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Hydrogen from acidic water: Researchers develop potential low cost alternative to platinum for splitting water

A technique for creating a new molecule that structurally and chemically replicates the active part of the widely used industrial catalyst molybdenite has been developed by researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (18) | comments 22 | with audio podcast

Self-assembling nanorods: Researchers obtain 1-, 2- and 3-D nanorod arrays and networks

(PhysOrg.com) -- A relatively fast, easy and inexpensive technique for inducing nanorods - rod-shaped semiconductor nanocrystals - to self-assemble into one-, two- and even three-dimensional macroscopic structures ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

From cancer research to energy storage, Berkeley Lab scientist takes on big challenges

On a typical day, Rizia Bardhan walks through the doors of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s Molecular Foundry and immerses herself in the tricky business of tweaking optical spectroscopy equipment ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Bright lights of purity: Researchers discover why pure quantum dots and nanorods shine brighter

To the lengthy list of serendipitous discoveries – gravity, penicillin, the New World – add this: Scientists with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have discovered why a promising ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Chemists to develop new materials for hydrogen storage in vehicles

(PhysOrg.com) -- The biggest challenge with hydrogen-powered fuel cells lies in the storage of hydrogen: how to store enough of it, in a safe and cost-effective manner, to power a vehicle for 300 miles?  ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 5

Researchers discover critical rotational motion in cells

In a study that holds major implications for breast cancer research as well as basic cell biology, scientists with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have discovered a rotational motion ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Under the electron microscope -- A 3-D image of an individual protein

(PhysOrg.com) -- When Gang Ren whirls the controls of his cryo-electron microscope, he compares it to fine-tuning the gearshift and brakes of a racing bicycle. But this machine at the U.S. Department of Energy ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (12) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Lifelong brain-stimulating habits linked to lower Alzheimer's protein levels

A new study led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, provides even more reason for people to read a book or do a puzzle, and to make such activities a lifetime habit.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers study how chemicals in drugs and around us impact stem cells

Chemicals in pharmaceutical drugs can obviously save lives. But as more and stronger chemicals have been introduced, our basic knowledge of the broader health impact of all these chemicals has not kept up with the rapid pace ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Choreographing dance of electrons offers promise in pursuit of quantum computers

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the basement of Hoyt Laboratory at Princeton University, Alexei Tyryshkin clicked a computer mouse and sent a burst of microwaves washing across a silicon crystal suspended in a frozen ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast


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