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Chemistry World September 20, 2013 James Urquhart |
Microscopy and spectroscopy combined US researchers have developed a new imaging technique which combines the spatial resolution of scanning tunneling microscopy with vibrational information obtained from infrared spectroscopy. |
Chemistry World September 16, 2013 Megan Tyler |
Reprogrammable microfluidic chips The time-consuming and costly manufacturing processes required to construct microfluidic devices, makes the idea of a reprogrammable chip very attractive. |
Chemistry World September 15, 2013 Andy Extance |
Light-switch antibiotics could undermine resistance Dutch chemists have made a new weapon to fight bacteria: an antibiotic whose microbe-killing activity they can turn on using ultraviolet light, before it slowly diminishes. |
Chemistry World September 15, 2013 Laura Howes |
Taking temperature with a temporary tattoo John Rogers of the University of Illinois, at Urbana-Champaign and his team have just published their latest advance - creating a flexible wearable thermometer. |
Chemistry World September 13, 2013 Anthony King |
Spinning a catalytic yarn Scientists in Germany have revealed a revolutionary new support for catalysts -- cloth. They succeeded in permanently securing organocatalysts onto nylon using ultraviolet light, without any need for chemical modification. |
Chemistry World September 3, 2013 Laura Howes |
Nanoscale Squid can measure single electron Until now, superconducting quantum interference devices, or Squids, haven't been able to detect a single electron, but Eli Seldov's group report being able to do just that with them. |
Chemistry World September 3, 2013 Andrea Sella |
Kirchhoff's spectroscope Gustav Kirchhoff German physicist (1824 -- 1887) identified absorption lines in the solar spectrum, formalized the principles of spectroscopy and discovered two elements -- rubidium and caesium |
Chemistry World September 1, 2013 Laura Howes |
Water acts as a lubricant for molecular machines Small shuttles and wheels on axles made from single molecules can be sped up with a small amount of water. |
Chemistry World August 28, 2013 Rowan Frame |
Silent labs for futuristic nanotechnology Silent labs are shielded against all possible forms of background disturbances -- external vibrations, acoustic noise, electromagnetic fields and temperature fluctuations. |
Chemistry World August 21, 2013 James Urquhart |
Ball lightning captured in the lab US researchers have developed a new way to create glowing orbs of plasma similar to ball lightning in the lab, allowing them to study their chemical and physical properties. |
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