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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 ...
An old material gets a new name and with it topological insulators have another chance to shine Samarium hexaboride SmB6 has been around since the late 1960s but understanding its low temperature behavior has remained ...
All too often when a person takes a pill full of a potent and effective drug the drug passes straight through the body not reaching the organ where it is needed a waste of money ...
With the help of phylogenetic analysis scientists describe three new fungus species from New Zealand The new species belong to the widespread genus Gymnopus part of the Omphalotaceae family the most famous representative of which ...
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Beautiful 'flowers' self-assemble in a beaker
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New insights into how materials transfer heat could lead to improved electronics
no picU of T Engineering researchers working with colleagues from Carnegie Mellon University have published new insights into how materials transfer heat which could lead eventually to smaller more powerful electronic devices Integrated circuits and other ... - Read MoreDNA-guided assembly yields novel ribbon-like nanostructures
Medicinal Chemistry
The prospect of turning coal into fluorescent particles may sound too good to be true but the possibility exists thanks to scientists at Rice University The Rice lab of chemist James Tour found simple methods ...
- Clinical waste may be valuable for monitoring treatment response in ovarian cancer
- Carbon monoxide may help shrink tumors, amplify effectiveness of chemotherapy
- Turning waste into power with bacteria and loofahs
- Sorting Good Germs From Bad, in the Bacterial World
- Iron-based process promises greener, cheaper, safer drug, perfume production
Chemical Physics
How light affects individual atomsTyndall National Institute and its collaborators are unravelling how atoms vibrate and change when hit with intense bursts of light The ground breaking work has been recognised through publication of a paper in the journal ...
- Quantum effects help cells capture light, but the details are obscure
- World's highest quantum efficiency UV photodetectors created
- 'Spooky action' builds a wormhole between 'entangled' quantum particles
- New simulatable model displaying exotic quantum phenomena
- Physicists study coldest objects in universe
Food Chemistry
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 ...
- Tiny 'Lego' blocks build Janus nanotubes with potential for new drugs and water purification
- Gaming technology unravels one of the most complex entities in nature: Computational research unveils secrets in the human carbohydrate bar-code
- Quick test kit detects phenolic compounds in drinking water
- Protein surfaces defects act as drug targets
- BPA and chlorine means bad news: Modified forms of bisphenol A found to alter hormone signaling in new, disturbing ways
Biophysical Chemistry
A team working at the SACLA X ray Free Electron Laser XFEL in Japan has succeeded in generating ultra bright two color X ray laser pulses for the first time in the hard X ray ...
- 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
- Bismuth-carrying nanotubes show promise for CT scans
- Size matters as nanocrystals go through phases
Photochemistry
Research by Professor Jian Ren Shen at Okayama University demystifies the reaction mechanisms of photosynthesis and the findings may lead to the development of methods for producing an unlimited source of clean energy Professor Jian ...
- General in the Solar Army to High School and College Students: 'We Are Recruiting'
- Off-grid sterilization with 'solar steam'
- Purple sunlight eaters: Microorganisms found in salt flats could offer new path to green hydrogen fuel
- Artificial forest for solar water-splitting: First fully integrated artificial photosynthesis nanosystem
- New type of solar structure cools buildings in full sunlight
Spectroscopy
The Information Age will get a major upgrade with the arrival of quantum processors many times faster and more powerful than today's supercomputers For the benefits of this new Information Age 2.0 to be fully ...
Molecular Biology
Researchers from CNRS Inserm and Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble have developed a particularly simple model that reproduces the swimming mechanism of amoebas They show that by changing shape these single cell organisms propel themselves forward ...
- Scientists stitch up photosynthetic megacomplex
- Researchers use nanoscale 'patches' to sensitize targeted cell receptors
- SlipChip counts molecules with chemistry and a cell phone
- Single-cell genome sequencing gets better
- RNA controls splicing during gene expression, further evidence of 'RNA world' origin in modern life
Flavor Chemistry
Is there any connection between wine and biodiesel The answer is yes however surprising it may seem Acetals are chemical compounds found in many wines like port for example which give it a unique sweet ...
- Predators affect the carbon cycle, study shows
- Diet likely changed game for some hominids 3.5 million years ago
- Female moths use olfactory signals to choose the best egg-laying sites
- First snapshot of organisms eating each other: Feast clue to smell of ancient Earth
- Do Cells in the Blood, Heart and Lungs Smell the Food We Eat?
Chemical Kinetics
Chemical engineers at Rice University have found a new catalyst that can rapidly break down nitrites a common and harmful contaminant in drinking water that often results from overuse of agricultural fertilizers Nitrites and their ...
- Non-precious metal catalysts outperforming Pt-based one
- Simple textiles can be used with catalysts to enable complex chemical reactions
- New low-temperature chemical reaction explained
- Seemingly competitive co-catalysts cooperate to accelerate chemical reaction
- New way to study and improve catalytic reactions
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- GRAPHENE: Growing Giants
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- New Jersey Shore likely faces unprecedented flooding by mid-century
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- Turning waste into power with bacteria and loofahs
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- The promise of nanotechnology
- Amoeboid swimming: Crawling in a fluid
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