A new study shows how complex biochemical transformations may have been possible under conditions that existed when life began on the early Earth. The study shows that RNA is capable of catalyzing electron transfer under ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

May 19, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 1 |

Leading nanoscientists created beautiful, tiled patterns with flat nanocrystals, but they were left with a mystery: Why did some sets of crystals arrange themselves in an alternating, herringbone style? To ...

Nanotechnology - Nanomaterials

May 12, 2013 5 / 5 (6) 2 |

(Phys.org) —Researchers at the University of Bristol have led a new enquiry into how extremely small particles of silica (sand) can be used to design and construct artificial protocells in the laboratory. ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

May 10, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

(Phys.org) —The search for cleaner, low temperature nuclear fuels has produced a shock result for a team of experts at The University of Nottingham.

Chemistry - Materials Science

May 07, 2013 5 / 5 (6) 0 |

(Phys.org) —Los Alamos scientists published an article in the scientific journal Nature Chemistry that could offer a big step on the path to renewable energy.

Chemistry - Materials Science

May 01, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

(Phys.org) —UOW chemistry researchers have revealed what turns free radicals on...and off again in an article recently published in Nature Chemistry.

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Apr 23, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) —The process by which plants convert energy from the sun's rays into chemical 'fuel' has inspired a new way of generating clean, cheap, renewable hydrogen power which could solve looming problems ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Apr 15, 2013 4.8 / 5 (16) 18 |

A new chemical process can transform waste sulfur into a lightweight plastic that may improve batteries for electric cars, reports a University of Arizona-led team. The new plastic has other potential uses, ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Apr 14, 2013 4.9 / 5 (15) 2 |

Scientists may soon be able to turn to one of the most powerful forces in biology—evolution—to help in their quest to develop new synthetic polymers.

Chemistry - Polymers

Apr 02, 2013 5 / 5 (5) 7 |

(Phys.org) —Sounding like something out of a comic book, superatoms are not only an enticing idea, but experiments have confirmed they exist. Scientists at Virginia Commonwealth University have collaborated ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Apr 02, 2013 4.8 / 5 (12) 2 |

(Phys.org) —Chemists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory believe they can now explain one of the remaining mysteries of photosynthesis, the ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Mar 29, 2013 5 / 5 (7) 1 |

Methoxybenzene, commonly known as 'anisole' because of its aniseed aroma, is an important compound in organic chemistry. Anisole-type frameworks are found in numerous molecules ranging from pheromones to ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Mar 08, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 2

(Phys.org)—Tiny molecular tweezers have a remarkable impact on bustling proteins: Three research groups from the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE), the Chemical Genomics Centre of the Max Planck Society ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

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The future of keeping ageing-related diseases at bay lies with the supercomputer according to scientists from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Free Radical Chemistry and Biotechnology at the University of Sydney.

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Feb 19, 2013 3 / 5 (2) 0 |

To make fuel cells more economical, engineers want a fast and efficient iron-based molecule that splits hydrogen gas to make electricity. Online Feb. 17 at Nature Chemistry, researchers report such a catalyst. It is the fi ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Feb 17, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 3 |