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New phase in iron-based superconductors discovered
Scientists at the U S Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have discovered a previously unknown phase in a class of superconductors called iron arsenides This sheds light on a debate over the interactions between ... - Read MoreExploring the magnetism of a single atom
Magnetic devices like hard drives magnetic random access memories MRAMs molecular magnets and quantum computers depend on the manipulation of magnetic properties In an atom magnetism arises from the spin and orbital momentum of its ... - Read MoreApproaching the island of stability: Observation of the superheavy element 117
The periodic table of the elements is to get crowded towards its heaviest members Evidence for the artificial creation of element 117 has recently been obtained at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research ... - Read MoreChernobyl's birds adapting to ionizing radiation
Birds in the exclusion zone around Chernobyl are adapting to and may even be benefiting from long term exposure to radiation ecologists have found The study published in the British Ecological Society's journal Functional Ecology ... - Read MoreResearcher: Study on Element Could Change Ballgame on Radioactive Waste
and it’s what Florida State Professor Thomas Albrecht Schmitt the lead researcher on the project calls “wicked stuff ” In carefully choreographed experiments Albrecht Schmitt and his colleagues found that californium had amazing abilities to ... - Read MoreSeal teeth offer glimpse into the environmental past of Russia's Lake Baikal
March 21 marks World Water Day and a fitting time to consider one of the most unique mammals in Earth's waters The nerpa also known as the Baikal seal is the only seal that lives ... - Read MoreTiny transistors for extreme environs: Engineers shrink plasma devices to resist radiation
University of Utah electrical engineers fabricated the smallest plasma transistors that can withstand high temperatures and ionizing radiation found in a nuclear reactor Such transistors someday might enable smartphones that take and collect medical X ... - Read MoreMagnetic behavior discovery could advance nuclear fusion
Inspired by the space physics behind solar flares and the aurora a team of researchers from the University of Michigan and Princeton has uncovered a new kind of magnetic behavior that could help make nuclear ... - Read MoreRadiation damage at the root of Chernobyl's ecosystems
Radiological damage to microbes near the site of the Chernobyl disaster has slowed the decomposition of fallen leaves and other plant matter in the area according to a study just published in the journal Oecologia ... - Read MoreShale could be long-term home for problematic nuclear waste
Shale the source of the United States' current natural gas boom could help solve another energy problem what to do with radioactive waste from nuclear power plants The unique properties of the sedimentary rock and ... - 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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In the lab, scientists coax E. coli to resist radiation damage
no picCapitalizing on the ability of an organism to evolve in response to punishment from a hostile environment scientists have coaxed the model bacterium Escherichia coli to dramatically resist ionizing radiation and in the process reveal ... - Read MoreMapping behavior of charges in correlated spin-orbit coupled materials: Electronic disruption prods Mott insulator's conversion to metallic state
no picIn a relatively recently discovered class of materials known as spin orbit Mott insulators theorists have predicted the emergence of new properties at points just beyond the insulating state when electronic manipulation can transform these ... - Read MoreA shocking diet: Researchers describe microbe that 'eats' electricity
no picThere have been plenty of fad diets that captured the public's imagination over the years but Harvard scientists have identified what may be the strangest of them all sunlight and electricity Led by Peter Girguis ... - Read MorePumping iron: A hydrogel actuator with mussel tone
no picProtein from a small tasty mollusk inspired Michigan Technological University's Bruce P Lee to invent a new type of hydrogel actuator Hydrogels are soft networks of polymers with high water content like jello Because of ... - Read MoreScientists discover new pathway for artificial photosynthesis
Biophysical Chemistry
One in a Million: Analyzing Metabolites in a Single CellReleased 28 Aug 2015 12 05 PM EDTSource Newsroom Department of Energy Office of Science more news from this source Add to Favorites Contact Information Available for logged in reporters only Citations Angewandte Chemie International ...
Agrochemistry
Global Food Security, Eating Your Greens Could Help Your Game, Lower Cancer Risk with Ginger and Chili Peppers, and More in the Food Science News Sourceand international appetites –American Society of Agronomy ASA Crop Science Society of America CSSA Soil Science Society of America SSSA |2016 08 31 Researchers have discovered an enzyme that plays a leading role in the ...
- Researchers create synthetic biopathway to turn agriculture waste into 'green' products
- Researchers Create Synthetic Biopathway to Turn Agriculture Waste Into 'Green' Products
- Wildflowers on Farms -- Not Just Crops -- Can Expose Bees to Neonicotinoids
- Microscopic Molecules Can Fight Citrus Greening Bug with Less Insecticides
- Grape Waste Could Make Competitive Biofuel
Flavor Chemistry
Meeting Demand for 'Natural' Vanilla Calls for Creativityis synthesized from guaiacol a petrochemical This ratio poses a problem as consumers demand more natural products Responding to the shift major food company Nestlé announced it would eliminate artificial additives which would include vanillin ...
- Could smell hold the key to limiting or ending pesticide use?
- Queen's Scientists Develop First Perfume Which Smells Better the More You Sweat
- Intelligent neuroprostheses mimic natural motor control
- Food Additive Could Serve as a Safer, More Environmentally Friendly Antifreeze
- Early herders' grassy route through Africa: Old teeth show Lake Victoria wasn't tsetse fly habitat
Nuclear Chemistry
Proton diffusion discovery a boost for fuel cell technologiesScientists at the University of Liverpool have made an important breakthrough which could lead to the design of better fuel cell materials In a paper published in Nature Communications they demonstrate how they synthesised nanometre ...
Geochemistry
Spray-on coating could ice-proof airplanes, power lines, windshieldsOn your car windshield ice is a nuisance But on an airplane a wind turbine an oil rig or power line it can be downright dangerous And removing it with the methods that are available ...
- Graphene composite may keep wings ice-free
- Solving Slippery 80-Year-Old Mystery, Tufts Chemist Discovers Way to Isolate Single-Crystal Ice Surfaces
- Chipping Away at the Secrets of Ice Formation
- Ascent or no ascent? How hot material is stopped in Earth's mantle
- New form of ice: Square ice filling for a graphene sandwich
Colloidal Chemistry
Making a Multi-Use, Stiff Carbon Foam Using Breadand biomass such as banana peels can be used to make these foams but they are not very stable are costly to make or have varied inner structures that cannot be adjusted So Yibin Li ...
Food Chemistry
Water helps assembly of biofibers that could capture sunlightWhen it comes to water some materials have a split personality and some of these materials could hold the key to new ways of harnessing solar energy These small assemblies of organic molecules have parts ...
- Microbes Take Their Vitamins - for the Good of Science
- Chemistry Student Seeks to Revolutionize Chocolate Through Research
- New sensor detects spoiled meat
- Just Hit "Print": Office Inkjet Printer Could Produce Simple Tool to Identify Infectious Disease, Food Contaminants
- Engineers develop new yeast strain to enhance biofuel and biochemical production
Scientific Communication
'Open Science' Paves New Pathway to Develop Malaria Drugswas welcome to share data and collaborate by adding comments to an electronic notebook as part of the Open Source Malaria Consortium Some scientists designed and synthesized new generations of the antimalarial compounds others ran ...
Medicinal Chemistry
Ludwig Researchers Solve a Mystery of Early Embryonic Developmentby adding three identical molecules known as methyl groups at a specific place on a packaging protein known as histone 3. Dahl a visiting scholar in Ren’s lab and co first author on the Nature ...
- Researchers prevent, normalize tumors using light to control cell electric signals
- Chemists develop an ultra-sensitive test for cancers, HIV
- Tips on Seeking a Thyroid Surgeon, How to Improve Cancer Immunotherapy, Drug Combination Shuts Down Tumor Growth in Aggressive Lung Cancer, and more in the Cancer News Source
- UNC Researchers Uncover How Kappa Opioid Receptors Drive Anxiety
- U of S Researchers Develop New Tools to Combat Antibiotic Resistance
