News tagged with chemical mixture
Flies process attractive and deterrent odors in different brain areas
In collaboration with colleagues from Portugal and Spain, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, have developed an apparatus that automatically applies odors to an airstream, ...
Apr 25, 2012 |
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Authenticating ancient artifacts
(PhysOrg.com) -- Piecing together the history of ancient ceramic objects can be difficult, especially when all that remains is a few small shards. However, clues about the authenticity and provenance of such ...
Aug 09, 2011 |
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Chemical reactions can be self-stirring (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Every chemistry student knows that if you stir a mixture of chemicals you speed up the reactions between them, but less well-known is that chemical reactions can themselves stir up the mixture. ...
Feb 01, 2010 |
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Using magnetic toys as inspiration, researchers tease out structures of self-assembled clusters
Scientists have long studied how atoms and molecules structure themselves into intricate clusters. Unlocking the design secrets of Nature offers lessons in engineering artificial systems that could self-assemble ...
Jan 28, 2010 |
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Prof gets messages from space
(PhysOrg.com) -- Barbara Frisken received several messages from outer space this year on her answering machine.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 08, 2009 |
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Researchers discover breakthrough method for chemical separations
A team of researchers, led by chemical engineering and materials science professor Michael Tsapatsis in the University of Minnesota's Institute of Technology, have developed a more energy-efficient method of chemical separations ...
Aug 03, 2009 |
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Membrane breaks through performance barrier
(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers have developed a new method for creating high-performance membranes from crystal sieves called zeolites; the method could increase the energy efficiency of chemical separations up ...
Jul 30, 2009 |
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