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“Wandering meatloaf” snail’s teeth may improve solar cells

February 15, 2013
News
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
News
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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Super nanoparticles assemble

October 25, 2012
News
Chemists from the University of Florida have developed a technique for growing new materials from nanorods.The study marks a breakthrough in the field, demonstrating how thermodynamic forces can manipulate nanoparticle...
Chemistry, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science, Nanotechnology
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Stem cells, quantum physics and fight or flight: The Nobel winners 2012

October 20, 2012
News
The most prestigious and publicised awards in the science world were announced last month. Stem cell research, ground-breaking quantum methods and the mechanism behind one of the most important group...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Cell Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Quantum Physics
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A new dawn for forensics

October 16, 2012
Feature
Partnership provides unique approach to forensic provision and police investigations LGC Forensics has nine sites in the UK and two in Germany and employs circa 600 scientists, technicians and support...
Chemistry
Forensics, In Depth
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Molecule to reverse fragile X syndrome

October 15, 2012
News
A compound that shows promise in therapy for one of the diseases closely linked to fragile X syndrome, a genetic condition that is the only known single-gene cause of autism,...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Microbiology
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Renewable energy success: hydrogen fuel cell produced using inexpensive catalyst

October 3, 2012
News
University of Cambridge scientists have produced hydrogen from water using an inexpensive catalyst, under industrially relevant conditions. The researchers, whose findings are published in the journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition,...
Chemistry
Chemistry, Green Chemistry
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