Chemistry News Archives Page 4

Researchers witness assembly of molecules critical to protein function (6/17/2008)

Research group lead by two biochemistry graduate students has isolated proteins responsible for the iron-sulfur cluster assembly process and witnessed the necessary protein interactions in vivo - within a cell. They have captured pathway intermediates and observed protein interactions between the two major players in iron-sulfur cluster assembly. ...> Full Article

Researchers unravel bacteria communication pathways (6/16/2008)

Researchers have figured out how bacteria ensure that they respond correctly to hundreds of incoming signals from their environment. ...> Full Article

Chemists Use 'Green Chemistry' to Produce Amines, Chemical Compounds Used Widely in Industry (6/16/2008)

Catalyst helps produce amines at low cost and no waste products ...> Full Article

Farmers grow camelina for biofuel (6/15/2008)

farmers are forming a co-op to produce a promising biofuel raw material -- camelina, a Mediterranean native plant whose seeds are 40 percent oil and can be used in manufacturing biodiesel. ...> Full Article

Testing, Radiation Testing: Northwestern Transistors On Space Station (6/15/2008)

Transistors based on a new kind of material have been lifted into outer space on the space shuttle Endeavour and attached to the outside of the International Space Station for radiation testing. ...> Full Article

Researchers synthesize molecule that exhibits self-control (6/14/2008)

Plants have an ambivalent relationship with light. They need it to live, but too much light leads to the increased production of high-energy chemical intermediates that can injure or kill the plant. ...> Full Article

Chemist Devises Technique to Measure Shape-Shifting Molecules (6/14/2008)

Researchers have cast doubt on existing chemistry theory and brought microwave spectroscopy into the Digital Age with a unique new technique that measures the way that molecules change their geometric shapes. ...> Full Article

Chemistry research builds on understanding electrocatalysis in fuel cells and corrosion (6/13/2008)

Researchers have developed a theory to advance fuel cell and corrosion prevention technologies. ...> Full Article

Chemists Get Scoop on Crude 'Oil' from Pig Manure (6/13/2008)

After a close examination of crude oil made from pig manure, chemists are certain about a number of things. ...> Full Article

Virtally waterless washing machine heralds cleaning revolution (6/12/2008)

Researchers at the University of Leeds have developed a new way of cleaning clothes using less than 2% of the water and energy of a conventional washing machine. The revolutionary technology will provide alternatives to both domestic washing and dry cleaning, heralding the world’s first “virtually waterless” washing system. ...> Full Article

Phantom parent molecule of important class of chemical compounds isolated for the first time (6/12/2008)

A team of scientists has, for the first time, synthesized and characterized the elusive parent molecule of an important class of chemical compounds. ...> Full Article

Persistent Man-Made Chemicals (6/11/2008)

Contamination of the deep oceanic food web is occurring, new study reports ...> Full Article

'Man-made' Water Has Different Chemistry (6/11/2008)

New Study Predicts Shape of Drops to Come ...> Full Article

Getting wrapped up in solar textiles (6/10/2008)

MIT lecturer focuses on flexible photovoltaic materials ...> Full Article

Microspheres to carry hydrogen, deliver drugs, filter gases and detect nuclear development (6/9/2008)

Researchers unveil permeable, pourable glass 'microballoons' ...> Full Article

A glass apart (6/8/2008)

British scientists are developing a new type of glass that can dissolve and release calcium into the body ...> Full Article

Are microbes the answer to the energy crisis? (6/5/2008)

The answer to the looming fuel crisis in the 21st century may be found by thinking small, microscopic in fact. Microscopic organisms from bacteria and cyanobacteria, to fungi to microalgae, are biological factories that are proving to efficient sources of inexpensive, environmentally friendly biofuels that can serve as alternatives to oil. ...> Full Article

Electricity from the exhaust pipe (6/4/2008)

Researchers are working on a thermoelectric generator that converts the heat from car exhaust fumes into electricity ...> Full Article

New fingerprint breakthrough by forensic scientists (6/3/2008)

Police research reveals new techniques for identifying prints on metal ...> Full Article

Researchers make breakthrough in renewable energy materials (6/2/2008)

Researchers have made a ground-breaking discovery that produces highly efficient miniature crystals which could revolutionise the way we harvest and use solar energy. ...> Full Article

A molecular switch turns on the flame in 'nature's blowtorch' (6/2/2008)

New research explains how enzyme works ...> Full Article

Only the nose knows: Odor lab sniffs out agriculture problems (6/1/2008)

Olfactometer better sensor for smell than human nose because it lacks the emotional baggage. ...> Full Article

One Small Step for a Laboratory Science, One Green Leap for Mankind (6/1/2008)

Research unlocks water's potential for new "green chemistry" movement ...> Full Article

Invasion Strategy of the World's Largest Virus (5/30/2008)

Scientists reveal the invasion strategy of the world's largest virus ...> Full Article

Green highways: Research targets environmentally friendly asphalts (5/29/2008)

As part of a new national research program called the Asphalt Research Consortium (ARC), researcher is now using $5 million in funding to study ways of making asphalt more environmentally sustainable ...> Full Article

Important Plant Enzymes Identified (5/28/2008)

Could be used to improve disease resistance and/or tailor plants for the production of biofuels or other useful chemical feedstocks ...> Full Article

Researchers use fungus to improve corn-to-ethanol process (5/28/2008)

Growing a fungus in some of the leftovers from ethanol production can save energy, recycle more water and improve the livestock feed that's a co-product of fuel production ...> Full Article

Glowing Films Reveal Traces of Explosives (5/26/2008)

New spray-on films will be the basis of portable devices that can quickly reveal trace amounts of nitrogen-based explosives. ...> Full Article

Sticky business: Researchers devise new way of mapping the viscosity of cells (5/25/2008)

A fluorescent dye can be used to map how viscous, or 'gloopy', different parts of a cell are ...> Full Article

Halting methane squanderlust (5/24/2008)

Researchers determine structure of catalyst that converts methane to more useful compounds ...> Full Article