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Science Nobels awarded

November 6, 2013
News
This year’s sciences Nobel Prizes were shared between eight scientists with discoveries ranging from how cells organise their transport systems to complex chemical systems and, perhaps unsurprisingly, to the proposers...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Physics, Physiology
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Organic solar cells in a spin

September 13, 2013
News
Manipulating the ‘spin’ of electrons in organic solar cells can drastically improve their performance, say researchers from Cambridge and Washington. Their findings may have implications in cheap, high performing solar...
Chemistry, Physics & Engineering
Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Physics, Thermodynamics
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Primordial soup secret revealed

May 10, 2013
News
Scientists may have cracked a common conundrum about how objects from space could have kindled life on Earth.The study, led by Leeds University, revealed how a chemical, similar to one...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biochemistry, Biophysics, Chemistry, Physics
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Spray-painting solar cells

March 23, 2013
News
University of Sheffield researchers have made solar cells using a spray painting-like process. The method could significantly reduce the cost of solar cells meaning the technology could be provided to...
Chemistry
Chemistry, Green Chemistry
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A pleasant aroma relies on good vibrations

March 6, 2013
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The way molecules vibrate, rather than their shape is responsible for giving substances their characteristic smell according to research conducted at UCL. The researchers tested whether altering how a molecule...
Chemistry
Analytical Chemistry, Chemistry
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“Wandering meatloaf” snail’s teeth may improve solar cells

February 15, 2013
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Materials ScienceThe teeth of a marine snail can be used to create less expensive, more efficient nanoscale materials to improve solar cells and lithium-ion batteries. David Kisailus’, an assistant professor...
Chemistry, Materials
Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Materials Science, Nanotechnology
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Water’s pyramid shape confirmed

February 14, 2013
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Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have confirmed the original model of the molecular structure of water. The findings have made it possible to resolve a long-standing scientific debate...
Chemistry
Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry
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Improving fingerprint identification

December 14, 2012
News
A new approach for making finger prints on paper more visible has been developed by scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.The method uses an innovative chemical process which produces...
Chemistry
Forensics
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X-ray prism reveals chemical changes

December 12, 2012
News
Ultrashort, ultrabright X-ray laser pulses can reveal details of chemically important molecules at room temperature suggest researchers at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. This method could shed light on the chemistry...
Chemistry
Analytical Chemistry, Chemistry
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Lithium redox imaging for a better battery

November 14, 2012
News
A technique developed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology allows, for the first time, the direct observation of the reactions inside advanced lithium-air batteries. Until now, exactly what goes on inside...
Chemistry, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry
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