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Hot and cold moves of cyanide and water

Hot and cold moves of cyanide and water

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Scientists have long known that molecules dance about as the temperature rises, but now researchers know the exact steps that water takes with a certain molecule. Results with small, electrically charged cyanide ...


New and unexpected mechanism identified how the brain responds to stress

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Chronic stress takes a physical and emotional toll on our bodies and scientists are working on piecing together a medical puzzle to understand how we respond to stress at the cellular level in the brain. Being able to quickly ...





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Mini-Donut Catches Chloride Ions

Mini-Donut Catches Chloride Ions

Chemistry /

created Mar 11, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Ions—charged atoms or molecules—play an important role in nature, in our bodies as well as for science and technology. It is often necessary to trap, remove, mask, stabilize, or transport ions, whether in ...


Researchers find new actions of neurochemicals (w/ Video)

Researchers find new actions of neurochemicals (w/ Video)

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Although the tiny roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans has only 302 neurons in its entire nervous system, studies of this simple animal have significantly advanced our understanding of human ...


Chemist's discovery of new salt jumpstarts extended-life battery research for electric vehicles

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 12, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 7

A University of Rhode Island chemistry professor's discovery of a new salt has been received with enthusiasm by companies seeking to develop an advanced lithium ion battery for use in the next generation of hybrid and electric ...


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Scientists Create Smallest Ever Droplet of Acid, Solve Ozone Puzzle

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- In its atomic form, chlorine can destroy vast quantities of ozone. But exactly how chlorine is created in the ultracold conditions of the stratosphere has puzzled scientists. Now, a team of ...


Chloride found at levels that can harm aquatic life in urban streams of the Northern US

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Levels of chloride, a component of salt, are elevated in many urban streams and groundwater across the northern U.S., according to a new government study.


Formation of the smallest droplet of acid

Formation of the smallest droplet of acid

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Exactly four water molecules and one hydrogen chloride molecule are necessary to form the smallest droplet of acid. This was the result of work by the groups of Prof. Dr. Martina Havenith (physical chemistry) ...


Viscosity-Enhancing Nanomaterials May Double Service Life of Concrete

Viscosity-Enhancing Nanomaterials May Double Service Life of Concrete

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology are patenting a method that is expected to double the service life of concrete. The key, according to a new paper*, is a nano-sized ...


Hot and Cold Moves of Cyanide and Water

Hot and Cold Moves of Cyanide and Water

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have long known that molecules dance about as the temperature rises, but now researchers know the exact steps that water takes with a certain molecule. Results with small, electrically ...


Researchers find explanation for rapid maturation of neurons at birth

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 1

At the moment a newborn switches from amniotic fluid to breathing air, another profound shift occurs: nerve cells in the brain convert from hyperexcitability to a calm frame against which outside signals can be detected.


Boosting its infectivity turns benign virus into good gene therapy carrier for cystic fibrosis

'Evolved' virus may improve gene therapy for cystic fibrosis

Chemistry /

created Feb 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Iowa have turned a relatively benign virus into a highly infectious form that is ideal as a carrier for gene ...



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