News tagged with chemical equilibrium


Proteins, soft tissue from 80-million-year-old dino support theory that molecules preserve over time

Proteins, Soft Tissue from 80 Million-Year-Old Hadrosaur Add Weight to Theory that Molecules Preserve Over Time

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (16) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- A North Carolina State University paleontologist has more evidence that soft tissues and original proteins can be preserved over time - even in fossilized remains - in the form of new protein ...





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Simulating pharmaceutical and personal care product transport

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) carried in biosolids (i.e., treated sewage sludge) may reach surface waters or groundwater when these materials are applied as fertilizer to agricultural land. During the ...


Scientists Track Heat in Tiny Rolls of Carbon Atoms

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- IBM Research scientists today announced a landmark study in the field of nanoelectronics; the development and demonstration of novel techniques to measure the distribution of energy and heat in powered carbon ...


'Kind and Gentle' Molecular Machine Could Operate at Near-Equilibrium

'Kind and Gentle' Molecular Machine Could Operate at Near-Equilibrium

Chemistry /

created Dec 20, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (30) | comments 2

Molecular machines – tiny machines made of molecules that do mechanical work – are usually thought to operate in a state of non-equilibrium. This makes sense, considering that macro-sized machines operate ...


Building Planet Earth

Building Planet Earth

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 1

A new study shows how rocky planets are formed from the manic swirl of gas and dust that surround a young star, and determines what chemical building blocks are used to construct the planets. Understanding ...


Argonne breakthrough may revolutionize ethylene production

Chemistry /

created Feb 05, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (27) | comments 0

A new environmentally friendly technology created by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory may revolutionize the production of the world's most commonly produced organic compound, ...


3 Questions: Sara Seager on searching for Earth-like planets

3 Questions: Sara Seager on searching for Earth-like planets

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT planetary scientist Sara Seager has been studying exoplanets — planets circling stars other than the sun — for many years.


Eldred Chimowitz (left) and Yonathan Shapir (PHOTO CREDIT: University of Rochester)

Phase change in fluids finally simulated after decades of effort

Physics /

created Jan 17, 2006 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 0

Everyone knows what happens to water when it boils--everyone, that is, except computers. Modeling the transformation process of matter moving from one phase to another, such as from liquid to gas, has been ...


Oscillating Pattern in Nanoparticle Crystallisation

Oscillating Pattern in Nanoparticle Crystallisation

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jun 30, 2006 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 0

In order to survive, biological systems need to form patterns and organise themselves. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam, Germany, have now combined self-organisation ...


Water acts as catalyst in explosives

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Mar 20, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 2

The most abundant material on Earth exhibits some unusual chemical properties when placed under extreme conditions.


Immune system can drive cancers into dormant state

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 18, 2007 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (47) | comments 1

A multinational team of researchers has shown for the first time that the immune system can stop the growth of a cancerous tumor without actually killing it.



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