Laboratory News Logo
!

Articles tagged with "Chemistry"

Sort by

Chemical reactions in a trillionth of a second

March 13, 2015
News
Scientists have developed a method that allows observation of chemical reactions on a trillionth of a second timescale. Researchers at the University of Bristol combined ultrafast spectroscopy and computer simulations...
Chemistry
Analytical Chemistry, Chemistry
Read More...

Nobel round-up

October 8, 2014
News
In case you missed them, here is Laboratory News’ round-up of who won what in this year’s Nobel Prize announcements. Each prize is worth 8 million SEK (£0.7 million), and...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Physics
Read More...

Chemistry Prize for microscopy technique

October 8, 2014
News
After a short delay, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Eric Betzig, Stefan W. Hell and William E. Moerner for the...
Chemistry
Chemistry
Read More...

Star-shaped molecule created after 25 year effort

October 2, 2014
News
A complex star-shaped molecule of interlocking rings has been created at the University of Manchester following a quarter of a century of research. The molecule, dubbed the Star of David,...
Chemistry
Analytical Chemistry, Chemistry
Read More...

Superheavy element pairing probes Einstein’s relativity

September 30, 2014
News
Chemists probing the predictive power of trends in the Periodic Table have successfully established a chemical bond between a superheavy element and a carbon atom. The pairing, between seaborgium and...
Chemistry
Analytical Chemistry, Chemistry
Read More...

Splitting water based on nuclear spin

September 19, 2014
News
Separation of water based on the nuclear spin of individual molecules has been made possible thanks to what scientists are dubbing an electric prism. Water exists in two nuclear spin...
Chemistry
Analytical Chemistry, Chemistry
Read More...

Snapshot of photosynthesis reveals process

July 22, 2014
News
Femtosecond snapshots of photosynthetic water oxidation have enabled researchers to understand how the process works. Using the world’s most powerful x-ray laser at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory researchers were...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Chemistry
Read More...

DNA replication fork visualised

July 18, 2014
News
An American team have built the first model to decipher what goes on at the ‘replication fork’ during DNA duplication. Rockefeller University researchers led by Michael O’Donnell reconstructed at the...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Developmental Biology
Read More...

Chemical sensor on a chip

June 19, 2014
News
Infrared laser beams are ideal for analysing liquids and gases, and scientists in Vienna have miniaturised the technique to develop a new type of sensor. The method sees a quantum...
Chemistry, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry
Read More...

Celebrating Great British Science

June 3, 2014
News
Frank James, Professor of the History of Science at the Royal Institution, has nominated Faraday’s electro-magnetic induction ring as his Great British Scientific breakthroughAfter about ten years of searching Michael...
Chemistry, Physics & Engineering
Chemistry, Physics
Read More...

Pin It on Pinterest