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More than meets the eye: New blue light nanocrystals

More than meets the eye: New blue light nanocrystals

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Berkeley Lab researchers have produced non-toxic magnesium oxide nanocrystals that efficiently emit blue light and could also play a role in long-term storage of carbon dioxide, a potential means of tempering ...


A molecular ripcord for chemical reactions

A molecular ripcord for chemical reactions

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (the Netherlands) have developed an entirely new method for starting chemical reactions. For the first time they used mechanical forces to control catalytic ...





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Chemists synthesize fungal compound with anti-cancer activity

Chemists synthesize fungal compound with anti-cancer activity

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ten years ago, William Fenical of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography isolated from an ocean-living fungus a compound that has since shown the ability to kill cancer cells in the lab. ...


The Beaver as Chemist: Total Synthesis of Enantiomerically Pure Nupharamine Alkaloids from Castoreum

Chemistry /

created Feb 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Castoreum, the dried scent glands of the Canadian beaver, was once one of the most valuable scent components derived from animals. Castoreum contains a complex mixture of substances, including a number of ...


Chemists synthesize herbal alkaloid

Chemists synthesize herbal alkaloid

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

The club moss Lycopodium serratum is a creeping, flowerless plant used in homeopathic medicine to treat a wide variety of ailments. It contains a potent brew of alkaloids that have attracted considerable scient ...


New form of destructive terrorist material unlikely, chemists report

New form of destructive terrorist material unlikely, chemists report (w/Video)

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Concerns that terrorists could produce a new and particularly dangerous form of the explosive responsible for airport security screening of passengers’ shoes and restrictions on liquids in ...


New chemical reaction offers opportunities for drug development

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Researchers led by Conway Fellow, Professor Pat Guiry have solved a chemistry problem that has stumped researchers worldwide for more than a decade. The results have earned the group the cover story of the leading scientific ...


New chemical reaction offers opportunities for drug development

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at University College Dublin have solved a chemistry problem which has stumped researchers worldwide for more than a decade. The results have earned the group the cover story of the leading scientific ...


Chemists uncover 'green' catalysts with promise for cheaper drug production

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Toronto research team from the Department of Chemistry has discovered useful "green" catalysts made from iron that might replace the much more expensive and toxic platinum metals typically ...


Scientists advance facile synthesis of nanoparticles with multiple functions

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nanostructured materials have garnered great interest worldwide due to their unique size-dependent properties for chemical, electronic, structural, medical and consumer applications.


Artificial reddener: New synthetic route for EPO and other glycoprotein analogues

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- Erythropoetin, abbreviated EPO, has gained a scandalous reputation as a doping agent for racing cyclists. The name is derived from the ancient Greek erythros "red" and poiein “to make”, a fitting designation ...


Controlling the building blocks of life

Controlling the building blocks of life

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created Dec 10, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (17) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A simple and reliable method for converting one of the simplest chemical entities into one of the most difficult-to-make molecular building blocks of life, with complete control over its shape, ...



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