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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.





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Microscale Chemical Factory

Chemistry /

created Jul 04, 2007 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Miniaturization is invading the world of chemical syntheses. Since typical chemical syntheses take place in several reaction steps with various separation or purification steps in between, microchemistry has almost always ...


Love at first aria

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A passion for opera starts with an initial explosive, emotional experience. This is followed by a gradual learning process over a number of years during which fans discover how to truly appreciate it fully. Through his observation ...


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 ...


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 ...


0.2 second test for explosive liquids

0.2 second test for explosive liquids

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Since a failed terrorist attack in 2006, plane passengers have not been able to carry bottles of liquid through security at airports, leaving some parched at the airport and others having ...


Platinum-rich shell, platinum-poor core

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Oct 23, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (35) | comments 0

Hydrogen fuel cells will power the automobiles of the future; however, they have so far suffered from being insufficiently competitive. At the University of Houston, Texas, USA, a team led by Peter Strasser has now developed ...


300 years after discovery, structure of mercury fulminate finally determined

Chemistry /

created Aug 24, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (37) | comments 0

Known to the alchemists and long used as a detonator to set off dynamite—mercury fulminate has a checkered past. Now, more than 300 years after the discovery of this explosive compound, German researchers have been able to ...


Urea Nitrate Test

Israeli Scientist Invents Bomb Detector Spray

Chemistry /

created Oct 30, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 0

Professor Joseph Almog has developed a spray that can detect urea nitrate, a powerful explosive that can be created by non-professionals in relatively simple back-yard facilities. Urea nitrate is commonly ...


Six bad reactions to swine flu vaccine in Canada: official (Update)

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (7) | comments 4

Six severe allergic reactions to swine flu vaccinations have been observed in Canada, health authorities said Tuesday, adding that all of the individuals are feeling better.


Engineer Discovers Why Particles Like Flour Disperse on Liquids

Engineer Discovers Why Particles Like Flour Disperse on Liquids

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (15) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Even if you are not a cook, you might have wondered why a pinch of flour (or any small particles) thrown into a bowl of water will disperse in a dramatic fashion, radiating outward as if it ...



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