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Obtaining polymers with à la carte optical and electrical properties
Zinc: The Goldilocks Metal for Bioabsorbable Stents?
for the first three months After that the corrosion accelerated so the implant would not remain in the artery for too long On top of that the rats’ arteries appeared healthy when the wires were ... - Read MoreNew magnetic graphene may revolutionize electronics
20-million-year-old amber shatters theories of glass as a liquid
Ubiquitous engineered nanomaterials can cause lung inflammation: Substances are used in everything from paint to sporting equipment
In vivo flexible large scale integrated circuits developed
Unique method for creating uniform nanoparticles developed
Improving materials that convert heat to electricity and vice-versa: Turning waste heat into electricity
Microwave oven cooks up solar cell material
'Going negative' pays for nanotubes
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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 ...
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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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Dual-color lasers could lead to cheap and efficient LED lighting
no picA new semiconductor device capable of emitting two distinct colours has been created by a group of researchers in the US potentially opening up the possibility of using light emitting diodes LEDs universally for cheap ... - Read MoreHow graphene and friends could harness the Sun's energy hitting walls
Shaking things up: Researchers propose new old way to purify carbon nanotubes
Printable functional 'bionic' ear melds electronics and biology
Microelectronics: Taking the heat off microfluidic chips
no picReplacing a high temperature processing technique with an infrared treatment allows the manufacture of tiny devices without damaging the polymer components Share This See Also Microarrays Chemistry Inorganic Chemistry Artificial Intelligence Mobile Computing Information Technology ... - Read MoreNuclear Chemistry
Promising drug candidate protects against radiation exposure from nuclear falloutThe 2011 Fukushima disaster was a stark reminder of the continuing dangers posed by nuclear fallout highlighting the need for an approved drug that can be taken after radiation exposure to protect against organ injury ...
- Scientists search for new ways to deal with U. S. uranium ore processing legacy
- Individual protons and neutrons in atomic nuclei do not behave according to predictions
- Graphene brings quantum effects to electronic circuits
- New decontamination tool expected to help Fukushima cleanup
- Self-destructive effects of magnetically-doped ferromagnetic topological insulators
Biophysical Chemistry
Watching protein crystal nucleation in real timeA major hurdle in structural biology and pharmacology is growing crystals to determine the structure of the biomolecules and pharmaceuticals under study Researchers at the University of Tübingen working with colleagues from Oxford and Grenoble ...
- 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
- Magnetic memory filmed in super slow motion
Astrochemistry
New research re-creates planet formation, super-Earths and giant planets in the laboratoryNew laser driven compression experiments reproduce the conditions deep inside exotic super Earths and giant planet cores and the conditions during the violent birth of Earth like planets documenting the material properties that determined planet ...
Molecular Biology
Advanced 3-D facial imaging may aid in early detection of autismAutism is a spectrum of closely related disorders diagnosed in patients who exhibit a shared core of symptoms including delays in learning to communicate and interact socially Early detection of autism in children is the ...
- Breathing in diesel exhaust leads to changes 'deep under the hood'
- Scientists Identify First Nutrient Sensor in Key Growth-Regulating Metabolic Pathway
- Defying Textbook Science, Study Finds New Role for Proteins
- A 'GPS' for molecules
- Sharing that crowded holiday flight with countless hitchhiking dust mites
Materials Science
Nanoshuttle wear and tear: It’s the mileage, not the ageAs nanomachine design rapidly advances researchers are moving from wondering if the nanomachine works to how long it will work This is an especially important question as there are so many potential applications for instance ...
Natural Product Chemistry
Logging destabilizes forest soil carbon over timeLogging doesn't immediately jettison carbon stored in a forest's mineral soils into the atmosphere but triggers a gradual release that may contribute to climate change over decades a Dartmouth College study finds The results are ...
- Clues to trapping carbon dioxide in rock: Calcium carbonate takes multiple, simultaneous roads to different minerals
- Potent Spider Toxin 'Electrocutes' German, Not American, Cockroaches
- Bio-printing transplantable tissues, organs: Another step closer
- Cellular Gates for Sodium and Calcium Controlled by Common Element of Ancient Origin
- Details of calcium 'safety-valve' in cells explained
Bioorganic Chemistry
Computer model enables design of complex DNA shapesMIT biological engineers have created a new computer model that allows them to design the most complex three dimensional DNA shapes ever produced including rings bowls and geometric structures such as icosahedrons that resemble viral ...
Chemical Kinetics
The gold standard: Affordable catalyst for energy and environmental applicationsPrecious elements such as platinum work well as catalysts in chemical reactions but require large amounts of metal and can be expensive However computational modeling below the nanoscale level may allow researchers to design more ...
- A green transformation for pharmaceuticals
- A new piece in the high-temperature superconductivity puzzle: 'Dressing' in superconductors
- Switching clicks in polymers: Thermoset materials acquire thermoplastic properties with the aid of triazolinediones
- Water Leads to Chemical That Gunks Up Biofuels Production
- Water-cleanup catalysts tackle biomass upgrading
Synthetic chemistry
New technique helps probe performance of organic solar cell materialsA research team led by North Carolina State University has developed a new technique for determining the role that a material's structure has on the efficiency of organic solar cells which are candidates for low ...
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- Visualizing interacting electrons in a molecule
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- Scientists search for new ways to deal with U. S. uranium ore processing legacy
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- Fossils survive volcanic eruption to tell us about the origin of the Canary Islands
- Soils could keep contaminants in wastewater from reaching groundwater, streams
- Antibiotics, bacteria, resistance genes found in dust from feedlots
- New research re-creates planet formation, super-Earths and giant planets in the laboratory
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- Scientists set quantum speed limit
- Fine motor skills for robotic hands
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- Exotic, gigantic molecules fit inside each other like Russian nesting dolls
- Scientists 'bend' elastic waves with new metamaterials that could have commercial applications
- New conductive coatings for flexible touchscreens
- Electroluminescent light sheets: Printable luminous particles enable cost-effective, large and curved luminous surfaces
- Decorative and flexible solar panels become part of interior design and the appearance of objects
- Sequestration on shaky ground: Natural impediment to long-term sequestration of carbon dioxide
- Watching protein crystal nucleation in real time
- Self-assembled nanotextures create antireflective surface on silicon solar cells
- Individual protons and neutrons in atomic nuclei do not behave according to predictions
- Transparent artificial nacre: A brick wall at the nanoscale
- Graphene brings quantum effects to electronic circuits
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- New decontamination tool expected to help Fukushima cleanup
- Drugs from dirt: Scientists develop first global roadmap for drug discovery
- Giant atmospheric rivers add mass to Antarctica's ice sheet
- Hierarchically-porous polymers with fast absorption
- Graphene enables all-electrical control of energy flow from light emitters
- Anti-microbial coatings with a long-term effect for surfaces
- Oils, fats innovation: Use of nanotechnology in cosmetics and pharmaceuticals
- Many antennas, multiple benefits: Can handle cellular traffic more reliably
- New 'microcapsules' have potential to repair damage caused by osteoarthritis
- A contractile gel that stores light energy
- New signal amplification process set to transform communications, imaging, computing
- Portable stimulator being tested on Parkinson's patients
- Melting glaciers have big carbon impact
- Voyage from Earth's crust to its mantle and back again
- New composite protects from corrosion from high mechanical stress
- Shining a light on quantum dots measurement
- Team enlarges brain samples, making them easier to image
- New high-speed 3-D microscope -- SCAPE -- gives deeper view of living things
- Self-destructive effects of magnetically-doped ferromagnetic topological insulators
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