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Bow down to the light: Light-triggered microscale robotic arm makes bending and stretching motions

(PhysOrg.com) -- As miniaturization progresses, microrobots and nanomachines have moved beyond the realm of pure speculation. This technology requires tiny components that can respond to stimulation by undergoing ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Imaging a catalyst one atom at a time

(PhysOrg.com) -- The catalytic processes that facilitate the production of many chemicals and fuels could become much more environmentally friendly thanks to a breakthrough achieved by researchers from Lehigh ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2




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Livermorium and Flerovium join the periodic table of elements

(Phys.org) -- The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) today officially approved new names for elements 114 and 116, the latest heavy elements to be added to the periodic table.

Chemistry / Materials Science

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Advancing scientific discovery

Every other Wednesday, University of Delaware graduate student Michael Salciccioli meets with faculty, students and postdoctoral researchers from UD along with colleagues from the University of Pennsylvania ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers discover particle which could 'cool the planet'

In a breakthrough paper published in Science, researchers from The University of Manchester, The University of Bristol and Sandia National Laboratories report the potentially revolutionary effects of Criegee biradicals.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (19) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Chemistry trick renews hope against killer diseases

As infections such as tuberculosis have become immune to an ever widening range of antibiotics doctors have looked on helplessly.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1

When inflexibility is counterproductive: Mechanism of UV-induced DNA Dewar lesion revealed

Excessive exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation of sunlight can result in skin damage and may even induce skin cancers. Irradiation with UV light causes mutations in the DNA, which can interfere with or even inhibit the ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists solve mystery of the eye

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have a good overall understanding of human vision: when light enters our eyes, it is focused by the lens and strikes the retina in the back of the eye. The light causes some of ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (64) | comments 14 | with audio podcast feature

Discovery alters conventional understanding of sight

A discovery by a team of researchers led by a Syracuse University physicist sheds new light on how the vision process is initiated. For almost 50 years, scientists have believed that light signals could not be initiated unless ...

Chemistry / Other

created Jun 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Single molecule performs multiple logic operations simultaneously

(PhysOrg.com) -- While molecules have already been used to perform individual logic operations, scientists have now shown that a single molecule can perform 13 logic operations, some of them in parallel. The ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 23, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (17) | comments 9 | with audio podcast feature

A hint of blackcurrant: Olfactory properties and gas-phase structures of Cassyrane stereoisomers

(PhysOrg.com) -- Upon testing different fragrances in a perfumery, the so-called top note, consisting of the most volatile odorants, is what characterizes a scent. These odorants determine the first and often ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Proposed gamma-ray laser could emit 'nuclear light'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Building a nuclear gamma-ray laser has been a challenge for scientists for a long time, but a new proposal for such a device has overcome some of the most difficult problems. In the new study, Eugene Tkalya ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created May 02, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (20) | comments 12 | with audio podcast feature


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