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Materials Science Mar 31, 2016

Synchrotron used to find structure of a new material that could be found on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan

An ANSTO Planetary Materials scientist has used the Australian Synchrotron to identify the structure of a new material that could be crucial in understanding the hydrological cycle on Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, and ...

Nanomaterials Oct 5, 2015

Researchers find 'greener' way to assemble materials for solar applications

The efficiency of solar cells depends on precise engineering of polymers that assemble into films 1,000 times thinner than a human hair.

Biochemistry Sep 4, 2015

Bacteria research set to bolster antibiotic-resistant drug development

ANSTO has collaborated on research that has produced the first in vitro model of the outer membrane of the bacteria Escherichia coli (E.coli), which is expected to be used as a robust tool for developing antibiotics and other ...

Space Exploration Jun 29, 2015

Our mostly dry planetary neighbors once had lots of water—what does that imply for us?

We already knew about Venus. We had our suspicions about Mars. Now we're sure.

Other Jun 19, 2015

Insight into how pharmaceutical solvents diffuse through a human nail

(Phys.org)—One of the biggest difficulties in treating nail disease is finding a topical drug that adequately penetrates through the nail. While some improvements in nail drug delivery have been made, they have been slow-going ...

Analytical Chemistry May 12, 2015

Water use by trees is a key part of the hydrological process linking soil to climate and local weather

Los Alamos Lab researchers have made the first simultaneous measurements of Ultra-Low-Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (ULF-NMR) and neutron imaging to visualize the movement of water in trees. Water use by trees is a key ...

Astronomy Jan 22, 2015

The cosmic chemistry that gave rise to water

Earth's water has a mysterious past stretching back to the primordial clouds of gas that birthed the Sun and other stars. By using telescopes and computer simulations to study such star nurseries, researchers can better understand ...

Materials Science Aug 8, 2014

Bioinspired catalyst splits water

Plants use photosynthesis to convert carbon dioxide and water into sugars and oxygen. The process starts in a cluster of manganese, calcium and oxygen atoms at the heart of a protein complex called photosystem II, which splits ...

Materials Science Apr 16, 2013

Neutrons help explain ozone poisoning and links to thousands of premature deaths each year

A research team from Birkbeck, University of London, Royal Holloway University and Uppsala University in Sweden, have helped explain how ozone causes severe respiratory problems and thousands of cases of premature death each ...

Biochemistry Jan 10, 2013

'Comet water' ions found in bacterial protein

Developments arising from new science techniques at Keele University in the UK, the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL), the flagship centre for neutron science, and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), have confirmed ...

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