Chemistry News

Posted January 4, 2000:

• UCSD Scientists Use Laser And X-Ray Technologies To Watch A Different Way Of "Melting" Semiconducting Material
• Distance Between Atoms Is Key To Iron Protein Function

Posted December 24, 1999:

• After 50 Years, Fundamental Problem Of Quantum Physics Solved At Last

Posted December 22, 1999:

• Anti-Electrons Help Researchers Find Nano-Surface Defects In Gold

Posted December 20, 1999:

• A Little Help From Below: Naturally Occurring Microbes Ready To Lend A Hand Trapping Radioactivity Underground

Posted December 17, 1999:

• Wildfire Chemistry Model Assesses Long Range Fire Effects
• University Of Minnesota Chemists Study Mysterious Y2K Molecule

Posted December 15, 1999:

• Antibacterial Implants Could Prevent Infections, Save Patients' Lives

Posted December 13, 1999:

• MIT Researchers "Amplify" Atoms

Posted December 3, 1999:

• Combustion Of Composite Propellants Studied At Microscopic Level

Posted December 2, 1999:

• Another Small Cog In The "Hub" Of Metabolism Unraveled

Posted November 30, 1999:

• Cornell Researchers Probe Secrets Of Chemical Bonding By Assembling Molecules One At A Time

Posted November 22, 1999:

• Yale Researchers Turn Carbon Dioxide Into Gel

Posted November 19, 1999:

• Scientists Discover How To Make Nanostructures Assemble Themselves
• Chemists Create The First Of A New Class Of Catalysts To Handle Big Molecules

Posted November 17, 1999:

• Jupiter's Atmosphere Gives Clues On How Solar System Started
• As The Earthworm Turns: Aging DDT In Soil Could Be Less Hazardous Than Previously Feared, Cornell Tests Show

Posted November 16, 1999:

• Biologically Active, Biodegradable Gels Developed At Cornell Have Potential Uses From Skin Grafts To A Better Diaper

Posted November 15, 1999:

• Rain Showers May Be Caused By Vortices In The Air

Posted November 12, 1999:

• UNC-CH Physicists Find Atoms Of Chilled Metallic Liquids Chiefly Move In Lockstep

Posted November 3, 1999:

• Scientists Measure Temperatures In Microscopic Gas Bubbles

Posted November 2, 1999:

• Acoustical Technology Developed At CU-Boulder Helps Make Clean Water

Posted October 27, 1999:

• Scientists Measure Temperatures In Microscopic Gas Bubbles
• Cooling In Miniature, Without Bulky Machines, Conventional Fluids Or Moving Parts
• Material That Made Car Bumpers Shine Finds A Role In Manufacture Of Drugs, Dyes

Posted October 21, 1999:

• Researchers Build The World’s Smallest Self-Contained Electrochemical Analyzer

Posted October 20, 1999:

• UIC Engineer Discovers New Diamond Applications

Posted October 19, 1999:

• How DNA Molecules Move Through Small Spaces:

Posted October 18, 1999:

• New Mini Microwave Thruster For Satellites Is Most Powerful In Its Class

Posted October 15, 1999:

• Northwestern Chemists Plot The Next Step In Nanotechnology

Posted October 13, 1999:

• Caltech's Ahmed Zewail Wins 1999 Nobel Prize In Chemistry

Posted October 8, 1999:

• Synthetic Enzyme Shows Promise As Way To Make Hydrogen Cheaply
• "Rainbow Metal," Similar To Opal, Suggests Light-Steering Computer Parts And Catalysts

Posted October 5, 1999:

• Element 107 May Soon Find Place On Chemists' Periodic Table

Posted September 28, 1999:

• Virginia Tech Microbe-Minerals Group Launches New Field Of Study

Posted September 21, 1999:

• Biotech Breakthrough? "Buckyball Shards" Show Promise For Chemical Separations
• Making Industrial Isotopes Cheaper And With Less Pollution

Posted September 20, 1999:

• "Soapy" Droplets Make Brighter Clouds
• Why Paintings Turn Yellow

Posted September 15, 1999:

• Breakthrough Molecular "Motor" Devised By Boston College Biochemists

Posted September 10, 1999:

• First Observation Of A New Quantum Gas
• Mini-Motor Models Nature, Advances Miniaturization Technology

Posted September 7, 1999:

• Canadian Discovery Allows Scientists To Watch The Ultrafast Processes Of The Microworld

Posted September 3, 1999:

• Image Of Electron Orbitals Confirms Controversial Bonding Hypothesis
• Virginia Tech Researchers Create New Family Of Molecule, Solve Fullerene Processing Mystery

Posted September 2, 1999:

• Low-Fat Chocolate Ice Cream Scores High On Taste Test

Posted September 1, 1999:

• Microbes In Basalt Thrive On A Mixed Diet Of Toxic Wastes
• New MIT Probe Gathers Data For Better Polymers

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