News tagged with spectroscope
Hot molecule explains cold chemistry
(PhysOrg.com) -- Surprisingly, hydrogen cyanide and its far more energetic isomer, hydrogen isocyanide, are present in almost equal amounts in cold interstellar gas clouds. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute ...
Jan 30, 2012 |
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Hubble breaks new ground with discovery of distant exploding star
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has looked deep into the distant universe and detected the feeble glow of a star that exploded more than 9 billion years ago. The sighting is the first finding of an ambitious ...
Jan 11, 2012 |
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UNH scientists to build device for detecting contraband radioactive material
Researchers at the University of New Hampshire's Space Science Center (SSC), in partnership with Michigan Aerospace Corporation, have been contracted by the federal Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) to build a highly ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Sep 08, 2011 |
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MOST microsatellite reveals true nature of mysterious dust-forming Wolf-Rayet binary CV Ser
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using the Canadian MOST microsatellite, a team of researchers from the Universite de Montreal and the Centre de Recherche en Astrophysique du Quebec has made a stunning observation. As they'll report at ...
May 31, 2011 |
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Carbonic acid: now isolated in the gas phase and examined spectroscopically
(PhysOrg.com) -- Until now, it has stubbornly defied all attempts at detection: according to current textbooks, gas-phase carbonic acid should not exist at all, because it immediately decomposes into water ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Dec 24, 2010 |
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Graphene-DNA biosensor selective, simple to create
(PhysOrg.com) -- Graphene and DNA can combine to create a stable and accurate biosensor, reports a study published in the nanotechnology journal Small. The tiny biosensor might eventually help doctors and ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 14, 2010 |
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Rescuing male turkey chicks
A novel approach to classify the gender of six-week-old turkey poults could save millions of male chicks from being killed shortly after birth, according to Dr. Gerald Steiner from the Dresden University of Technology in ...
Nov 23, 2009 |
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Maps Unveil the Source of Starburst Galaxy's Winds
(PhysOrg.com) -- A research group at Kyoto University has discovered that shocks are the primary energy sources that excite the galactic wind region of starburst galaxy NGC 253. Their images of the center ...
Nov 18, 2009 |
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Toward better solar cells: Chemists gain control of light-harvesting paths
University of Florida chemists have pioneered a method to tease out promising molecular structures for capturing energy, a step that could speed the development of more efficient, cheaper solar cells.
Oct 08, 2009 |
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3 questions: Ben Weiss discusses what a wet moon might mean
Last week, NASA and other agencies announced results from instruments aboard three different spacecraft which all indicate that there is water present in the surface soil, or regolith, of the moon. Although ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Shining light on diabetes-related blindness
A group of scientists in California is trying to develop a cheaper, less invasive way to spot the early stages of retinal damage from diabetic retinopathy, the leading cause of blindness in American adults, before it leads ...
Mar 11, 2009 |
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Polarizers may enhance remote chemical detection
Chemists can analyze the composition of a suspected bomb -- without actually touching and possibly detonating it -- using a technique called laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy, or LIBS. The tool is also commonly used for ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Mar 11, 2009 |
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