News tagged with organic liquid

Development of nonvolatile white light-emitting liquid that is coatable on diverse range of materials

A Japanese research team headed by Dr. Takashi Nakanishi of the National Institute for Materials Science developed a nonvolatile liquid material which emits white light at room temperature.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

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

Image: Saturn's brightly reflective moon Enceladus

(Phys.org) -- A brightly reflective Enceladus appears before Saturn's rings, while the planet's larger moon Titan looms in the distance.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Bringing Mars back to Earth

The search for life should be an essential component of a sample return mission from Mars, according to a recent report examining the science behind such a venture.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 20, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

Gases drawn into particles stay there

(Phys.org) -- Contrary to expectations, formation and growth of complex organic particles generated during oxidation of volatile organic molecules by ozone and nitrate follows a non-equilibrium path, according ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Is it snowing microbes on Enceladus?

There's a tiny moon orbiting beyond Saturn's rings that's full of promise, and maybe -- just maybe -- microbes.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Far-out photosynthesis

Photosynthesis maintains Earth's habitability for life as we know it, and shapes the way we search for habitable worlds around distant stars. Scientists have discovered a microbe that can use low-energy light ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Discovery of 'bioelectric' arteries opens path to heart disease treatment

Bionic eyes and limbs made television's six million dollar man an icon, but new research suggests our existing biological structure already exhibits a valuable electrical property. Scientists have found that ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

55": LG announces world's largest OLED TV panel

LG Display announced that it has developed the world's largest 55-inch OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diodes) TV panel. The 55-inch panel is a significant step forward in the popularization of OLED TVs and demonstrates ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 27, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (16) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

CO2 bonds in sea ice: Small living creatures with major impact

Due to the presence of salts, the freezing point of sea water is below zero. During freezing, channels in which the salt accumulates, so-called "brine channels," are formed in the ice. They serve as a habitat ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 11, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 4

Single molecule can shift the phase of a laser beam

(PhysOrg.com) -- The ability to control light forms the basis of many technologies, from microscopy to optical computing. Now, a team of scientists from ETH in Zurich, Switzerland, has demonstrated that a ...

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast feature

Manufacturing method paves way for commercially viable quantum dot-based LEDs

University of Florida researchers may help resolve the public debate over America's future light source of choice: Edison's incandescent bulb or the more energy efficient compact fluorescent lamp. It could be neither.

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Silica microspheres in liquid crystals offer the possibility of creating every knot conceivable

Knots can now be tied systematically in the microscopic world. A team of scientists led by Uros Tkalec from the Jozef Stefan Institute in Ljubljana (Slovenia), who has been working at the Max Planck Institute ...

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 19, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A bit of boron, a pinch of palladium: One-stop shop for the Suzuki reaction

Carbon-containing compounds are at the heart of organic chemistry, and carbon is the basis of all living matter. However, the so-called Suzuki reaction provides a simple means of creating carbon-carbon bonds to form compounds ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Aug 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Penn State expert determined to find life on Earth-like planets

Thanks to popular Hollywood films like "E.T.," "Avatar" and "Super 8," life on other planets seems highly conceivable to people who have considered the idea that we are not alone in the universe. Jim Kasting, distinguished ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jun 17, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 5