http://phys.org/chemistry-news/chemistry-other/ en-us Phys.Org provides the latest news on composition, structure, and properties of matter Growing demand among baby boomers and others for "enhanced cosmetics" that marry cosmetics and active ingredients to smooth wrinkled skin and otherwise improve appearance is fostering research on micro-capsules and other technology to package those ingredients in creams, lotions and other products. That boom in research on encapsulation and other delivery technology is the topic of the cover story in the current edition of Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world's largest scientific society. http://phys.org/news256394379.html Chemistry - Other Wed, 16 May 2012 13:39:49 EST news256394379 A quiet revolution is taking place in the fields of biology and chemistry. Microfluidic devices, which allow fluid manipulation in micro-scale channels, are slowly but surely finding their place on the lab bench. A new microfluidic device can operate as a mixer or a valve, improving the efficiency of micro-scale laboratory apparatus. http://phys.org/news255856104.html Chemistry - Other Thu, 10 May 2012 09:10:01 EST news255856104 When the Department of Defense (DoD) wants to build a jet engine, it doesn’t put a team of engineers in a hangar with a block of metal and some chisels.  Jet engines are made up of individual components that are carefully assembled into a finished product that possesses the desired performance capabilities.  In the case of thin-film deposition—a process in which coatings with special properties are bonded to materials and parts to enhance performance—current science addresses the process as though it is attempting to build a jet engine from a block of metal, focusing on the whole and ignoring the parts.  Like a jet engine, the thin-film deposition process could work better if it was addressed at the component level. http://phys.org/news254735057.html Chemistry - Other Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:45:12 EST news254735057 (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. http://phys.org/news253771229.html Chemistry - Other Mon, 16 Apr 2012 05:01:04 EST news253771229 When designing the tiniest of possible machines, scientists have had far more success in creating molecular-size brakes than accelerators. But a team at the University of South Carolina has figured out how to really hit the gas pedal. http://phys.org/news253446804.html Chemistry - Other Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:53:43 EST news253446804 During the massive oil spill from the ruptured Deepwater Horizon well in 2010, it seemed at first like there might be a quick fix: a containment dome lowered onto the broken pipe to capture the flow so it could be pumped to the surface and disposed of properly. But that attempt quickly failed, because the dome almost instantly became clogged with frozen methane hydrate. http://phys.org/news253374294.html Chemistry - Other Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:30:01 EST news253374294 University of Alberta researcher Nicole Burt took up an odd moonlighting job to further her research. She became a surrogate tooth fairy. http://phys.org/news252918988.html Chemistry - Other Fri, 06 Apr 2012 08:16:36 EST news252918988 In new research published in the April Journal of Food Science, analyses of the first known public database compiling reports on food fraud and economically motivated adulteration in food highlight the most fraud-prone ingredients in the food supply; analytical detection methods; and the type of fraud reported. Based on a review of records from scholarly journals, the top seven adulterated ingredients in the database are olive oil, milk, honey, saffron, orange juice, coffee, and apple juice. http://phys.org/news252856298.html Chemistry - Other Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:51:57 EST news252856298 Efforts are underway to develop a more environmentally friendly process for dyeing denim with indigo, the storied "king of dyes," used to the tune of 50,000 tons annually to color cotton blue jeans and hundreds of other products. That effort is the topic of an article in the current edition of Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN). C&EN is the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world's largest scientific society. http://phys.org/news252761053.html Chemistry - Other Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:24:27 EST news252761053 Scientists and food industry experts are hatching a plan this Easter to turn egg shells into plastics that could be used to manufacture anything from food packaging to construction materials. http://phys.org/news252722996.html Chemistry - Other Wed, 04 Apr 2012 01:50:06 EST news252722996 Comvita, the New Zealand-based global exporter of natural health and beauty products, and collaborators have identified key compounds in honey that stimulate the immune system, paving the way for a range of new wound-healing products. http://phys.org/news252231706.html Chemistry - Other Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:21:53 EST news252231706 Amid concerns about possible terrorist attacks with nuclear materials, and fresh memories of environmental contamination from the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan, scientists today described development of a capsule that can be dropped into water, milk, fruit juices and other foods to remove more than a dozen radioactive substances. http://phys.org/news252123776.html Chemistry - Other Wed, 28 Mar 2012 03:23:17 EST news252123776 Some of the flame retardants added to carpets, furniture upholstery, plastics, crib mattresses, car and airline seats and other products to suppress the visible flames in fires are actually increasing the danger of invisible toxic gases that are the No. 1 cause of death in fires. That was the finding of a new study presented here today at the 243rd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS). http://phys.org/news252072197.html Chemistry - Other Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:03:25 EST news252072197 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) researchers with the Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center in Beltsville, Md., design, develop and improve analytical methods for measuring nutritional components in the food supply. The Beltsville center is part of the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), USDA's principal intramural scientific research agency. http://phys.org/news252056285.html Chemistry - Other Tue, 27 Mar 2012 08:38:14 EST news252056285 A preservative in toothpastes, hand soaps, underarm deodorants and other everyday products is getting a second life, helping crime scene investigators preserve evidence of arson, scientists reported here today at the 243rd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS). http://phys.org/news251956930.html Chemistry - Other Mon, 26 Mar 2012 05:30:01 EST news251956930 A new study of the composition of pine nuts, including those associated with "pine mouth," leaves unsolved the decade-old mystery of why thousands of people around the world have experienced disturbances in taste after eating pine nuts. The report on pine nuts or pignolia — delicious edible nuts from pine trees enjoyed plain or added to foods ranging from pasta to cookies — appears in ACS' Journal of Agricultural & Food Chemistry. http://phys.org/news250957257.html Chemistry - Other Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:21:43 EST news250957257 With spring planting season on the horizon, scientists are planting the seeds of healthier oils for cooking French fries, fried chicken and other fried items prepared in restaurants and other settings in the foodservice industry. Those seeds of new types of heart-healthy soybean, canola and sunflower oils are the topic of an article in the current edition of Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. http://phys.org/news250957114.html Chemistry - Other Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:19:42 EST news250957114 The marine nutraceutical industry is booming in Europe and Asia, and it has taken off in recent years in Canada as well. While the industry is still in its infancy in the United States, University of Rhode Island researcher Chong Lee says that with a little federal research support, it could become a growth industry. http://phys.org/news250855058.html Chemistry - Other Tue, 13 Mar 2012 10:57:47 EST news250855058 Traditional drug manufacturing is a time-consuming process. Active pharmaceutical ingredients are synthesized in a chemical manufacturing plant and then shipped to another site, where they are converted into giant batches of pills. Including transport time between manufacturing plants, each batch can take weeks or months to produce. http://phys.org/news250754388.html Chemistry - Other Mon, 12 Mar 2012 07:20:01 EST news250754388 It looks like a cutlet, it's juicy and fibrous like a cutlet, and it even chews with the consistency of a real cutlet -- but the ingredients are 100 percent vegetable. Researchers are using a new method to prepare a meat substitute that not only tastes good, but is also environmentally sustainable. http://phys.org/news250261033.html Chemistry - Other Tue, 06 Mar 2012 12:57:22 EST news250261033 Researchers from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU, Spain) have been the first to discover the presence of certain aldehydes in food, which are believed to be related to some neurodegenerative diseases and some types of cancer. These toxic compounds can be found in some oils, such as sunflower oil, when heated at a suitable temperature for frying. http://phys.org/news249133132.html Chemistry - Other Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:39:00 EST news249133132 Food scientists have found a way of measuring how we register the saltiness of crisps which could lead to new ways of producing healthier crisps — without losing any of the taste. The research by scientists at The University of Nottingham could lead to significant salt reduction in all snack foods. http://phys.org/news248689569.html Chemistry - Other Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:26:23 EST news248689569 Sandia's decontamination foam, developed more than a decade ago and used to decontaminate federal office buildings and mailrooms during the 2001 anthrax attacks, is now being used to decontaminate illegal methamphetamine labs. http://phys.org/news248610628.html Chemistry - Other Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:32:28 EST news248610628 The technology that Google uses to analyze trillions of Web pages is being brought to bear on the way molecules are shaped and organized. http://phys.org/news248376504.html Chemistry - Other Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:28:32 EST news248376504 In this video Dr Ingrid Graz shows us a thin layer of gold on top of rubber. Cracks in the gold allow it to stretch and we can use this for stretchable electronics. http://phys.org/news248085035.html Chemistry - Other Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:31:36 EST news248085035 Fingerprints, ballistics, DNA analysis and other mainstays of the forensic science toolkit may get a powerful new crime-solving companion as scientists strive to develop technology for "fingerprinting" and tracing the origins of chemical substances that could be used in terrorist attacks and other criminal acts. That's the topic of the cover story in the current issue of Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. http://phys.org/news247922139.html Chemistry - Other Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:15:47 EST news247922139 A young scientist from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)'s Food Safety and Technology Research Centre (FSTRC) has successfully prepared highly stable selenium nanoparticles by using the polysaccharide-protein complex extracted from the African Tiger Milk mushroom. The preliminary study discovered that these stabilized selenium nanoparticles can significantly inhibit the growth of breast cancer cells by apoptosis. http://phys.org/news247815629.html Chemistry - Other Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:40:50 EST news247815629 A new study by food safety researchers at Drexel University demonstrates that plasma can be an effective method for killing pathogens on uncooked poultry. The proof-of-concept study was published in the January issue of the Journal of Food Protection. http://phys.org/news247422757.html Chemistry - Other Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:32:47 EST news247422757 How many tons of greenhouse gases are coming out of that smokestack? For the first time, people around the U.S. can get answers to that question instantly with a new online interactive tool — the topic of an article in the current edition of Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. http://phys.org/news247325208.html Chemistry - Other Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:40:01 EST news247325208 Consumers who remember laundry detergents from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s are about to get that déjà vu feeling — and younger people quite a surprise — as detergent manufacturers once again try a major repackaging of their products. Laundry capsules that contain single doses of detergent and take up less space than conventional detergents are set to make a comeback. That's the topic of an article in the current edition of Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. http://phys.org/news246709991.html Chemistry - Other Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:50:01 EST news246709991