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Did the Anthropocene begin with the nuclear age?
Scientists identify July 16 1945 as key time boundary in Earth history An international group of scientists has proposed a start date for the dawn of the Anthropocene a new chapter in the Earth's geological ... - Read MoreAtomic placement of elements counts for strong concrete
Even when building big every atom matters according to new research on particle based materials at Rice University Rice researchers Rouzbeh Shahsavari and Saroosh Jalilvand have published a study showing what happens at the nanoscale ... - Read MoreRace of the electrons: Laser pulses can be used to track the motion of electrons in metals with attosecond precision
It is easy to measure electric current But it is extremely hard to watch the individual electrons which make up this current Electrons race through the metal with a speed of several million meters per ... - Read MoreMore sun means fewer children, grandchildren, Norwegian study finds
A new study from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology shows that increased UV radiation can have an effect on human fertility over generations Gine Roll Skjærvø at the Norwegian University of Science and ... - Read MoreShedding light on why blue LEDS are so tricky to make
Scientists at UCL in collaboration with groups at the University of Bath and the Daresbury Laboratory have uncovered the mystery of why blue light emitting diodes LEDs are so difficult to make by revealing the ... - Read More'Seeing' hydrogen atoms to unveil enzyme catalysis that may play key role in cancer drug development
Enzymes are catalysts that speed up chemical reactions in living organisms and control many cellular biological processes by converting a molecule or substrate into a product used by the cell For scientists understanding details of ... - Read More"Seeing" Hydrogen Atoms to Unveil Enzyme Catalysis
how small its samples can be how large the crystal unit cells we can resolve ” said Kovalevsky “But this result shows the instrument is performing to its specifications which is exciting ” For future ... - Read MoreMicroscopy reveals how atom-high steps impede oxidation of metal surfaces
Rust never sleeps Whether a reference to the 1979 Neil Young album or a product designed to protect metal surfaces the phrase invokes the idea that corrosion from oxidation the more general chemical name for ... - Read MoreHow electrons split: New evidence of exotic behaviors
Electrons may be seen as small magnets that also carry a negative electrical charge On a fundamental level these two properties are indivisible However in certain materials where the electrons are constrained in a quasi ... - Read MoreRadiochemistry Annex: It's Getting Hot in There
Released 24 Dec 2014 11 00 AM ESTSource Newsroom Department of Energy Office of Science more news from this source Contact Information Available for logged in reporters only Dec 25 2014 Daniel Kaplan and Peter ... - 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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Scientists measure speedy electrons in silicon
no piche entire semiconductor industry not to mention Silicon Valley is built on the propensity of electrons in silicon to get kicked out of their atomic shells and become free These mobile electrons are routed and ... - Read MoreA new look at the finer details of rust show an assumed atomic structure has been wrong all along
no picMagnetite or Fe3O4 is an elaborate kind of rust a regular lattice of oxygen and iron atoms But this material plays an increasingly important role as a catalyst in electronic devices and in medical applications ... - Read MoreUpsetting the stability of super-small gold clusters generates multifaceted nanocrystals with potent catalytic properties
no picA*STAR researchers have devised a way to destabilize gold nanoclusters so that they form tiny atomic nuclei that then grow together into perfectly proportioned 12 sided dodecahedron crystals These unique polyhedra have energy rich surfaces ... - Read MoreControlled emission and spatial splitting of electron pairs demonstrated
no picIn quantum optics generating entangled and spatially separated photon pairs e g for quantum cryptography is already a reality So far it has however not been possible to demonstrate an analogous generation and spatial separation ... - Read MoreResearch could improve nuclear power plant safety, and stop your kettle furring up
no picTaking inspiration from nature researchers have created a versatile model to predict how stalagmite like structures form in nuclear processing plants as well as how lime scale builds up in kettles It's a wonderful example ... - Read MoreBioinorganic Chemistry
Scientists Rev Up Speed of Bionic Enzyme ReactionsOct 10 2016 Bionic enzymes got a needed boost in speed thanks to new research at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley Lab By pairing a noble metal with a natural enzyme ...
Nuclear Chemistry
Argonne Radioisotopes Have Potential for Medical Diagnosis and Treatmentare essential to nuclear medicine In an effort to return to a stable mass isotopes known as radioisotopes emit radiation that can damage diseased tissue and can be traced in certain environments making them useful ...
- Scientists discover 'supramolecule' that could help reduce nuclear, agricultural waste
- "Weighing" Atoms with Electrons
- IU Scientists Discover 'Supramolecule' That Could Help Reduce Nuclear, Agricultural Waste
- UChicago Site of Radiocarbon Dating Discovery Named Historic Landmark
- Proton diffusion discovery a boost for fuel cell technologies
Polymer Chemistry
2015 Dreyfus Prize Chemist Realizes Vast Commercial Applications from His Polymerization InnovationHumria Remicade Rituxan Avastin and Herceptin ATRP is having a broad application interfacing with biology ATRP has enabled both the controlled synthesis of complex biomimetic polymers and the preparation of bio hybrids The fusion of ...
- Color-Changing Polymer May Signal Traumatic Brain Injuries in Soldiers, Athletes (Video)
- Wrapping carbon nanotubes in polymers enhances their performance
- Squid-inspired 'invisibility stickers' could help soldiers evade detection in the dark
- Molecule from plants could make our roads and roofs 'greener'
- 'Green' batteries made to last: Oxide/carbon composite outperforms expensive platinum composites
Theoretical Chemistry
Tomoyasu Mani Wins 2016 Blavatnik Regional Award for Young ScientistsTomoyasu Mani former Goldhaber Fellow at the U S Department of Energy’s DOE Brookhaven National Laboratory and now an assistant professor in the University of Connecticut’s Department of Chemistry has received the 2016 Blavatnik Regional ...
Statistical Mechanics
On quantum scales, there are many second laws of thermodynamicsNew research from UCL and the Universities of Gdansk Singapore and Delft has uncovered additional second laws of thermodynamics which complement the ordinary second law of thermodynamics one of the most fundamental laws of nature ...
- String field theory could be the foundation of quantum mechanics: Connection could be huge boost to string theory
- Scientists propose existence and interaction of parallel worlds: Many Interacting Worlds theory challenges foundations of quantum science
- Electrical control of nuclear spin qubits: Important step towards quantum computers
- Quantum engines must break down
- Reconcilable differences: Study uncovers the common ground of scientific opposites
Photochemistry
Widest possible photosynthesis, absorbing any color of sunlight, from oranges through near-infraredIn 2005 scientists studying tiny sac like creatures called sea squirts found bacteria containing two types of chlorophyll a and b in cavities inside the squirts' tissues These two pigments were soaking up most of ...
Chemical Biology
Ten Rutgers Professors Named Fellows of American Association for the Advancement of ScienceNov 21 2016 Ten Rutgers professors have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science AAAS an honor conferred on 381 other experts in the U S and abroad The fellows ...
- Controversial Drug Approval Stirs Deep Concerns -- and Hope
- UT Southwestern Reports Highest-Resolution Model to Date of Brain Receptor Behind Marijuana's High
- European Commission Proposal on Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals Fails to Protect Public
- Understanding the Delayed Response to Antidepressants
- Preparing for (Another) Biological Attack
Bioorganic Chemistry
3-D neural structure guided with biocompatible nanofiber scaffolds and hydrogelsDamage to neural tissue is typically permanent and causes lasting disability in patients but a new approach has recently been discovered that holds incredible potential to reconstruct neural tissue at high resolution in three dimensions ...
- Thin transparent flexible screens: Roll up your screen and stow it away?
- Super-resolution microscopes reveal link between genome packaging, cell pluripotency
- Mystery of the reverse-wired eyeball solved
- Arachnid Rapunzel: Researchers spin spider silk proteins into artificial silk
- Computer model enables design of complex DNA shapes
Physical Organic Chemistry
Measuring chemistry: Local fingerprint of hydrogen bonding captured in experimentsMolecules are composed of atoms that maintain specific intervals and angles between one another However the shape of a molecule can change for example through proximity to other molecules external forces and excitations and also ...
- Phosphine as a Superconductor? Sure, but the Story May Be Complicated
- Hydrogen Bond Research at Indiana State University Adds to Scientific Community's Knowledge
- Combustion's Mysterious "QOOH" Radicals Exposed
- The first observation of the effect of electron spin of molecular oxygen on the surface oxidation reaction
- The simplest element: Turning hydrogen into 'graphene'
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