(PhysOrg.com) -- By using the sun's visible light and heat to power an electrolysis cell that captures and converts carbon dioxide from the air, a new technique could impressively clean the atmosphere and produce fuel feedstock ...
(PhysOrg.com) -- By combining theoretical and experimental expertise in the United States, Japan, and France, a team of scientists determined that a water molecule (guest) is cradled inside a functional molecule (host), turning ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 20, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A scientist at the Argonne National Laboratory has created visible-light catalysis, using silver chloride nanowires decorated with gold nanoparticles, that may decompose organic molecules in polluted water.
Nanophysics
Jun 15, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Long hampered by high manufacturing costs and durability issues, fuel cell technology could overcome those obstacles and take a significant step towards mainstream adoption thanks to a finding by a Texas ...
Materials Science
May 7, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The field of biosensing has recently found an unlikely partner in the quest for increased sensitivity: coffee rings. The next time you spill your coffee on a table, look at the spot left after the liquid ...
Nanophysics
May 5, 2010
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Queso fresco, a quintessential ingredient in Mexican cuisine, would retain higher quality in supermarket display cases if stored at a lower temperature. That's the conclusion of a report presented here today at the 239th ...
Biochemistry
Mar 23, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Materials scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have designed a way to harvest small amounts of waste energy and harness them to turn water into usable hydrogen fuel.
Materials Science
Mar 11, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether life exists elsewhere in our universe is a longstanding mystery. But for some scientists, there?s another interesting question: could there be life in a universe significantly different from our own?
General Physics
Feb 22, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Although radical polymerization is used in the synthesis of about half the world's polymers, details of exactly what is going on in the reaction soup in complex industrial settings have been sketchy at best. ...
Polymers
Feb 19, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The recent state of the roads is a clear illustration of what happens when water freezes into crystals of ice. But despite its frequent occurrence, the crystallisation of water is remarkably difficult to ...
Analytical Chemistry
Feb 5, 2010
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