News tagged with metal organic
Hollow spheres made of metal
Oct 13, 2009 |
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Producing metallic hollow spheres is complicated: It has not yet been possible to make the small sizes required for new high-tech applications. Now for the first time researchers have manufactured ground hollow ...
Chemist Travels World to Study Mysterious Properties of Neutrinos
Aug 19, 2008 |
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In the quest to better understand one of nature's most "ghostly" elementary particles — the neutrino — scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory are spreading their expertise from ...
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Additive copper-zinc interaction affects toxic response in soybean
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Agricultural soils accumulate trace metals, particularly copper and zinc, as a result of their presence in wastes (sewage biosolids and manures) and fungicides that are applied over long periods of time. Regulations and guidelines ...
Heavy metals accumulate more in some mushrooms than in others
Oct 30, 2009 |
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A research team from the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM) has analysed the presence of heavy metals in 12 species of mushroom collected from non-contaminated natural areas, and has found that the levels ...
Carbenes: New molecules have wide applications
Oct 22, 2009 |
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Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have created in the laboratory a class of carbenes, highly reactive molecules, used to make catalysts - substances that facilitate chemical reactions. ...
Scientist increase the efficiency of a type of solar cell by incorporating ionic salts
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Oct 14, 2009 |
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A group of scientists are working on the optimisation of a type of photovoltaic cell (Grätzel cell) that artificially mimics photosynthesis.
Silver Nanoparticles Give Polymer Solar Cells A Boost
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Oct 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Small bits of metal may play a new role in solar power. Researchers at Ohio State University are experimenting with polymer semiconductors that absorb the sun’s energy and generate electricity. The goal: ...
Why leave it to nature? Chemistry professor wants to understand, simplify, photosynthesis
Sep 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Amid calls for transformative change in the world’s energy supply, Harvard chemist Ted Betley is taking a back-to-basics approach and examining the mother of all energy supplies -- photosynthesis ...
Renewable hydrogen production becomes reality at winery
Sep 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The first demonstration of a renewable method for hydrogen production from wastewater using a microbial electrolysis system is underway at the Napa Wine Company in Oakville. The refrigerator-sized hydrogen ...
Could salt crusts be key ingredient in cooking up prebiotic molecules?
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 18, 2009 |
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German scientists investigating the complex chemical mixture thought to be present in the early Earth’s oceans have found that amino acids can be 'cooked' into many other important chemical building blocks ...
Truth Is Stranger Than Science: Discovering true properties of metal oxides
Sep 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- To successfully compete in a global marketplace, manufacturers continually search for better materials: faster drying and less hazardous paint, longer-lasting sunscreen, and faster computers. ...
Recycling Food Scraps into Gardens
Sep 07, 2009 |
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Each weekday, food scraps are collected from the Maryland Food Distribution Authority in Jessup, Md., and from small local food service and marketing establishments. Materials that do not contain metal, glass, ...
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