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Material turns 'schizophrenic' on way to superconductivity
Light tsunami in a superconductor
Picking apart photosynthesis: New insights could lead to better catalysts for water splitting
Materials: Magnetic mystery solved
Highly porous materials known as metal organic frameworks MOFs are showing promise as catalysts and drug delivery vehicles Some scientific sleuthing by A*STAR researchers could now help industry to exploit the magnetic properties of MOFs ... - Read MoreScientists propose alternative method for the study of ions
Scientists at the Department of Physics of the University of Oulu have teamed up with scientists in France Russia and Japan to propose a new experimental method for researching positively charged ions The study In ... - Read MoreLaser empties atoms from the inside out
An international team of plasma physicists has used one of the world's most powerful lasers to create highly unusual plasma composed of hollow atoms Share This See Also Physics Optics Quantum Physics Chemistry Thermodynamics Nuclear ... - Read MoreMechanism of novel biological electron transfer revealed
Electrons are not enough: Cuprate superconductors defy convention
Detecting cesium with naked eyes
New player in electron field emitter technology makes for better imaging and communications
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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 ...
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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Turbulence in a crystal
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Crystallography
Liquid crystal as lubricantThanks to a new lubricant small gears can run with virtually no friction Made from liquid crystalline fluid these lubricants drastically reduce friction and wear Lubricants are used in motors axels ventilators and manufacturing machines ...
- Definitive evidence of how zeolites grow: Tracking crystal growth in real time
- Researchers grow liquid crystal 'flowers' that can be used as lenses
- Plasmonic crystal alters to match light-frequency source: Device is like a photonic crystal, but smaller and tunable
- Crystal Mysteries Spiral Deeper
- Vaterite: Crystal within a crystal helps resolve an old puzzle
Chemical Engineering
Tracking animals on videos: Software able to identify and track a specific individual within a groupResearchers from the Spanish National Research Council CSIC have developed a software based on the discovery of some algorithms that enable the identification of each individual therefore allowing their tracking within the group Thus the ...
- New method of wormlike motion lets gels wiggle through water
- Engineering a better way to rebuild bone inside the body
- Analysis of financial markets using laws of molecular fluid dynamics
- New insight into thermoelectric materials may boost green technologies
- Making it big: Metamaterial applications a step closer to reality
Neurochemistry
Fluorescent sensor developed for detecting nitric oxide, a molecule related to many diseasesThe detection of certain chemical compounds in our body is essential to prevent many diseases and set out their treatment Thus making advances in the development of compounds that can be easily detected is key ...
- Ketamine acts as antidepressant by boosting serotonin
- Scientists decode serotonin receptor at room temperature
- Drexel Researchers Looking Inside Vessels to Understand Blood's Ebb and Flow
- Sudden Decline in Testosterone May Cause Parkinson's Disease Symptoms in Men
- Watching molecule movements in live cells
Astrochemistry
Scientists experimentally re-create conditions deep inside giant planets, such as Jupiter and many exo-planetsLawrence Livermore scientists for the first time have experimentally re created the conditions that exist deep inside giant planets such as Jupiter Uranus and many of the planets recently discovered outside our solar system Researchers ...
- A more earth-friendly way to make bright white cotton fabrics
- Fierce 2012 magnetic storm just missed us: Earth dodged huge magnetic bullet from the sun
- An experiment recreates the crust of Jupiter's moon Europa
- A new renewable energy source? Device captures energy from Earth's infrared emissions to outer space
- Soil production breaks geologic speed record
Theoretical Chemistry
When is a molecule a molecule? Scientists watch fast electron jumps in exploding moleculesUsing ultra short X ray flashes an international team of researchers watched electrons jumping between the fragments of exploding molecules The study reveals up to what distance a charge transfer between the two molecular fragments ...
Polymer Chemistry
Cheap, highly efficient solar cells: A new stable and cost-cutting type of perovskite solar cellPerovskite solar cells show tremendous promise in propelling solar power into the marketplace The cells use a hole transportation layer which promotes the efficient movement of electrical current after exposure to sunlight However manufacturing the ...
- Shatterproof screens that save smartphones
- Preserving bread longer: A new edible film made with essential oils
- Conducting polymer films decorated with biomolecules for cell research use
- Cheap, environmentally-friendly method for making transparent conductive films for laptops, smartphones, solar cells
- Determining biocontainers' carbon footprint
Chemical Kinetics
Water-cleanup catalysts tackle biomass upgradingRice University chemical engineer Michael Wong has spent a decade amassing evidence that palladium gold nanoparticles are excellent catalysts for cleaning polluted water but even he was surprised at how well the particles converted biodiesel ...
Bioinorganic Chemistry
How knots can swap positions on a DNA strandPhysicists of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz JGU and the Graduate School of Excellence Materials Science in Mainz MAINZ have been able with the aid of computer simulations to confirm and explain a mechanism by which ...
- Artificial enzyme mimics natural detoxification mechanism in liver cells
- Compact, extremely small-scale incubator microscope to examine cells in time lapse
- DNA can be damaged by very low-energy radiation
- Combatting hospital-acquired infections with protein metal complex
- BLAST off! Exploring the universe of biochemical reactions
Chemical Industry
Checking up on crude oil in the ground: Nanoreporters tell 'sour' oil from 'sweet'Scientists at Rice University have created a nanoscale detector that checks for and reports on the presence of hydrogen sulfide in crude oil and natural gas while they're still in the ground The nanoreporter is ...
- Simpler gas distribution using buoyant transfer system
- Turning raw natural gas into upgraded liquid alcohol fuel
- What makes superalloys super? Hierarchical microstructure of a superalloy
- Stripped mobile phone camera turned into mini-microscope for low-cost diagnostics
- Tapping a valuable resource or invading the environment? Research examines the start of fracking in Ohio
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- Solar energy gets a boost: 'Singlet fission' can increase solar cell efficiency by as much as 30 percent
- Getting a charge out of water droplets: Water jumping from a superhydrophobic surface can be harnessed to produce electricity
- Squishy robots: Phase-changing material could allow even low-cost robots to switch between hard and soft states
- New materials for future green tech devices
- Anti-tank missile detector joins fight against malaria
- Researchers discover boron 'buckyball'
- Cheap, highly efficient solar cells: A new stable and cost-cutting type of perovskite solar cell
- Labs characterize carbon for lithion-ion batteries
- 3-D nanostructure could benefit nanoelectronics, gas storage: functional advantages of 3-D boron nitride predicted
- When is a molecule a molecule? Scientists watch fast electron jumps in exploding molecules
- Scientists experimentally re-create conditions deep inside giant planets, such as Jupiter and many exo-planets
- Research Finds Bedbugs Can Be Killed with Lower Dosage of Chemical
- Scientists Find Protein-Building Enzymes Have Undergone Metamorphosis and Evolved Diverse New Functions
- Removing disordered regions of shape-shifting protein explains how blood clots
- Directly visualizing hydrogen bonds
- Improving tumor radiation therapy: When basic ions break DNA down
- Best-ever efficiency points to clean, green gas-diesel engine
- Efficient structures help build a sustainable future
- A Natural Way to Monitor, and Possibly Control Populations of, Stink Bugs
- Study of noninvasive retinal imaging device presented at Alzheimer's conference
- Flashes of light on a superconductor
- Deep within spinach leaves, vibrations enhance efficiency of photosynthesis
- Technology produces clean-burning hydrogen fuel cheaply using carbon nanotubes
- Fuel cells for powering homes
- Physicists detect process even rarer than the long-sought Higgs particle
- First snapshots of water splitting in photosynthesis
- Uncertainty gives scientists new confidence in search for novel materials
- Pressure cell for reproducing deep-Earth chemistry
- Postcards from the photosynthetic edge: Femtosecond snapshots of photosynthetic water oxidation
- Making quantum connections: The speed of information in a spin network
- Silicon oxide for better computer memory: Use of porous silicon oxide reduces forming voltage, improves manufacturability
- Neutron crystallography resolves long-standing molecular mystery
- Sophisticated radiation detector designed for broad public use
- Ultrasound tracks odor representation in brain
- Bacteria Hijack Plentiful Iron Supply Source to Flourish
- Study Yields First Snapshots of Water Splitting in Photosynthesis
- American Chemical Society Meeting Features Hands-On Family Event, Energy Symposia
- New Compound Treats Both Blindness and Diabetes in Animal Studies
- Potent Spider Toxin 'Electrocutes' German, Not American, Cockroaches
- SAR11, oceans' most abundant organism, has ability to create methane
- Platonic solids generate their four-dimensional analogues
- Ultra-cold atom transport made simple
- Efficient thermal cooling and heating
- The quantum dance of oxygen: Proposal for a new phase of the element, when atoms dance in quartets
- Highlights for 2014 National Meeting of World's Largest Scientific Society
- How beryllium causes deadly lung disease
- New optogenetic tool for controlling neuronal signalling by blue light
- Lights out: Light pollution alters reproduction cycle in lemurs
- Ironing out details of the carbon cycle: Dissolved iron in North Atlantic traced to Sahara desert
- From pencil marks to quantum computers
- Identifying microbial species: New device will help identify the millions of bacteria that populate the world
- Tool helps guide brain cancer surgery
- Hollow-fiber membranes could cut separation costs, energy use
- Safer, cheaper building blocks for future anti-HIV and cancer drugs
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