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Concentrating solar power: Study shows greater potential
Concentrating solar power CSP could supply a substantial amount of current energy demand according to the study published in the journal Nature Climate Change In the Mediterranean region for example the study shows that a ... - Read MoreLet there be light: Chemists develop magnetically responsive liquid crystals for writing tablets, billboards and more
Chemists at the University of California Riverside have constructed liquid crystals with optical properties that can be instantly and reversibly controlled by an external magnetic field The research paves the way for novel display applications ... - Read MoreCheap and enviromentally friendly: Tofu ingredient could revolutionize solar panel manufacture
The chemical used to make tofu and bath salts could also replace a highly toxic and expensive substance used to make solar cells a University study published in the journal Nature has revealed Cadmium chloride ... - Read MoreLEGO bricks turned into scientific tool to study plant growth
Ludovico Cademartiri had what seemed like an impossibly demanding list of requirements for his lab equipment The Iowa State University assistant professor of materials science and engineering wants to understand environmental effects on plant growth ... - Read MoreA Breakthrough for Organic Reactions in Water
Released 6 25 2014 11 30 AM EDTEmbargo expired 6 26 2014 5 00 AM EDTSource Newsroom McGill University more news from this source Contact Information Available for logged in reporters only Citations Nature CommunicationsJun ... - Read MoreResearchers See Possible Answer to Chemo Pain in a Multiple Sclerosis Drug
Released 6 23 2014 12 00 PM EDTSource Newsroom Saint Louis University Medical Center more news from this source Contact Information Available for logged in reporters only Citations Journal of Biological ChemistryJun 24 2014 ST ... - Read More'Onion' vesicles for drug delivery developed
One of the defining features of cells is their membranes Each cell's repository of DNA and protein making machinery must be kept stable and secure from invaders and toxins Scientists have attempted to replicate these ... - Read MoreInfection prevention implanted directly into bones
Hospital germs can be fatal since they are resistant to antibiotics As a result alternative methods of defense against bacteria are in demand Fortunately a German French research team has been able to develop bone ... - Read MoreDrastic cut in electricity bill for supermarket in Norway
A Norwegian supermarket gets by with just over two thirds of the electricity used by similar stores The newly built mini supermarket in Trondheim was opened last autumn by a government minister to the sound ... - Read MoreShatterproof screens that save smartphones
University of Akron polymer scientists have developed a transparent electrode that could change the face of smartphones literally by making their displays shatterproof In a recently published scientific paper researchers demonstrated how a transparent layer ... - 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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Method of synthesizing new type of nickel-carbon heterofullerenes
no picScientists from several British Spanish and Russian research centers MIPT Institute for Spectroscopy RAS Kurchatov Institute and Kintech Lab Ltd have come up with a method of synthesizing a new type of nickel carbon compound ... - Read MorePreserving bread longer: A new edible film made with essential oils
no picEssential oils have boomed in popularity as more people seek out alternatives to replace their synthetic cleaning products anti mosquito sprays and medicines Now scientists are tapping them as candidates to preserve food in a ... - Read MoreHow to tell when a sewage pipe needs repair -- before it bursts
no picThe nation's sewer system is a topic most people would prefer to avoid but its aging infrastructure is wearing out and broken pipes leaking raw sewage into streets and living rooms are forcing the issue ... - Read MoreShort nanotubes target pancreatic cancer
no picShort customized carbon nanotubes have the potential to deliver drugs to pancreatic cancer cells and destroy them from within according to researchers at Rice University and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Pristine ... - Read MoreMaking artificial vision look more natural
no picIn laboratory tests researchers have used electrical stimulation of retinal cells to produce the same patterns of activity that occur when the retina sees a moving object Although more work remains this is a step ... - Read MoreEnvironmental Chemistry
Getting a charge out of water droplets: Water jumping from a superhydrophobic surface can be harnessed to produce electricityLast year MIT researchers discovered that when water droplets spontaneously jump away from superhydrophobic surfaces during condensation they can gain electric charge in the process Now the same team has demonstrated that this process can ...
- Pressure cell for reproducing deep-Earth chemistry
- SAR11, oceans' most abundant organism, has ability to create methane
- Ironing out details of the carbon cycle: Dissolved iron in North Atlantic traced to Sahara desert
- NASA launches carbon mission to watch Earth breathe
- High carbon dioxide levels cause warming in tropics
Chemical Thermodynamics
Best-ever efficiency points to clean, green gas-diesel engineThe one cylinder test engine in the basement of a University of Wisconsin Madison lab is connected to a life support system of pipes tubes ducts and cables You might think that the engine resembles ...
- Fuel cells for powering homes
- Up in flames: Evidence confirms combustion theory
- World's best thermometer made from light
- Particles near absolute zero do not break the laws of physics after all
- A new way to harness waste heat: Electrochemical approach has potential to efficiently turn low-grade heat to electricity
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
Mechanochemistry
Discovery is key to metal wear in sliding partsResearchers have discovered a previously unknown mechanism for wear in metals a swirling fluid like microscopic behavior in a solid piece of metal sliding over another The findings could be used to improve the durability ...
- Green planning needed to maintain city buildings
- Forests crucial to green growth
- Scientists make your stomach turn bright green if you have an ulcer
- Green innovator: Turning chicken feathers and plant fiber into eco-leather, bio-based circuit boards
- Nanoscale friction: High energy losses in the vicinity of charge density waves
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
Photochemistry
High-tech materials purify water with sunlightSunlight plus a common titanium pigment might be the secret recipe for ridding pharmaceuticals pesticides and other potentially harmful pollutants from drinking water Scientists combined several high tech components to make an easy to use ...
- Promising news for producing fuels through artificial photosynthesis
- Solar-power device would use heat to enhance efficiency
- Photosynthesis mechanism: Tofu-like crystalline catalysts for producing clean energy
- General in the Solar Army to High School and College Students: 'We Are Recruiting'
- Off-grid sterilization with 'solar steam'
Chemical Biology
Research Finds Bedbugs Can Be Killed with Lower Dosage of ChemicalA recent change to bedbug fumigation will make it more cost effective to get rid of the pests thanks to research from Kansas State University The phrase sleep tight don't let the bedbugs bite might ...
- American Chemical Society Meeting Features Hands-On Family Event, Energy Symposia
- 'Molecular movies' will enable extraordinary gains in bioimaging, health research
- Muscle-powered bio-bots walk on command
- 'Nanosubmarine' designed that delivers complementary molecules inside cells
- Managing specialized microbes to clean stubborn chemicals from environment
Electrochemistry
Bolstering batteries with nanotubesResearchers at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory NREL are turning to extremely tiny tubes and rods to boost power and durability in lithium ion batteries the energy sources for cell phones laptops and ...
- Charging portable electronics in 10 minutes: New architecture for lithium-ion battery anodes far outperform the current standard
- Controlling thermal conductivities can improve energy storage
- Battery design could reduce electric car weight
- Scientists Pinpoint the Creeping Nanocrystals Behind Lithium-Ion Battery Degradation
- New lithium battery created
Bioorganic Chemistry
Atomic structure of key muscle component revealedActin is the most abundant protein in the body and when you look more closely at its fundamental role in life it's easy to see why It is the basis of most movement in the ...
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Recent News
- The electric slide dance of DNA knots
- Quantum leap in lasers brightens future for quantum computing
- Technique simplifies creation of high-tech crystals
- Discovery is key to metal wear in sliding parts
- A crystal wedding in the nanocosmos may lead to fast multi-functional processing units on single chip
- Nano-sized chip picks up scent of explosives molecules better than dog's nose
- Eco-pottery product from water treatment sludge
- Cost-effective, solvothermal synthesis of heteroatom (S or N)-doped graphene developed
- Dream come true for chemists? Creating organic zeolites
- Spinach could lead to alternative energy more powerful than Popeye
- Dead body feeding larvae useful in forensic investigations
- Unleashing the power of quantum dot triplets
- Chemist develops X-ray vision for quality assurance
- Atomic structure of key muscle component revealed
- How to power California with wind, water and sun
- 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
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