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Researchers stumble on colorful discovery

Modified metals that change colour in the presence of particular gases could warn consumers if packaged food has been exposed to air or if there's a carbon monoxide leak at home. This finding could potentially ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jul 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Colorful Warning: Selective, sensitive CO detection with a rhodium complex

(PhysOrg.com) -- Carbon monoxide is an insidious poison: it is colorless, odorless, and toxic at low concentrations. It is usually produced by combustion engines or incomplete combustion in gas furnaces or ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jul 06, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Geologists point to outer space as source of the Earth's mineral riches

According to a new study by geologists at the University of Toronto and the University of Maryland, the wealth of some minerals that lie in the rock beneath the Earth's surface may be extraterrestrial in origin.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 18, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (11) | comments 5

New clues about a hydrogen fuel catalyst

(PhysOrg.com) -- To use hydrogen as a clean energy source, some engineers want to pack hydrogen into a larger molecule, rather than compressing the gas into a tank. A gas flows easily out of a tank, but getting ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 4

Chemists uncover 'green' catalysts with promise for cheaper drug production

(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 ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 1