks
- Survey of supposed deep-sea chemical munitions dump off Southern California
- More light shed on possibility of life on Mars
- NASA Curiosity: First Mars age measurement and human exploration help
- 2012 solar storm points up need for society to prepare
- Engineering researchers report on nanoscale energy-efficient switching devices
- Welcome guests: Added molecules allow metal-organic frameworks to conduct electricity
- 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
- A stopwatch for electron flashes: duration of energetic electron pulses measured using laser fields
- Solar cell degradation observed directly for the first time
- New long-lived greenhouse gas discovered: Highest global-warming impact of any compound to date
- How light affects individual atoms
- Scientists offer new insights on controlling nanoparticle stability
- Stripped mobile phone camera turned into mini-microscope for low-cost diagnostics
- Coal yields plenty of graphene quantum dots
- Quantum effects help cells capture light, but the details are obscure
- Morphing material has mighty potential: Composite may find use in bioscaffolds, optics, drugs
- World's highest quantum efficiency UV photodetectors created
- Clinical waste may be valuable for monitoring treatment response in ovarian cancer
- Water pollution in Mozambique
- Thermoelectric materials nearing production scale
- Three-dimensional view helps laser in building new molecules
- 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
- Better water purification with seeds from moringa trees
- 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
- Industrial age helps some coastal regions capture carbon dioxide, surprise finding shows
- Highly insulating windows are very energy efficient, though expensive
- Data centers can be cooled down in environmentally friendly, energy efficient ways
- Accelerated corrosion testing of silver provides clues about performance in atmospheric conditions
- Intense two-color double X-ray laser pulses: Powerful tool to study ultrafast processes
- The promise of nanotechnology
- Amoeboid swimming: Crawling in a fluid
- 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
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