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Rodeo in liquid crystal: Unprecedented level of control over defects
Scientists have achieved an unprecedented level of control over defects in liquid crystals that can be engineered for applications in liquid matter photonics Sitting with a joystick in the comfort of their chairs scientists can ... - Read MoreSoft, energy-efficient robotic wings
Dielectric elastomers are novel materials for making actuators or motors with soft and lightweight properties that can undergo large active deformations with high energy conversion efficiencies This has made dielectric elastomers popular for creating devices ... - Read MoreSkin tough: Why skin is resistant to tearing
When weighing the pluses and minuses of your skin add this to the plus column Your skin like that of all vertebrates is remarkably resistant to tearing Now a collaboration of researchers at the U ... - Read MoreHormone Known for Mother's Milk Also Fosters Bond Between Parents
Released 30 Mar 2015 3 05 PM EDTSource Newsroom University of Wisconsin Madison more news from this source Contact Information Available for logged in reporters only Citations PLoS OneApr 1 2015 MADISON Wis Research has ... - Read MorePrecocious GEM: Shape-shifting sensor can report conditions from deep in the body
Scientists working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST and the National Institutes of Health NIH have devised and demonstrated a new shape shifting probe about one hundredth as wide as a human ... - Read MoreRecipe for antibacterial plastic: Plastic plus egg whites
Bioplastics made from protein sources such as albumin and whey have shown significant antibacterial properties findings that could eventually lead to their use in plastics used in medical applications such as wound healing dressings sutures ... - Read MoreNew Compounds Could Offer Therapy for Multitude of Diseases
An international team of more than 18 research groups has demonstrated that the compounds they developed can safely prevent harmful protein aggregation in preliminary tests using animals The findings raise hope that a new class ... - Read MorePredicting pesticide loads more accurately
The EU wants to further improve the authorization process for agricultural products The different national procedures for this are supposed to be further harmonized Fraunhofer researchers have developed a software for estimating the transfer of ... - Read MoreSpring plankton bloom hitches ride to sea's depths on ocean eddies
Just as crocus and daffodil blossoms signal the start of a warmer season on land a similar greening event a massive bloom of microscopic plants or phytoplankton unfolds each spring in the North Atlantic Ocean ... - Read MoreVirtual vehicle testing: Modeling tires realistically
Manufacturers conduct virtual tests on vehicle designs long before the first car rolls off the assembly line Simulation of the tires has remained a challenge however The software tool CDTire 3D from Fraunhofer researchers now ... - 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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Protein shake-up: Researchers use neutron scattering and supercomputing to study shape of a protein involved in cancer
no picFor living organisms proteins are an essential part of their body system and are needed to thrive In recent years a certain class of proteins has challenged researchers' conventional notion that proteins have a static ... - Read MoreNovel coatings combine protection with color effects
no picNew coloured protective coatings offer the same corrosion and wear protection as colourless coatings while their colouration opens new opportunities Red could for instance be used as a warning colour on surfaces which can get ... - Read MoreMaterials Genomics Initiative: Sequencing the DNA of things
no picThe process of trial and error in scientific research is costly and time consuming And while scientific innovation and discovery is necessary to find solutions to some of society's largest challenges think clean energy national ... - Read MoreNanoscale worms provide new route to nano-necklace structures
no picResearchers have developed a novel technique for crafting nanometer scale necklaces based on tiny star like structures threaded onto a polymeric backbone The technique could provide a new way to produce hybrid organic inorganic shish ... - Read MoreHigh-precision radar for the steel industry
no picSteel is the most important material in vehicle and machinery construction Large quantities of offcuts and scraps are left over from rolling and milling crude steel into strip steel New radar from Fraunhofer researchers measures ... - Read More- «
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Chemistry Education
Sir Fraser Stoddart Is Awarded Nobel Prize in ChemistryOct 10 2016 EVANSTON Sir Fraser Stoddart Board of Trustees Professor of Chemistry in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University today Oct 5 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry The ...
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- Wayne State Chemistry Professor Earns Prestigious NSF CAREER Award to Examine Unusual Chemical Structures
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Mechanochemistry
There's a revolution brewing in the technology kitchen: Imagine technology that is good enough to wear, safe enough to eatTechnology innovation specialists at Lancaster University are working on a project to design a range of wide reaching sensing devices for people suffering with anxiety This follows work undertaken by the School of Computing and ...
Medicinal Chemistry
Sparkling Firework DropletsNov 21 2016 Washington D C November 21 2016 In Japan many adults hold fond childhood memories of fireworks as a symbol of the summer season Senko hanabi which translates to “sparkling fireworks ” emit ...
- Big Data for Chemistry: New Method Helps Identify Antibiotics in Mass Spectrometry Datasets
- International Team Decodes Cellular Death Signals
- First Mouse Model for the Most Common Form of Infant Leukemia, Gene Deletion Allows Cancer Cells to Thrive in the Brain, Cancer Therapy That Reduces Toxic Chemotherapy Effects, and More in the Cancer News Source
- Changes in Depression Symptoms Tied to Lung Cancer Survival, Depriving Deadly Brain Tumors of Cholesterol, New Model for Understanding Myeloma, and MORE in the Cancer News Source
- Toxicoepigenetics: The Emerging Field Many Are Exploring Without Knowing It
Colloidal Chemistry
Making a Multi-Use, Stiff Carbon Foam Using Breadand biomass such as banana peels can be used to make these foams but they are not very stable are costly to make or have varied inner structures that cannot be adjusted So Yibin Li ...
Supramolecular Chemistry
Tying Molecular KnotsReleased 18 Feb 2016 2 05 PM ESTEmbargo expired 18 Feb 2016 5 00 PM ESTSource Newsroom National Institute of Chemistry Add to Favorites Contact Information Available for logged in reporters only Citations Nature Communications ...
- Smartphone face recognition 'improved' by copying the brain
- New catalyst to create chemical building blocks from biomass
- Mysteries of 'molecular machines' revealed: Phenix software uses X-ray diffraction spots to produce 3-D image
- A molecular thread: Flexible metal–organic frameworks with a range of pore sizes are made by threading through molecular ligands
- Hollow-fiber membranes could cut separation costs, energy use
Molecular Biology
CRISPR-Gene Editing Breakthrough ExpertLidong Qin Ph D Professor of Nanomedicine Institute for Academic MedicineFull Member Research InstituteHouston MethodistWeill Cornell Medical College Dr Qin received his Ph D in Chemistry from Northwestern University Evanston Illinois and completed a postdoctoral ...
- Arginine Study Contributes to Understanding of Cell Membrane Properties
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- Researchers Identify Enzyme That Removes Molecular Modifications From Transfer RNA
- An Expanded Genetic Code Is Shown Phototoxic to Cells
- Shedding Light on the Limits of the Expanded Genetic Code
Acid-base Chemistry
Ames Laboratory Scientists Create New Compound, First Intermetallic Double Salt with Platinumand as Goethe wrote ultimately what holds the world and its compounds together in its inmost form ” The research is further discussed in a paper published in and featured on the cover of the ...
Food Chemistry
The Low Down on Sweet N Low, Apple and Lettuce Can Remedy Garlic Breath, Using X-Rays to Figure Out Fats, and More in the Food Science News Sourcewithout losing the natural label according to an article in Chemical & amp Engineering News C& amp EN the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society –American Chemical Society ACS |2016 09 15 JNEB is ...
- Water helps assembly of biofibers that could capture sunlight
- Microbes Take Their Vitamins - for the Good of Science
- Chemistry Student Seeks to Revolutionize Chocolate Through Research
- New sensor detects spoiled meat
- Just Hit "Print": Office Inkjet Printer Could Produce Simple Tool to Identify Infectious Disease, Food Contaminants
Nuclear Chemistry
Argonne Radioisotopes Have Potential for Medical Diagnosis and Treatmentare essential to nuclear medicine In an effort to return to a stable mass isotopes known as radioisotopes emit radiation that can damage diseased tissue and can be traced in certain environments making them useful ...
- Scientists discover 'supramolecule' that could help reduce nuclear, agricultural waste
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- Proton diffusion discovery a boost for fuel cell technologies
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- First Mouse Model for the Most Common Form of Infant Leukemia, Gene Deletion Allows Cancer Cells to Thrive in the Brain, Cancer Therapy That Reduces Toxic Chemotherapy Effects, and More in the Cancer News Source
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- Changes in Depression Symptoms Tied to Lung Cancer Survival, Depriving Deadly Brain Tumors of Cholesterol, New Model for Understanding Myeloma, and MORE in the Cancer News Source
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