Physical Chemistry News

Posted November 16, 2010:

• Engineers Test Effects of Fire on Steel Structures
• Carbon Dioxide-Free Energy Can Meet the World’s Energy Needs in 2050, Danish Report Finds

Posted November 15, 2010:

• 'District Heating' in Europe Has Major Potential for the Future

Posted November 11, 2010:

• Sugar and Slice Make Graphene Real Nice: Table Sugar, Metallic Sheets Produce Pristine Graphene in One Step
• Cleaner Stoves for Developing Countries, Thanks to Heat-Powered Fan Design

Posted November 9, 2010:

• Researchers Aim to Harvest Solar Energy from Pavement to Melt Ice, Power Streetlights

Posted November 8, 2010:

• Taming Thermonuclear Plasma With a Snowflake
• Imaging of Alfvén Waves and Fast Ions in a Fusion Plasma
• Major Fusion Advance: Breakthrough Could Help Reduce Heating of Plasma Container Walls

Posted November 5, 2010:

• Nanoshells Provide Golden 'Touch' in Killing Breast Tumors

Posted October 25, 2010:

• Stable Way to Store the Sun's Heat: Storing Thermal Energy in Chemical Could Lead to Advances in Storage and Portability
• Microwave Oven Key to Self-Assembly Process Meeting Semi-Conductor Industry Need

Posted October 20, 2010:

• Forensic Metal Fingerprinting: Simple, Handheld Device Which Can Measure Corrosion on Machine Parts
• Everything Evaporates, but How?

Posted October 14, 2010:

• Plastics and Nanoparticles -- The Perfect Combination

Posted October 8, 2010:

• Researchers Design, Fabricate Innovative Energy Harvesting Device

Posted October 7, 2010:

• New Computer Switches Handle Heat That Renders Transistors Useless; Work Takes a Page from Victorian Inventor

Posted October 6, 2010:

• Designing Instruments for a Robotic Space Probe to the Sun

Posted October 5, 2010:

• Geothermal Mapping Project Reveals Large, Green Energy Source in West Virginia
• Nobel Prize in Physics 2010 for Graphene -- 'Two-Dimensional' Material

Posted September 30, 2010:

• Turning Waste Heat Into Power
• Hydrogen Fuel for Thought: Metallacarboranes May Meet DOE Storage Goals

Posted September 28, 2010:

• Tiny Generators Turn Waste Heat Into Power

Posted September 27, 2010:

• Semiconductor Could Turn Heat Into Computing Power
• Getting to the Bottom of Fouling Problems

Posted September 24, 2010:

• How Heating Our Homes Could Help Reduce Climate Change

Posted September 23, 2010:

• New Nanomesh Material Created: Silicon-Based Film May Lead to Efficient Thermoelectric Devices

Posted September 20, 2010:

• Image Sensors for Extreme Temperatures

Posted September 8, 2010:

• Forcing Mismatched Elements Together Could Yield Better Solar Cells
• Researchers Hear Puzzling New Physics from Graphene Quartet's Quantum Harmonies

Posted September 2, 2010:

• Laser-Based Missile Defense for Helicopters Being Developed

Posted September 1, 2010:

• New Pump Created for Microneedle Drug-Delivery Patch
• Helping Corn-Based Plastics Take More Heat

Posted August 26, 2010:

• Stress Protein Hsp12 Provides a Novel Cellular Survival Mechanism: Protein Folds to Protect Cell Membranes Against Leaks and Ruptures

Posted August 23, 2010:

• New Approach for Cancer Medication Discovered: Researchers Demonstrate Rocking Movement in Anti-Stress Protein Hsp90

Posted August 18, 2010:

• Extreme Darkness: Carbon Nanotube Forest Covers Ultra-Dark Detector

Posted August 11, 2010:

• Energy Storage System Deals With Sudden Draws on the Grid

Posted August 3, 2010:

• Generating Energy from Ocean Waters Off Hawaii

Posted August 2, 2010:

• New Solar Energy Conversion Process Could Double Solar Efficiency of Solar Cells

Posted July 30, 2010:

• Some Like It Hot: How to Heat a 'Nano Bathtub'

Posted July 22, 2010:

• Nanowick at Heart of New System to Cool 'Power Electronics'

Posted July 21, 2010:

• Nanoparticles as Destructive Beacons to Zap Tumors

Posted July 8, 2010:

• Hydrogen Distribution Not an Option in Biomass Gasification, Researcher Says

Posted July 7, 2010:

• New System to Reduce Heating Costs in Cold Climates

Posted July 6, 2010:

• With Magnetic Nanoparticles, Scientists Remotely Control Neurons and Animal Behavior
• Infrared Camera May Provide a Better View for Night Driving

Posted July 4, 2010:

• Super-High Pressures Used to Create Super Battery: 'Most Condensed Form of Energy Storage Outside of Nuclear Energy'

Posted July 2, 2010:

• Nanomachines in the Powerhouse of the Cell: Architecture of the Largest Protein Complex of Cellular Respiration Elucidated

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