Blog Feed: Chemistry & Technology

A newly discovered technique makes it possible to create a whole new array of plastics with metallic or even superconducting properties. Plastics usually conduct electricity so poorly that they are used to insulate electric cables but, by placing > read more

New method for studying molecule reactions a breakthrough in organic chemistry

Published on 2011-03-14 08:07:00

Good chemists are passive-aggressive -- they manipulate molecules without actually touching them. In a feat of manipulating substances at the nanoscale, UCLA researchers and colleagues demonstrated a method for isolating two molecules togethe > read more

New phosphor for flat screen displays

Published on 2011-03-14 08:04:00

The triangle and quadrangle show the typical and enlarged colour range for FED phosphors, respectively Materials chemists in China have developed a compound that they believe should improve the quality of field emission displays (FEDs), bring > read more

International Year of Chemistry launches across the world

Published on 2011-02-17 21:09:00

Over 1000 people from more than 60 countries helped to launch the International Year of Chemistry (IYC2011) at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) headquarters in Paris, France, on 27-28 January. > read more

Adding floids to thicken up runny liquids

Published on 2011-02-17 21:06:00

The transition from weakly elastic, fluid-like behaviour to highly Adding a small amount of an immiscible fluid to a suspension - solid particles dispersed in a fluid - tunes the consistency of the suspension. The method could be used to create low > read more

Standardising nanomaterials NOW!!

Published on 2011-02-17 21:02:00

The repository will initially hold 25 types of industrially relevant materials like carbon nanotubes and various nanoparticles The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) has launched the world's first reference repository for nanomaterial > read more

a new class of magic atomic clusters called superhalogens discovered!

Published on 2011-02-14 00:58:00

An international team of researchers has discovered a new class of magnetic superhalogens – a class of atomic clusters able to exhibit unusual stability at a specific size and composition, which may be used to advance materials science by > read more

First purely organic phosphor

Published on 2011-02-13 17:59:00

The organic phosphors being excited by UV light Scientists in the US have made a major advance in the development of novel light-emitting materials by designing the first purely organic phosphorescent compound. The finding could open the way for a > read more

Now:Light Can Control Electrical Properties of Graphene

Published on 2011-01-16 06:48:00

New research published January 10, shows how light can be used to control the electrical properties of graphene, paving the way for graphene-based optoelectronic devices and highly sensitive sensors. This year's Nobel Prize for Physics was awarded f > read more

Fully Biodegradable and Recyclable Synthetic Resin produced

Published on 2011-01-16 06:45:00

Modern synthetic resins are made from fossil sources, are not biodegradable and can only be burned under strict precautions due to the release of toxic substances. Prof. Gadi Rothenberg and Dr. Albert Alberts of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) have > read more

Omega-3 may help protect brain from injury

Published on 2011-01-12 06:01:00

Studies in animals suggest fish body oils -- believed protective for the heart -- may help protect against traumatic brain injury, U.S. researchers suggest. Dr. Julian E. Bailes of West Virginia University in Morgantown says in the experiment, rats > read more

Moon water came from comets

Published on 2011-01-12 05:56:00

The moon has had water throughout its history, some supplied externally, some internally, researchers from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville reported. While testing their theory that lunar water may have originated from comets crashing into t > read more

Researcher developing bio-based polymers that heal cracks

Published on 2011-01-10 07:58:00

Michael Kessler has worked with polymers that repair themselves when they crack. And he's worked with polymers made from vegetable oils. Now he's working to combine the two technologies. Kessler, an Iowa State University associate professor of mater > read more

DNA can predict hair color...!!

Published on 2011-01-04 06:06:00

Dutch researchers say crime-scene DNA can be used to predict a person's likely hair color, allowing police to search for a suspect with a particular color. In research to be published in the journal Human Genetics, Researches at Erasmus Medical Cente > read more

Bacteria study could improve antibiotics

Published on 2011-01-02 06:57:00

A study of one of nature's most primitive immune systems might lead to new, more effective antibiotics, a U.S. researcher says.Thomas Wood, professor of chemical engineering at Texas A&M University, is studying how bacteria have developed r > read more

Synthetic dyes could increase energy

Published on 2011-01-02 06:50:00

U.S. chemists say newly developed photosensitizing dyes could greatly increase the efficiency of light-driven systems that produce green energy. Chemists at the University at Buffalo in New York who've synthesized a new class of the dyes say the adva > read more

How to examine earthquakes??

Published on 2010-12-28 06:47:00

Without warning the ground begins to shake. Buildings topple, crushing or burying those inside; gas and water mains fracture and erupt; the telephone system, overwhelmed by panicked calls, collapses. Down in the park on the shore of the Sea of Marmar > read more

Scientists made mice that sing like birds

Published on 2010-12-28 06:40:00

A team of researchers at the University of Osaka created the animal in their Evolved Mouse Project, in which they use genetically modified mice that are prone to mutations."Mutations are the driving force of evolution. We have crossbred the genetical > read more

Online Marketing

Blog Feed: Chemistry & Technology

Home > Blog Directory > Newest Posts > Blog Feed: Chemistry & Technology