News tagged with ionic composition

Ionic Liquid's Makeup Measurably Non-Uniform at the Nanoscale

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Texas Tech University, Queen's University in Belfast, Ireland, the University of Rome and the National Research Council in Italy recently made a discovery about the non-uniform chemical compositions ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Researchers find key to keeping cells in shape

(PhysOrg.com) -- Yale University researchers have discovered how a protein within most cell membranes helps maintain normal cell size, a breakthrough in basic biology that has implications for a variety of ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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New research may improve the efficiency of the biofuel production cycle

(Phys.org) -- Using new experimental methods and computational analysis, a team of scientists from the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), led by Lawrence Livermore's Michael Thelen, discovered how certain bacteria ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Nano rescues skin: Shrimp shell nanotech for wound healing and anti-aging face cream

Nanoparticles containing chitosan have been shown to have effective antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus saprophyticus and Escherichia coli. The materials could be used as a protective wound-healing material to a ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Engineers develop rapid, uniform dispersion method for carbon nanotubes in solutions and solids

(PhysOrg.com) -- Harnessing the power of carbon nanotubes could get considerably easier, thanks to an advance by engineers from the University of South Carolina and the University of Georgia.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

World's first magnetic soap produced

Scientists from the University of Bristol have developed a soap, composed of iron rich salts dissolved in water, that responds to a magnetic field when placed in solution. The soap's magnetic properties were ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Development of positive electrode materials for low-cost and high-performance lithium-ion secondary batteries

Mitsuharu Tabuchi (Senior Researcher), Ionics Research Group, the Research Institute for Ubiquitous Energy Devices (Director: Tetsuhiko Kobayashi) of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

TACC supercomputers help researchers find deeper insight into structure and behavior of protein, DNA and RNA

In 1926, Theodor Svedberg won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for a novel method of separating proteins based on experiments performed on a new device he invented: the analytic ultracentrifuge.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Mechanical engineer creates robot Venus Flytrap

(PhysOrg.com) -- Mohsen Shahinpoor, a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Maine has created a robot version of the infamous bug eating Venus Flytrap, using a material he invented himself ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (14) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

Ionic liquid catalyst helps turn emissions into fuel

An Illinois research team has succeeded in overcoming one major obstacle to a promising technology that simultaneously reduces atmospheric carbon dioxide and produces fuel.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (11) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

High speed charging device - success in high capacity graphene-based supercapacitors

Professor Jie Tang, Group Leader of the 1D Nanomaterials Research Group of the Materials Processing Unit, National Institute for Materials Science, and Mr. Qian Cheng, a doctoral student and NIMS Junior Researcher in the ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

High-energy density magnesium batteries for smart electrical grids

(PhysOrg.com) -- Magnesium-based batteries are, in theory, a very attractive alternative to other batteries.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jun 28, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1


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