News tagged with guest molecule

On the nanoscale, particles flow in unexpected ways

Researchers studying how fluids travel through nanoscale channels were surprised to discover that the fluids don't flow equally well in all directions. Contrary to the behavior in the macroscale world, the researchers discovered ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Synthesis with a template: Carbon-free fullerene analogue

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team led by Manfred Scheer at the University of Regensburg has now synthesized the first example of an inorganic, carbon-free C80 analogue.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 3




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Guinness World Record: DESY's X-ray laser FLASH shoots fastest movie

It's official: The world's fastest movie was shot by DESY's X-ray laser FLASH in Hamburg, Germany.

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Twist-and-glow molecules aid rapid gas detection

In an emergency such as a factory fire, ascertaining which gases are present in the air is critical to preventing or minimizing poisoning (Fig. 1). This requires gas sensors that react quickly and provide ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Building better memories with supramolecular structures that act as tiny magnets

In a step towards realizing ultrahigh-density storage devices based on individual molecules behaving as magnets, researchers in Japan have developed a candidate building block -- a supramolecular ferromagnet, ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Sep 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Inside story: Chemical reactivity on the inner surface of single-walled carbon nanotubes

(PhysOrg.com) -- Historically, the interior surface of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) has not been considered to be chemically reactive. Recently, however, researchers at the University of Nottingham School of Chemistry in the UK and the Ulm Un ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast feature

Artificial light-harvesting method achieves 100% energy transfer efficiency

(PhysOrg.com) -- In an attempt to mimic the photosynthetic systems found in plants and some bacteria, scientists have taken a step toward developing an artificial light-harvesting system (LHS) that meets one ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (40) | comments 22 | with audio podcast feature

Seeing red? Making carbon nanotubes clearer to the naked eye

If you were to look at a carbon nanotube with the naked eye you wouldn't see much more than black powder, but now a team of EU-funded scientists has developed a novel way of making these multi-purpose nanotechnology ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 11, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Bacterial guests double as bodyguards

The bacterium Escherichia coli can be a scientist’s best friend when it’s being used as a tool for biological research, but some strains of it are better known for their nasty effects on humans as ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists who use microwave heating in experiments can control it better now

(PhysOrg.com) -- For at least 20 years, organic chemists and materials scientists have used microwaves as an alternative energy source to activate materials and break chemical bonds. However, though microwaves ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The tangled NETs of the immune system

When scientists can’t believe their eyes, it is very likely that they are on to something quite extraordinary. This was precisely the case for Arturo Zychlinsky and his colleagues at the Max Planck Institute ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Tuned enzymes: Extra guest molecule in an enzyme's binding pocket enables methane oxidation

(PhysOrg.com) -- Our fossil fuel reserves are limited. When they run out, we will not only be lacking in fuel, but chemical industry will lose its most important feedstock. In contrast, natural gas has barely ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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