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More research needed into substitution principle and regulation of potentially hazardous chemical materials, experts urge
Professor Ragnar Lofstedt Professor of Risk Management and the Director of the King's Institute for Risk Research King's College London and Editor of the Journal of Risk Research has published a paper suggesting that the ... - Read MoreMicrobes swim to hydrogen gas
Waste could help fuel low carbon energy and transport
Changing the conversation: Polymers disrupt bacterial communication
Artificial materials based on simple synthetic polymers can disrupt the way in which bacteria communicate with each other a study led by scientists at The University of Nottingham has shown The findings published in the ... - Read MoreHigh-energy physicists predict new family of four-quark objects
The next big thing in the energy sector: Photovoltaic generated DC electricity
New aluminum alloy stores hydrogen: Versatile, lightweight material opens the door to fuel cells of the future
Three-dimensional carbon goes metallic
Resistance Is Futile: Chemists Develop New Way to Kill Cancer Cells Resistant to the Chemotherapy Drug Cisplatin
cell organelles that generate energy These structures have their own DNA inherited only from the mother which is essential for mitochondrial function Because mitochondria are involved in apoptosis the researchers wanted to see whether they ... - Read MoreNanotube-based sensors can be implanted under the skin for a year
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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no picReleased 10 31 2013 3 00 PM EDTSource Newsroom Washington University in St Louis more news from this source Nov 1 2013 A small molecule called VIP known to synchronize time keeping neurons in the ... - Read MoreWarming will disturb balance of soil nutrients in drylands, make drylands less productive
Extracting energy from bacteria: Microbial electrode catalysts that turn wastewater into watts
no picMost of us wouldn't consider bacteria a promising energy source of the future That would be shortsighted says Leonard Tender a microbial electrochemist at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington D C who believes that ... - Read MoreNew forensic technique for identifying cloth fibers
no picCrime scene investigators may soon have a new tool to help them catch evildoers Researchers have demonstrated the proof of principle for a new forensic technique to identify individual fibers of cloth which often all ... - Read MoreGo ahead, dunk your cell phone in salt water
no picBarrier films used in everything from food and drug packaging to consumer electronics and solar cells help prevent your food from spoiling help to preserve medication and protect your electronics from damage due to exposure ... - Read MoreMedicinal Chemistry
The prospect of turning coal into fluorescent particles may sound too good to be true but the possibility exists thanks to scientists at Rice University The Rice lab of chemist James Tour found simple methods ...
- Clinical waste may be valuable for monitoring treatment response in ovarian cancer
- Carbon monoxide may help shrink tumors, amplify effectiveness of chemotherapy
- Turning waste into power with bacteria and loofahs
- Sorting Good Germs From Bad, in the Bacterial World
- Iron-based process promises greener, cheaper, safer drug, perfume production
Polymer Chemistry
With the help of DESY's X ray light source PETRA III researchers of Technische Universität München have for the first time watched organic solar cells degrade in real time This work could open new approaches ...
Environmental Chemistry
NASA scientists have revealed the inner workings of the ozone hole that forms annually over Antarctica and found that declining chlorine in the stratosphere has not yet caused a recovery of the ozone hole More ...
- First measurement flight: Research aircraft HALO explores trade wind clouds
- RAVAN to help solve an earth science mystery
- Rivers and streams release more greenhouse gas than all lakes
- Hard rock life: Collecting census data on microbial denizens of hardened rocks
- 2012 solar storm points up need for society to prepare
Agrochemistry
The method used to approve pesticides in the EU needs to be revised This was confirmed by a recent study by the Institute for Environmental Sciences Landau According to the study the level of fungicides ...
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 ...
Chemical Industry
Simple imaging devices modified to inexpensive mini microscopes are the new weapon in fight against tropical infectious diseases show the researchers at the Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM University of Helsinki and Karolinska Institutet ...
- Tapping a valuable resource or invading the environment? Research examines the start of fracking in Ohio
- 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
Chemical Physics
How light affects individual atomsTyndall National Institute and its collaborators are unravelling how atoms vibrate and change when hit with intense bursts of light The ground breaking work has been recognised through publication of a paper in the journal ...
- Quantum effects help cells capture light, but the details are obscure
- World's highest quantum efficiency UV photodetectors created
- 'Spooky action' builds a wormhole between 'entangled' quantum particles
- New simulatable model displaying exotic quantum phenomena
- Physicists study coldest objects in universe
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
Spectroscopy
The Information Age will get a major upgrade with the arrival of quantum processors many times faster and more powerful than today's supercomputers For the benefits of this new Information Age 2.0 to be fully ...
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- Risk assessment for pesticides in EU unsuitable for use in field
- A new material for solar panels could make them cheaper, more efficient
- New results from inside the ozone hole
- Graphene-based nano-antennas may enable networks of tiny machines
- Revolutionary method for gluing gels and biological tissues
- Physicists provide answers for predicted behavior in relaxors: Thin films studied used in electronic devices
- Smashing science: Scientists discover how explosives respond to shockwaves
- Revolutionizing solar energy: Quantum waves found at the heart of organic solar cells
- Noble gas molecule discovered in space
- Programming smart molecules: Machine-learning algorithms could make chemical reactions intelligent
- Efficient removal of uranium, other heavy metals from water
- Precise docking sites for cells
- 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
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