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Stem cell breakthrough could lead to new bone repair therapies on nanoscale surfaces
Cell circuits remember their history: Engineers design new synthetic biology circuits that combine memory and logic
Understanding microbes blowing in the wind
Volcano location: Greenhouse-icehouse key? Episodic purging of 'carbonate capacitor' drives long-term climate cycle
Studying ice cores from West Antarctica for clues as to why the Earth began to emerge from the Ice Age
Fluorescent label sheds light on radioactive contamination
Scientists solve mercury mystery, taking big step toward protecting human health
Scientists create 'building block' of quantum networks
3-D printing on the micrometer scale
New light shed on the mysteries of spider silk
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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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Hydrothermal liquefaction: The most promising path to sustainable bio-oil production
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no picA team of scientists anchored at Yale University has demonstrated a new highly versatile approach for quickly assembling drug like compounds establishing a broad new route to drug discovery and medical treatment They report their ... - Read MoreImplants make light work of fixing broken bones
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New coal technology harnesses energy without burning, nears pilot-scale development
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Geochemistry
The quantum dance of oxygen: Proposal for a new phase of the element, when atoms dance in quartetsUnder extremely high pressure conditions oxygen molecules group into quartets and give rise to a dance of their magnetic moments This as observed in a new study carried out by SISSA in collaboration with ICTP ...
- Ancient ocean currents may have changed pacing and intensity of ice ages: Slowing of currents may have flipped switch
- Richest marine reptile fossil bed along Africa's South Atlantic coast is dated at 71.5 mya
- Dust in the wind drove iron fertilization during ice age
- Back to life after 1,500 years: Moss brought back to life after 1,500 years frozen in ice
- First thin films of spin ice reveal cold secrets
Agrochemistry
A Natural Way to Monitor, and Possibly Control Populations of, Stink BugsReleased 16 Jul 2014 4 20 PM EDTSource Newsroom American Chemical Society ACS more news from this source Contact Information Available for logged in reporters only Citations Journal of Natural ProductsJul 17 2014 Anyone who ...
Polymer Chemistry
Cheap, highly efficient solar cells: A new stable and cost-cutting type of perovskite solar cellPerovskite solar cells show tremendous promise in propelling solar power into the marketplace The cells use a hole transportation layer which promotes the efficient movement of electrical current after exposure to sunlight However manufacturing the ...
- Shatterproof screens that save smartphones
- Preserving bread longer: A new edible film made with essential oils
- Conducting polymer films decorated with biomolecules for cell research use
- Cheap, environmentally-friendly method for making transparent conductive films for laptops, smartphones, solar cells
- Determining biocontainers' carbon footprint
Chemical Physics
Flashes of light on a superconductorA study just published in Nature Communications and carried out by a collaboration of several Italian and international centres including SISSA used a technique based on applying short flashes of light to observe and analyse ...
- Physicists detect process even rarer than the long-sought Higgs particle
- Making quantum connections: The speed of information in a spin network
- New optogenetic tool for controlling neuronal signalling by blue light
- Lights out: Light pollution alters reproduction cycle in lemurs
- From pencil marks to quantum computers
Femtochemistry
Efficient structures help build a sustainable futureWhen envisioning a new structure engineers often have to balance design choices against the environmental impact of materials used It is estimated that 40 to 50 percent of greenhouse gases are produced by the construction ...
- New use for touchless technology in the operating theatre
- Lasers, night-vision technology help improve imaging of hidden lymphatic system
- Novel laser system mimics sunlight to test solar cell efficiency
- New laser sensing technology for self-driving cars, smartphones and 3-D video games
- Shaping ultrashort laser pulses: Laser light needs more bass
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
Environmental 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
Astrochemistry
Scientists experimentally re-create conditions deep inside giant planets, such as Jupiter and many exo-planetsLawrence Livermore scientists for the first time have experimentally re created the conditions that exist deep inside giant planets such as Jupiter Uranus and many of the planets recently discovered outside our solar system Researchers ...
- A more earth-friendly way to make bright white cotton fabrics
- Fierce 2012 magnetic storm just missed us: Earth dodged huge magnetic bullet from the sun
- An experiment recreates the crust of Jupiter's moon Europa
- A new renewable energy source? Device captures energy from Earth's infrared emissions to outer space
- Soil production breaks geologic speed record
Bioorganic Chemistry
Removing disordered regions of shape-shifting protein explains how blood clotsIn results recently published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences PNAS Saint Louis University scientists have discovered that removal of disordered sections of a protein's structure reveals the molecular mechanism of a key ...
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Recent News
- 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
- SAR11, oceans' most abundant organism, has ability to create methane
- Platonic solids generate their four-dimensional analogues
- Ultra-cold atom transport made simple
- Efficient thermal cooling and heating
- The quantum dance of oxygen: Proposal for a new phase of the element, when atoms dance in quartets
- Highlights for 2014 National Meeting of World's Largest Scientific Society
- How beryllium causes deadly lung disease
- New optogenetic tool for controlling neuronal signalling by blue light
- Lights out: Light pollution alters reproduction cycle in lemurs
- Ironing out details of the carbon cycle: Dissolved iron in North Atlantic traced to Sahara desert
- From pencil marks to quantum computers
- Identifying microbial species: New device will help identify the millions of bacteria that populate the world
- Tool helps guide brain cancer surgery
- Hollow-fiber membranes could cut separation costs, energy use
- Safer, cheaper building blocks for future anti-HIV and cancer drugs
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