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• Nature of Water
  Organic Chemistry
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  Using Gold and Light to Study Molecules in Water

  July 31, 2013 — Thanks to a new device that is the size of a human hair, it is now possible to detect molecules in a liquid solution and observe their interactions. This is of major interest for the scientific ... > full story
• Materials Science
  Petroleum
  Energy and Resources
  Sustainability
  Electronics
  Engineering and Construction
   

  Progress in Using Ethanol to Make Key Raw Material Now Produced from Oil

  July 31, 2013 — Ethanol from corn and other plants could become the sustainable, raw material for a huge variety of products, from plastic packaging to detergents to synthetic rubber, that are currently ... > full story
• Bacteria
  Nature of Water
  Chemistry
  Microbes and More
  Microarrays
  Extreme Survival
   
  

  Microfluidic Breakthrough in Biotechnology

  July 31, 2013 — Chemical flasks and inconvenient chemostats for cultivation of bacteria are likely soon to be discarded. Researchers have constructed a microfluidic system allowing for merging, transporting and ... > full story
• Detectors
  Nanotechnology
  Chemistry
  Inorganic Chemistry
  Nature of Water
  Biochemistry
   
  

  Chemists Develop Innovative Nano-Sensors for Multiple Proteins

  July 31, 2013 — Chemists have developed a new method for parallel protein analysis that is, in principle, capable of identifying hundreds or even thousands of different proteins. It could be used to detect the ... > full story
• Origin of Life
  Geology
  Geochemistry
  Earth Science
  Sustainability
  Oceanography
   
  

  How Did Earth's Primitive Chemistry Get Kick Started?

  July 30, 2013 — How did life on Earth get started? Three new papers strengthen the case that Earth's first life began at alkaline hydrothermal vents at the bottom of oceans. Scientists are interested in ... > full story

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  • Cracking How Life Arose on Earth May Help Clarify Where Else It Might Exist
• Solar Energy
  Energy and the Environment
  Renewable Energy
  Inorganic Chemistry
  Chemistry
  Energy and Resources
   
  

  Plasmonic Black Metals: Breakthrough in Solar Energy Research?

  July 30, 2013 — The use of plasmonic black metals could someday provide a pathway to more efficient photovoltaics -- the use of solar panels containing photovoltaic solar cells -- to improve solar energy harvesting, ... > full story
• Materials Science
  Nanotechnology
  Nature of Water
  Engineering and Construction
  Chemistry
  Civil Engineering
   

  Accurately Testing Exact Hardness of a Material, in Depth

  July 30, 2013 — Scientists have now built a machine that sets a new standard of accuracy for testing a material's hardness, which is a measure of its resistance to bumps and ... > full story
• Graphene
  Nature of Water
  Spintronics
  Nanotechnology
  Materials Science
  Engineering and Construction
   

  Water Clears Path for Nanoribbon Development

  July 30, 2013 — A tiny meniscus of water makes it practical to form long graphene nanoribbons less than 10 nanometers ... > full story
• Brain Injury
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Neuroscience
  Nervous System
  Brain Tumor
  Psychology Research
   

  Second Known Case of Patient Developing Synesthesia After Brain Injury

  July 30, 2013 — A Toronto man is only the second known person to have acquired synesthesia as a result of a brain injury, in this case a stroke. About nine months after suffering a stroke, the patient noticed that ... > full story
• Alternative Fuels
  Graphene
  Astrophysics
  Inorganic Chemistry
  Fuel Cells
  Vehicles
   
  

  How Does Hydrogen Metallize?

  July 29, 2013 — Hydrogen is deceptively simple. It has only a single electron per atom, but it powers the sun and forms the majority of the observed universe. As such, it is naturally exposed to the entire range of ... > full story

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