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Unleashing the power of quantum dot triplets
Quantum computers have yet to materialise Ye scientists are making progress in devising suitable means of making such computers faster One such approach relies on quantum dots a kind of artificial atom easily controlled by ... - Read MoreChemist develops X-ray vision for quality assurance
A DTU researcher has developed a method that uses X rays for the rapid identification of substances present in an indeterminate powder The new technique has the capacity to recognize advanced biological molecules such as ... - Read MoreAtomic structure of key muscle component revealed
Actin is the most abundant protein in the body and when you look more closely at its fundamental role in life it's easy to see why It is the basis of most movement in the ... - Read MoreHow to power California with wind, water and sun
New Stanford research outlines the path to a possible future for California in which renewable energy creates a healthier environment generates jobs and stabilizes energy prices Imagine a smog free Los Angeles where electric cars ... - Read MoreSolar energy gets a boost: 'Singlet fission' can increase solar cell efficiency by as much as 30 percent
A perspective article published last month by University of California Riverside chemists in the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters was selected as an Editors Choice an honor only a handful of research papers receive The ... - Read MoreGetting a charge out of water droplets: Water jumping from a superhydrophobic surface can be harnessed to produce electricity
Last 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 ... - Read MoreSquishy robots: Phase-changing material could allow even low-cost robots to switch between hard and soft states
In the movie Terminator 2 the shape shifting T 1000 robot morphs into a liquid state to squeeze through tight spaces or to repair itself when harmed Now a phase changing material built from wax ... - Read MoreNew materials for future green tech devices
From your hot car to your warm laptop every machine and device in your life wastes a lot of energy through the loss of heat But thermoelectric devices which convert heat to electricity and vice ... - Read MoreAnti-tank missile detector joins fight against malaria
State of the art military hardware could soon fight malaria one of the most deadly diseases on the planet Researchers at Monash University and the University of Melbourne have used an anti tank Javelin missile ... - Read MoreResearchers discover boron 'buckyball'
The discovery 30 years ago of soccer ball shaped carbon molecules called buckyballs helped to spur an explosion of nanotechnology research Now there appears to be a new ball on the pitch Researchers from Brown ... - 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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Cheap, highly efficient solar cells: A new stable and cost-cutting type of perovskite solar cell
no picPerovskite 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 ... - Read MoreLabs characterize carbon for lithion-ion batteries
no picLithium ion batteries could benefit from a theoretical model created at Rice University and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory that predicts how carbon components will perform as electrodes The model is based on intrinsic electronic characteristics ... - Read More3-D nanostructure could benefit nanoelectronics, gas storage: functional advantages of 3-D boron nitride predicted
no picA three dimensional porous nanostructure would have a balance of strength toughness and ability to transfer heat that could benefit nanoelectronics gas storage and composite materials that perform multiple functions according to engineers at Rice ... - Read MoreWhen is a molecule a molecule? Scientists watch fast electron jumps in exploding molecules
no picUsing ultra short X ray flashes an international team of researchers watched electrons jumping between the fragments of exploding molecules The study reveals up to what distance a charge transfer between the two molecular fragments ... - Read MoreScientists experimentally re-create conditions deep inside giant planets, such as Jupiter and many exo-planets
no picLawrence 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 ... - Read More- «
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Materials Science
Building blocks of the future defy logic: New logic-defying mathematical modelWake up in the morning and stretch your midsection narrows Pull on a piece of plastic at separate ends it becomes thinner So does a rubber band One might assume that when a force is ...
- Combating bacteria via silver-dammar coating
- Physicists offer a solution to the puzzle of the origin of matter in the universe
- New acoustic insulation material that incorporates fibers from orange tree pruning
- Optical nanoantennas set the stage for a NEMS lab-on-a-chip revolution
- Magnetic nanoparticles could stop blood clot-caused strokes
Spectroscopy
Frequency combs in molecular fingerprint regionIn an article published in Nature Communications an international collaboration of scientists around Dr Nathalie Picqué Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics and Ludwig Maximilians Universität München describes a reliable new technique of producing a ...
Medicinal Chemistry
Lithium from the coal in ChinaCoal from China could become a major source of the metal lithium according to a review of the geochemistry by scientists published in the International Journal of Oil Gas and Coal Technology Lithium is an ...
- Graphene shows potential as novel anti-cancer therapeutic strategy
- Cherenkov Effect improves radiation therapy for patients with cancer
- New technology could make treatment of oil and gas wastewater simpler, cheaper
- Bacteria in marine sponges harvest phosphorus for reef community
- Renewable energy obtained from wastewater
Natural Product Chemistry
Can cattle grazing management technique help capture and store carbon in soil?Can beef production help restore ecosystems A team of scientists advisors and communications specialists are banding together to explore whether ranching management can create robust soils watersheds and wildlife habitat while sequestering atmospheric carbon dioxide ...
- Logging destabilizes forest soil carbon over time
- 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
Chemical Thermodynamics
Seeing through sparklers: What happens to heat-treated diamondsDiamonds come in all colours with price tags to match ice white blue and pink attract high prices and stones with brown hues the least But now that brown diamonds can be heat treated to ...
- How iron feels the heat
- Nanotubes self-organize and wiggle: Evolution of a nonequilibrium system demonstrates MEPP
- Hot showers, lower power bills with heat pump water heaters: How water heaters are installed impacts total home energy use
- Breakthrough in predictions of pressure-dependent combustion chemical reactions
- 'Smart windows' have potential to keep heat out and save energy
Chemical Engineering
The better to see you with: Prosthetic leg would keep an eye on path aheadMo Rastgaar is poised to take a giant step forward in the development of a better prosthetic ankle The Michigan Technological University mechanical engineer and his team have already developed a prototype that can provide ...
- Researchers identify materials to improve biofuel, petroleum processing
- Scientists 'bend' elastic waves with new metamaterials that could have commercial applications
- A new step towards using graphene in electronic applications
- Engineer applies robot control theory to improve prosthetic legs
- More Hispanics earning bachelor’s degrees in physical sciences and engineering
Electrochemistry
In quest for better lithium-air batteries, chemists boost carbon's stabilityTo power a car so it can travel hundreds of miles at a time lithium ion batteries of the future are going to have to hold more energy without growing too big in size That's ...
- Using 'fuzzy logic' to optimize hybrid solar/battery systems
- 'Bulletproof' Battery: Kevlar Membrane for Safer, Thinner Lithium Rechargeables
- Compact batteries enhanced by spontaneous silver matrix formations
- Possible avenue to better electrolyte for lithium ion batteries
- Low-grade waste heat regenerates ammonia battery
Chemical Physics
Quantum radar to detect objects which are invisible to conventional systemsA prototype quantum radar that has the potential to detect objects which are invisible to conventional systems has been developed by an international research team led by a quantum information scientist at the University of ...
Food Chemistry
New, useful feature of Moringa seeds revealedPrevious studies have shown that the extracts from seeds of the Moringa oleifera tree can be used for water purification In a new study researchers from Uppsala University show that the Moringa seeds can also ...
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- Lithium from the coal in China
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- In quest for better lithium-air batteries, chemists boost carbon's stability
- Building blocks of the future defy logic: New logic-defying mathematical model
- Combating bacteria via silver-dammar coating
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- Spin laser: Rapid data transfer thanks to quantum physics
- Physicists offer a solution to the puzzle of the origin of matter in the universe
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- Simple way to make and reconfigure complex emulsions
- Graphene shows potential as novel anti-cancer therapeutic strategy
- Cherenkov Effect improves radiation therapy for patients with cancer
- New technology could make treatment of oil and gas wastewater simpler, cheaper
- Bacteria in marine sponges harvest phosphorus for reef community
- Looking back into the past of oceans: Acidification trends, seasonal fluctuations
- Storks could become poisoned by pesticides during their migration to Africa
- New, useful feature of Moringa seeds revealed
- Renewable energy obtained from wastewater
- Building tailor-made DNA nanotubes step by step
- Crude oil production: Asphaltene analysis takes a giant step
- New acoustic insulation material that incorporates fibers from orange tree pruning
- Optical nanoantennas set the stage for a NEMS lab-on-a-chip revolution
- Using 'fuzzy logic' to optimize hybrid solar/battery systems
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- Fever alarm armband: A wearable, printable, temperature sensor
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- Quantum many-body systems on the way back to equilibrium
- Frequency combs in molecular fingerprint region
- Availabililty of rare metals for manufacturing: Are we (in)dependent of rare metals?
- Magnetic nanoparticles could stop blood clot-caused strokes
- Waste electrical and electronic equipment, including kitchen utensils, contain valuable materials
- Getting a grip on exotic atomic nuclei
- Climate change influences distribution of organic pollutants in the Baltic Sea
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