News tagged with sodium ions

Nanotube transistor controlled by ATP could improve man-machine communication

Scientists have built a hybrid bionanoelectronic transistor that can be powered by ATP, or adenosine triphosphate, the energy currency in living cells. The researchers, Aleksandr Noy and colleagues from Lawrence Livermore ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 13, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (17) | comments 3 | with audio podcast weblog

New material traps radioactive ions using 'Venus flytrap' method

(PhysOrg.com) -- Like a Venus flytrap, a newly discovered chemical material is a picky eater -- it won't snap its jaws shut for just anything. Instead of flies, however, its favorite food is radioactive nuclear ...

Chemistry / Other

created Feb 26, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

A Venus flytrap for nuclear waste

Not every object is food to a Venus flytrap. Like the carnivorous plant, a new material developed at Northwestern University permanently traps only its desired prey, the radioactive ion cesium, and not other harmless ions ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 26, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Ion exchange may be most important driver of gill development in fish

(PhysOrg.com) -- A long-standing theory is that the first function of fish gills was to allow fish to breathe, but new research is casting doubt on the idea that this activity developed first.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 18, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Lithium to be extracted from geothermal waste

(PhysOrg.com) -- A technique developed by a Californian company, Simbol Mining, will enable the valuable mineral lithium, widely used in high-density batteries, to be reclaimed from the hot waste water produced ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (15) | comments 4 weblog

New research may lead to new ways to control honeybee parasite

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ground-breaking discoveries by Michigan State University researchers could help protect honeybees from deadly parasites that have devastated commercial colonies.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Hot and cold moves of cyanide and water

Scientists have long known that molecules dance about as the temperature rises, but now researchers know the exact steps that water takes with a certain molecule. Results with small, electrically charged cyanide ...

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Renewable Energy Made by Mixing Salt and Fresh Water

(PhysOrg.com) -- When a river flows into the sea, the location is more than just a haven for water commerce. The mixing of fresh and salt water that occurs at an estuary also dissipates energy, as the different ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (29) | comments 6 feature

Scientists closer to developing salt-tolerant crops

An international team of scientists has developed salt-tolerant plants using a new type of genetic modification (GM), bringing salt-tolerant cereal crops a step closer to reality.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jul 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Chemist's discovery of new salt jumpstarts extended-life battery research for electric vehicles

A University of Rhode Island chemistry professor's discovery of a new salt has been received with enthusiasm by companies seeking to develop an advanced lithium ion battery for use in the next generation of hybrid and electric ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 12, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 7


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