(Phys.org) -- Hydrogen gas offers one of the most promising sustainable energy alternatives to limited fossil fuels. But traditional methods of producing pure hydrogen face significant challenges in unlocking ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

May 10, 2012 5 / 5 (15) 57 |

(Phys.org) -- Research published in the peer-review Journal of the Royal Society Interface on Wednesday presents a close look at the structure and physical properties of silkworm cocoons. The paper’s resear ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

May 03, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 3 |

(Phys.org) -- Thanks to advances in polymer chemistry and a wide variety of monomer constituents to choose from, the world of multiblock polymers is wide open. These polymers can result in an astonishing array ...

Chemistry - Polymers

Apr 26, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 0 |

New research at Concordia University is bringing us one step closer to clean energy. It is possible to extend the length of time a battery-like enzyme can store energy from seconds to hours, a study published in the Journal of ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Apr 18, 2012 4.5 / 5 (17) 3 |

In Alzheimer's disease, brain neurons become clogged with tangled proteins. Scientists suspect these tangles arise partly due to malfunctions in a little-known regulatory system within cells. Now, researchers have dramatically ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Apr 16, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 1 |

(Phys.org) -- A new 3D printing process developed at the University of Glasgow could revolutionise the way scientists, doctors and even the general public create chemical products.

Chemistry - Other

Apr 16, 2012 4.6 / 5 (12) 9 |

Splitting hydrogen and oxygen from water using conventional electrolysis techniques requires considerable amounts of electrical energy. But green plants produce oxygen from water efficiently using a catalytic ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Apr 02, 2012 4.8 / 5 (11) 8 |

Imagine being able to use electricity to power your car — even if it's not an electric vehicle. Researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have for the first time ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Mar 29, 2012 4.7 / 5 (36) 46 |

A new type of hybrid material developed at the University of California, Berkeley, could help oil and chemical companies save energy and money – and lower their environmental impacts – by eliminating ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Mar 29, 2012 5 / 5 (6) 1 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- Diazomethane is a toxic, explosive reagent prepared as needed in laboratories, where it is commonly used in cyclopropanation, but its explosive nature prevents it being used widely on an industrial ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Mar 23, 2012 4.7 / 5 (10) 0 |

A breakthrough for inexpensive electricity from solar cells, and a massive investment in wind power, will mean a need to store energy in an intelligent way. According to research at Linköping University (Sweden), published ...

Chemistry - Polymers

Mar 22, 2012 4.6 / 5 (7) 6 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the Brookhaven National Laboratory and collaborators have developed a new catalyst that reversibly converts hydrogen gas and carbon dioxide to a liquid under very mild conditions. ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Mar 18, 2012 4.7 / 5 (16) 34 |

When a proton – the bare nucleus of a hydrogen atom – transfers from one molecule to another, or moves within a molecule, the result is a hydrogen bond, in which the proton and another atom like ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Mar 18, 2012 4.9 / 5 (14) 1 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- First it was grapes, then cockroaches, and now snails have become the latest organism to generate electricity through an implanted biofuel cell. The process works similarly in all three situations: ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Mar 15, 2012 4.3 / 5 (14) 6 |

A team of researchers at Tufts University's School of Arts and Sciences and School of Engineering have discovered that individual atoms can catalyze industrially important chemical reactions such as the hydrogenation ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Mar 08, 2012 2.5 / 5 (2) 0 |