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Kitchen exhaust fans vary in effectiveness in reducing indoor air pollution

(Phys.org) -- Cooking exhaust hoods designed for home kitchens vary widely in their ability to capture and vent away the air pollutants generated by the gas burners on cook stoves, according to a study by ...

Chemistry / Other

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Computer model used to pinpoint prime materials for efficient carbon capture

When power plants begin capturing their carbon emissions to reduce greenhouse gases – and to most in the electric power industry, it's a question of when, not if – it will be an expensive undertaking.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

In hydrogenation and hydrogenolysis chemical reactions, water adds speed without heat

(Phys.org) -- An international team of researchers has discovered how adding trace amounts of water can tremendously speed up chemical reactions—such as hydrogenation and hydrogenolysis—in which ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Wasted milk is a real drain on our resources, study shows

Milk poured down Britain's kitchen sinks each year creates a carbon footprint equivalent to thousands of car exhaust emissions, research shows.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 13, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 8

Hybrid 'Janus' nanoparticles made from gold and titania have high catalytic activity and extraordinary durability

As recently as twenty-five years ago, chemists considered gold to be one of the most inert metallic elements, until the discovery that nanoscale-sized dispersions of gold had high catalytic activity forced ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The shape of things, illuminated: Metamaterials, surface topology and light-matter interactions

(Phys.org) -- Finding new connections between different disciplines leads to new – and sometimes useful – ideas. That’s exactly what happened when scientists in the Department of Physics, Queens College, ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 28, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast feature

Magnetic nanochain detonates chemo barrage inside tumors

Medicine-toting nanochains slip into tumors and explode a chemotherapy drug into hard-to-reach cores of cancer, engineers and scientists at Case Western Reserve University report.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Same samples, different analytical strategies, complementary inferences

(Phys.org) -- The results of two separate but complementary analyses on 400 samples of Hanford Site groundwater appeared together in the journal of the International Society for Microbial Ecology. The studies ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A glow in the Martian night throws light on atmospheric circulation

(PhysOrg.com) -- A faint, infrared glow above the winter poles of Mars is giving new insights into seasonal changes in the planet's atmospheric circulation. The tell-tale night emission was first detected ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Fertilizer use responsible for increase in nitrous oxide in atmosphere

University of California, Berkeley, chemists have found a smoking gun proving that increased fertilizer use over the past 50 years is responsible for a dramatic rise in atmospheric nitrous oxide, which is a major greenhouse ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 5 | with audio podcast


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