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Chemists develop 'fresh, new' approach to making alloy nanomaterials
Device captures signatures and fingerprints with tiny LEDs
Researchers optically levitate a glowing, nanoscale diamond
Binding together repelling atoms
Basic chemistry tells us that a bond between atoms can form if it is energetically more favorable for the atoms to stick together than staying apart This fundamentally requires an attractive force between the atoms ... - Read MoreBio-inspired design may lead to more energy efficient windows
Wonders of nature inspire exotic synthetic materials
In this month's edition of Physics World a group of physicists describe how unique structures in the natural world are inspiring scientists to develop new types of materials with unprecedented properties From adhesive tape inspired ... - Read MoreScientists discover mineral-making secrets potentially useful for new materials
Proteins have gotten most of the attention in studies of how organic materials control the initial step of making the first tiny crystals that organisms use to build structures that help them move and protect ... - Read MoreProgress in using ethanol to make key raw material now produced from oil
Ethanol from corn and other plants could become the sustainable raw material for a huge variety of products from plastic packaging to detergents to synthetic rubber that are currently petroleum based This was the conclusion ... - Read MoreSurprising result discovered when looking into effects of carbon nanotubes and soil sorption of toxicants
When it comes to carbon nanotubes CNTs in the soil recent research at Texas Tech University shows that the new materials do not affect the sorption of the toxic part of oil called polycyclic aromatic ... - Read MoreTiny, brightly shining silicon crystals could be safe for deep-tissue imaging
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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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Physicists discover theoretical possibility of large, hollow magnetic cage molecules
Nanomaterials: Sized-up for strength
no picExperiments and numerical simulations show that miniaturized ultra small platinum cylinders weaken when their constituents are reduced in number Miniaturizing microscopic metallic objects while enhancing their strength is critical to developing high performance devices that ... - Read MoreChemists develop innovative nano-sensors for multiple proteins
Using gold and light to study molecules in water
Universal law for light absorption in 2-D semiconductors
Biophysical Chemistry
New x-ray microscope for nanoscale imagingDelivering the capability to image nanostructures and chemical reactions down to nanometer resolution requires a new class of x ray microscope that can perform precision microscopy experiments using ultra bright x rays from the National ...
- Watching protein crystal nucleation in real time
- New research paves the way for nano-movies of biomolecules
- New research paves the way for nano-movies of biomolecules; Scientists use X-ray laser as ultra slow-motion camera
- X-ray laser reveals how bacterial protein morphs in response to light
- Unravelling the complexity of proteins
Agrochemistry
Storks could become poisoned by pesticides during their migration to AfricaNot all storks migrate to Africa Many stay for the winter in the Iberian Peninsula where landfills have become a permanent source of food Scientists from Extremadura have analysed the presence of pollutants and pesticides ...
- Bacteria as individual as people? Study of rhizobium from plant roots suggests yes
- Scientists' new analysis of plant proteins advances our understanding of photosynthesis
- Why Plants Don't Get Sunburn
- Potential of autochthonous bacteria for use as biofertilizers
- Plant scientist discovers basis of 'evolution' in violins
Bioorganic Chemistry
Mystery of the reverse-wired eyeball solvedFrom a practical standpoint the wiring of the human eye a product of our evolutionary baggage doesn't make a lot of sense In vertebrates photoreceptors are located behind the neurons in the back of the ...
Flavor Chemistry
Sensors could give machines more accurate sense of smell than that of humansScientists have come up with a way of creating sensors which could allow machines to smell more accurately humans Every odour has its own specific pattern which our noses are able to identify Using a ...
- Ultrasound tracks odor representation in brain
- Making artificial vision look more natural
- Microalgae capable of assimilating ammonia resulting from the management of agrifood waste
- Small-scale, urban allotments yield food, healthy soil, study finds
- First steps towards achieving better and cheaper biodiesel
Carbohydrate Chemistry
The biobattery: Turning sewage sludge into electricity and engine oilSewage sludge green waste production residue from the food industry straw or animal excrement with the biobattery's modular concept a much larger range of biomass can be utilized for energy recovery than previously Researchers show ...
Acid-base Chemistry
Simple way to make and reconfigure complex emulsionsMIT researchers have devised a new way to make complex liquid mixtures known as emulsions that could have many applications in drug delivery sensing cleaning up pollutants and performing chemical reactions Many drugs vaccines cosmetics ...
- 'Seeing' hydrogen atoms to unveil enzyme catalysis that may play key role in cancer drug development
- "Seeing" Hydrogen Atoms to Unveil Enzyme Catalysis
- Chemists identify role of soil in pollution control
- New material makes water and oil roll off
- Single-atom gold catalysts may offer path to low-cost production of fuel and chemicals
Chemical Engineering
The better to see you with: Prosthetic leg would keep an eye on path aheadMo Rastgaar is poised to take a giant step forward in the development of a better prosthetic ankle The Michigan Technological University mechanical engineer and his team have already developed a prototype that can provide ...
- Researchers identify materials to improve biofuel, petroleum processing
- Scientists 'bend' elastic waves with new metamaterials that could have commercial applications
- A new step towards using graphene in electronic applications
- Engineer applies robot control theory to improve prosthetic legs
- More Hispanics earning bachelor’s degrees in physical sciences and engineering
Immunochemistry
New technique efficiently turns antibodies into highly tuned 'nanobodies'Antibodies in charge of recognizing and homing in on molecular targets are among the most useful tools in biology and medicine Nanobodies antibodies' tiny cousins can do the same tasks for example marking molecules for ...
Mechanochemistry
WHACK! Study measures head blows in girls' lacrosseLacrosse players swing hard which is why errant stick blows are the leading cause of concussion in girls' and women's lacrosse In a new study researchers measured how much the worst blows accelerate the head ...
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- Quantum radar to detect objects which are invisible to conventional systems
- Predicting human crowds with statistical physics
- Submarine data used to investigate turbulence beneath Arctic ice
- The biobattery: Turning sewage sludge into electricity and engine oil
- World's challenges demand science changes -- and fast, experts say
- Untangling DNA with a droplet of water, a pipet and a polymer
- Mystery of the reverse-wired eyeball solved
- Bringing clean energy a step closer
- The better to see you with: Prosthetic leg would keep an eye on path ahead
- Himalayan ice shows chemicals ban is working
- Climate-warmed leaves change lake ecosystems
- First direct observation of carbon dioxide's increasing greenhouse effect at Earth's surface
- Lake Tahoe research provides new insights on global change
- Lithium from the coal in China
- Superatomic Nickel core and unusual molecular reactivity
- In quest for better lithium-air batteries, chemists boost carbon's stability
- Building blocks of the future defy logic: New logic-defying mathematical model
- Combating bacteria via silver-dammar coating
- New x-ray microscope for nanoscale imaging
- Caging of molecules allows investigation of equilibrium thermodynamics
- Spin laser: Rapid data transfer thanks to quantum physics
- Physicists offer a solution to the puzzle of the origin of matter in the universe
- Clusters of aluminum metal atoms become superconductive at surprisingly high temperatures
- Simple way to make and reconfigure complex emulsions
- Graphene shows potential as novel anti-cancer therapeutic strategy
- Cherenkov Effect improves radiation therapy for patients with cancer
- New technology could make treatment of oil and gas wastewater simpler, cheaper
- Bacteria in marine sponges harvest phosphorus for reef community
- Looking back into the past of oceans: Acidification trends, seasonal fluctuations
- Storks could become poisoned by pesticides during their migration to Africa
- New, useful feature of Moringa seeds revealed
- Renewable energy obtained from wastewater
- Building tailor-made DNA nanotubes step by step
- Crude oil production: Asphaltene analysis takes a giant step
- New acoustic insulation material that incorporates fibers from orange tree pruning
- Optical nanoantennas set the stage for a NEMS lab-on-a-chip revolution
- Using 'fuzzy logic' to optimize hybrid solar/battery systems
- Together, nanotechnology, genetic interference may tackle 'untreatable/ brain tumors
- Novel pretreatment could cut biofuel costs by 30 percent or more
- OMG Moment Affects GPAs
- Recycling of nutrients may be the key to saving Earth
- Scientists bring oxygen back to dead fjord
- Stretch and relax: Losing one electron switches magnetism on in dichromium
- Simulating superconducting materials with ultracold atoms
- New catalyst to create chemical building blocks from biomass
- Fever alarm armband: A wearable, printable, temperature sensor
- Threat of ocean acidification to coastal communities in US
- Quantum many-body systems on the way back to equilibrium
- Frequency combs in molecular fingerprint region
- Availabililty of rare metals for manufacturing: Are we (in)dependent of rare metals?
- Magnetic nanoparticles could stop blood clot-caused strokes
- Waste electrical and electronic equipment, including kitchen utensils, contain valuable materials
- Getting a grip on exotic atomic nuclei
- Climate change influences distribution of organic pollutants in the Baltic Sea
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