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Researchers make key step towards turning methane gas into liquid fuel

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (8) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Washington and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have taken an important step in converting methane gas to a liquid, potentially making it more useful as a fuel ...


Researchers pinpoint neural nanoblockers in carbon nanotubes

Researchers pinpoint neural nanoblockers in carbon nanotubes

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Carbon nanotubes hold many exciting possibilities, some of them in the realm of the human nervous system. Recent research has shown that carbon nanotubes may help regrow nerve tissue or ferry drugs used to ...


Nissan Cuts In Half Amount of Precious Metals Required in Catalysts

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 17, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Nissan Motor Company Inc. has announced a new ultra-low precious metal catalyst that will cut in half the amount of precious metals used by car manufacturers. The new catalyst will be introduced in the new ...





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Hydrogen storage in nanoparticles works

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 31, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (16) | comments 0

Dutch chemist Kees Baldé has demonstrated that hydrogen can be efficiently stored in nanoparticles. This allows hydrogen storage to be more easily used in mobile applications. Baldé discovered that 30 nanometre particles ...


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Carbon Nanotubes Make Fuel Cells Cheaper

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 09, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- As fuel cells are becoming more popular due to their potential use in applications such as hydrogen-powered vehicles, auxiliary power systems, and electronic devices, the need for the precious ...


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 ...


Metal-free catalyst shielding studied

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created Sep 06, 2006 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (9) | comments 0

U.S. scientists say they've found a simple metal free catalyst that can shield a specific alcohol without modifying another nearby alcohol.


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Researchers uncover recipe for controlling carbon nanotubes

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Carbon nanotubes hold promise for delivering medicine directly to a tumor; acting as sensors so keen they detect the arrival or departure of a single electron; replacing costly platinum in ...


Newly found DNA catalysts cleave DNA with water molecule

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 16, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Better tools for manipulating DNA in the laboratory may soon be possible with newly discovered deoxyribozymes (catalytic DNA) capable of cleaving single-stranded DNA, researchers at the University of Illinois say.


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 ...


How Size Matters For Catalysts: Study Links Size, Activity, Electronic Properties

How Size Matters For Catalysts: Study Links Size, Activity, Electronic Properties

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Utah chemists demonstrated the first conclusive link between the size of catalyst particles on a solid surface, their electronic properties and their ability to speed chemical ...


New Ways to Use Biomass

New Ways to Use Biomass

Chemistry /

created Sep 22, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (13) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Alternatives to fossil fuels and natural gas as carbon sources and fuel are in demand. Biomass could play a more significant part in the future. Researchers in the USA and China have now developed ...


A recipe for controlling carbon nanotubes

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 20, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Nanoscopic tubes made of a lattice of carbon just a single atom deep hold promise for delivering medicines directly to a tumor, sensors so keen they detect the arrival or departure of a single electron, a replacement for ...



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