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Can an oil bath solve the mysteries of the quantum world?
For the past eight years two French researchers have been bouncing droplets around a vibrating oil bath and observing their unique behaviour What sounds like a high school experiment has in fact provided the first ... - Read MoreNASA advances world's first spaceborne sodium lidar: Small-scale measurements of Earth's mesosphere sought
Geoengineering the climate could reduce vital rains
Is global heating hiding out in the oceans? Parts of Pacific warming 15 times faster than in past 10,000 years
When to invest in the right innovations at the right moment in a product's life cycle
When it comes to reducing the environmental impacts of products and services while maximizing profits firms sometimes invest in the wrong areas In Design for the Environment Life Cycle Approach Using a Newsvendor Model University ... - Read MoreGiant atom eats quantum gas
Defective nanotubes turned into light emitters
Physicists take an atomic-level peek at unexpected behavior in multilayered structures
Breakthrough research produces brighter, more efficiently produced lighting
Gaming technology unravels one of the most complex entities in nature: Computational research unveils secrets in the human carbohydrate bar-code
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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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VIP Treatment for Jet Lag
no picReleased 10 31 2013 3 00 PM EDTSource Newsroom Washington University in St Louis more news from this source Nov 1 2013 A small molecule called VIP known to synchronize time keeping neurons in the ... - Read MoreWarming will disturb balance of soil nutrients in drylands, make drylands less productive
Staggering turbines improves performance 33%
Improving light and heat spectra measurements
Extracting energy from bacteria: Microbial electrode catalysts that turn wastewater into watts
no picMost of us wouldn't consider bacteria a promising energy source of the future That would be shortsighted says Leonard Tender a microbial electrochemist at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington D C who believes that ... - Read MoreChemical Kinetics
An improved, cost-effective catalyst for water-splitting devicesSolar energy appears to be the only form of renewable that can be exploited at level that matches the world's growing needs However it is equally necessary to find efficient ways to store solar energy ...
Biophysical Chemistry
The question how rapidly animals plants or microorganisms can colonize new territories is not only of interest to ecologists the spread of invasive species can also have economic consequences e g in the agricultural sector ...
- Found: New cellulose digestion mechanism by fast-eating enzyme
- Intense two-color double X-ray laser pulses: Powerful tool to study ultrafast processes
- X-ray laser can solve protein structures from scratch
- Bringing out the best in X-ray crystallography data
- Tapping fungus to unlock energy: Crafting a better enzyme cocktail to turn plants into fuel faster
Natural Product Chemistry
When scientists discuss global change they often focus on the amount of carbon in the atmosphere and vegetation But soil contains more carbon than air and plants combined This means that even a minor change ...
- Researchers show how modified pacemaker strengthens failing hearts
- New antifungal composition effectively inhibits wide variety of fungi
- Computer simulations indicate calcium carbonate has a dense liquid phase
- Traditional forest management reduces fungal diversity
- Great exaptations: Most traits emerge for no crucial reason, scientists find
Carbohydrate Chemistry
Emerging carbon trading markets offer lessonsAlthough markets for trading carbon emission credits to reduce greenhouse gas emissions have stalled in United States federal policy making carbon markets are emerging at the state level within the U S and around the ...
Food Chemistry
Novel membrane reveals water molecules will bounce off a liquid surfaceConsider the nearest water surface a half full glass on your desk a puddle outside your window or a lake across town All of these surfaces represent liquid vapor interfaces where liquid meets air Molecules ...
- Potentially safer, greener alternative to BPA could come from papermaking waste
- Recovering metals and minerals from waste
- Origin of life: Simulating how Earth kick-started metabolism
- Ultrafast heating of water: This pot boils faster than you can watch it
- FDA to Review Safety of Chemicals in Soaps, Cornell Expert Available
Acid-base Chemistry
Rewrite the textbooks on water's surface tension: Air-water interface is negatively charged by the adsorption of hydroxide ionsResearchers from the University of Melbourne and University of Sydney are confident their new reaserach results will make significant differences to the calculations of surface tension of water used by the next generation of atmospheric ...
Electrochemistry
A team of Harvard scientists and engineers has demonstrated a new type of battery that could fundamentally transform the way electricity is stored on the grid making power from renewable energy sources such as wind ...
- Free code to help build better batteries
- Accelerated corrosion testing of silver provides clues about performance in atmospheric conditions
- Enhancing battery performance for portable electronics
- Scientists invent self-healing battery electrode
- Better batteries through biology? Modified viruses boost battery performance
Sonochemistry
Unlocking the brain's secrets using soundThe brain is a reclusive organ Neurons the cells that make up the brain nerves and spinal cord communicate with each other using electrical pulses known as action potentials but their interactions are complicated and ...
Materials Science
Thermoelectric generator on glass fabric for wearable electronic devicesWearable computers or devices have been hailed as the next generation of mobile electronic gadgets from smart watches to smart glasses to smart pacemakers For electronics to be worn by a user they must be ...
- New self-healing plastics developed
- Virus structure inspires novel understanding of onion-like carbon nanoparticles
- A modern twist on Young's slits
- Sneak a peek through the mist to technology of the future
- Engineers design 'living materials': Hybrid materials combine bacterial cells with nonliving elements that emit light
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- Shifting Evolution Into Reverse Promises Cheaper, Greener Way to Make New Drugs
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- True value of cover crops to farmers, environment
- Ocean's carbon budget balanced: Supply of food to midwater organisms balanced with demands for food
- Goldilocks principle: Earth's continued habitability due to geologic cycles that act as climate control
- Nanoparticle-based coating for aircraft engines may triple service life and reduce fuel consumption
- Tiny transistors for extreme environs: Engineers shrink plasma devices to resist radiation
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- Important and complex systems, from the global financial market to groups of friends, may be highly controllable
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- Magnetic behavior discovery could advance nuclear fusion
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- New technique makes LEDs brighter, more resilient
- Radiation damage at the root of Chernobyl's ecosystems
- Fast synthesis could boost drug development
- New biotechnology product to make waterproof paper using natural enzymes
- Rewrite the textbooks on water's surface tension: Air-water interface is negatively charged by the adsorption of hydroxide ions
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