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Chemistry World November 22, 2013 Jennifer Newton |
Recipe for a jelly-based fuel cell catalyst An international team of researchers have used gelatin as their starting material to make doped-carbon electrocatalysts. They might not wobble but they could one day replace platinum in fuel cells.  |
Chemistry World January 29, 2013 Laura Howes |
Paper crane to carbon electrode Christina Giordano's lab at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Germany, has been working on making structured carbon electrodes from paper using inkjet printing.  |
Chemistry World February 28, 2006 Jon Evans |
Magnetic Appeal of Shape-Change Polymer Polymer scientists developed polymers that change shape in response to a magnetic field by incorporating magnetic iron(III)oxide nanoparticles into a shape-memory polyetherurethane compound known as TFX.  |
Chemistry World September 9, 2013 Emma Stoye |
Water-splitting catalyst based on Prussian blue Prussian blue has been used for over 300 years as a pigment in dyes and an antidote to heavy metal poisoning. Researchers say it could help improve water splitting 'artificial leaf' technology, thanks to the catalytic activity of a cobalt-containing derivative.  |
Chemistry World December 12, 2007 Simon Hadlington |
Iron Oxide Succumbs to the Gentle Touch Chemists in Japan and France have produced a new iron oxide with a sheet-like structure that could be used in fuel cells and sensors.  |
Chemistry World May 2, 2014 Jennifer Newton |
Zoe Schnepp: Green collaboration Zoe Schnepp is a lecturer in the School of Chemistry at the University of Birmingham in the UK. Her group develops simple routes to functional materials. In particular, they use biomass to synthesize materials for applications, such as catalysis and water filtration.  |
Technology Research News January 1, 2003 Kimberly Patch |
Aligned fields could speed storage Researchers from three institutes in Germany and Russia have found a material whose electric and magnetic domains line up together. The work could bring together the currently separate fields of magnetic and electronic data storage, which would give both methods more flexibility.  |
Technology Research News December 11, 2002 Eric Smalley |
Microscopic mix strengthens magnet Magnets are usually an either-or proposition. They either generate a strong magnetic field or they hold up well in the presence of external magnetic fields. A method that mixes the two types of magnets at the nanoscale could pave the way for smaller electric motors and generators.  |
Chemistry World July 17, 2012 Harriet Brewerton |
Pinning down cancer US scientists have synthesized pin-shaped nanoparticles with magnetic and optical properties. The nanoparticles could be used for magnetic resonance imaging, early detection and photothermal therapy of cancer and other diseases.  |
Chemistry World February 24, 2011 James Urquhart |
Elusive form of iron captured Researchers in the US and Germany have synthesised and characterised an iron nitride compound that reacts with water to produce high yields of ammonia under mild conditions.  |
Geotimes July 2004 Sara Pratt |
Core Compositions Scientists are working to explain the differences in composition between Earth and Mars.  |
Reactive Reports December 2003 David Bradley |
Airy magnets Spanish researchers have created a new type of magnetic material that is ultra-light and transparent. The airy magnets could have applications in flat screen displays and magneto-optical memory devices for computers.  |
Reactive Reports Issue 67 David Bradley |
Attractive Changing Colors Chemists have discovered that a simple magnet can be used to change the color of nanoparticles of iron oxide in aqueous suspension.  |
Chemistry World July 3, 2015 Ida Emilie Steinmark |
Iron found in ancient rock is recycled from bacteria Isotopic analysis suggests that some of the iron within rock formations was processed by bacteria 2.5 billion years ago  |
IEEE Spectrum September 2007 Joshua J. Romero |
Magnetic Storage Taken to the Atomic Scale International team of scientists learns to read and write data on islands of atoms.  |
Chemistry World May 9, 2010 Phillip Broadwith |
Iron catalyst breaks the mold An iron catalyst that is not only greener than many of its precious metal competitors, but also catalyses reactions that they can't, could open new avenues in transition metal catalysis, say Chinese researchers.  |
Chemistry World September 12, 2013 Paola Quattroni |
Brain cancer severity linked with oxidation state of iron New research shows that the higher the malignancy grade of a brain tumor, the higher the iron(ii) to iron(iii) ratio in human brain tissue. The finding could point to new approaches for measuring the malignancy grade of tumors.  |
Geotimes April 2004 Sara Pratt |
Iron Bullets Physicists from Livermore, California have experimentally determined the melting point of iron in the Earth's core.  |
Chemistry World June 27, 2013 Emma Eley |
Sustainable iron catalyst for clean hydrogenation An international team of chemists has reported a clean and green way to perform one of the most important industrial reactions for pharmaceutical and petrochemical synthesis.  |
Chemistry World November 12, 2008 Lewis Brindley |
Microscope Reveals Catalyst Secrets A promising technique for watching catalysts in action could provide new insights into how they work, report scientists in the Netherlands.  |
Delicious Living June 2007 Emily Courtney |
Iron for Moms to be Increased iron intake may enhance female fertility.  |
Chemistry World October 9, 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
Science Behind Your Hard Drive Scoops Physics Nobel The 2007 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Frenchman Albert Fert and German Peter Grunberg, for their discovery of giant magnetoresistance.  |
Technology Research News September 8, 2004 |
Pure Crystal Promises Hardy Chips Silicon carbide is hardier than than the plain silicon most computer chips are made from, and so theoretically could be a useful material for computer chips that must withstand extreme environments and high-power applications.  |
Chemistry World July 19, 2011 Jon Cartwright |
Magnetic Sponge Can Squeeze Itself Out Researchers in Japan and Singapore have created a sponge that can wring itself out upon application of a magnetic field.  |
Science News November 11, 2006 Aimee Cunningham |
Iron Deficiency, Poverty, and Cognitive Troubles Children with iron deficiency and low socioeconomic status can slip even lower in mental ability, compared with their better-nourished peers.  |
Science News October 5, 2002 John Pickrell |
Iron Cooking Pots Help Combat Malnutrition A new study, which tested iron uptake from recipes including Chinese cabbage, adds to the evidence that iron cooking vessels may be a cheap and effective way to fight deficiency of the micronutrient in developing countries.  |
Chemistry World March 19, 2007 Lionel Milgrom |
Gallium-Based Antimicrobials Antibiotic-resistant bacteria can be killed with gallium. US researchers used gallium as a 'Trojan horse' to fool bacteria into thinking they were feeding on iron. Bacteria need iron to survive, but they cannot distinguish between iron and gallium.  |
Delicious Living September 2005 Heather Jones |
Should I Take an Iron-Free Multivitamin? Iron deficiency is rare among men and postmenopausal women, and too much iron can cause iron overload (hemochromatosis).  |
Technology Research News March 26, 2003 |
Rubber stamp writes data Scientists from IBM's Almaden research center have found a way to quickly transfer information from a magnetic mask to a magnetic disk. The method promises to make it considerably quicker to format and copy magnetic media in bulk.  |
Chemistry World August 1, 2010 Phillip Broadwith |
Magnetic foam bends and stretches Flexible lightweight magnetic materials based on cellulose fibres and magnetic nanoparticles have been developed by European scientists.  |
Chemistry World October 25, 2006 Jessica Ebert |
The Smell of Filthy Lucre The musty smell that most people associate with old pennies and other objects made of iron, copper, or brass is really a human body odour, not a metal vapour, report researchers.  |
Chemistry World February 4, 2014 Kirsty Muirhead |
Co-localization sheds light on mechanisms underlying Parkinson's disease Researchers in Australia have unveiled an immune-labelling and imaging mass spectrometry technique to demonstrate the interaction of iron and dopamine in the brain of a Parkinson's disease mouse model.  |
Chemistry World September 11, 2006 |
Iron Chelator Offers Sun-Burn Relief A sun cream that mops up sun-generated free iron in the skin could heal sun burn and help prevent skin cancer, claim UK chemists.  |
Chemistry World July 13, 2010 Lewis Brindley |
Magnetic micro-machines made from liquid iron Chinese researchers have made microscopic springs and turbines by shining light through ferrofluids - liquids containing iron nanoparticles.  |
Chemistry World May 29, 2007 Lionel Milgrom |
Chelated Iron to Treat Malnutrition Adding cheap chelated iron supplements to cereals could help beat childhood iron-deficiency anemia.  |
Chemistry World November 11, 2013 Charlie Quigg |
Detecting iron the smart way Central to the new technique is 8-hydroxyquinoline, a particularly stable iron chelator, which is immobilized on a polymer disk and will change color depending on the amount of iron chelated to it.  |
Chemistry World October 2, 2007 Jonathan Edwards |
Light Shed on Parkinson's Culprit European scientists have developed a new technique to detect attogram quantities of iron in living cells -- providing further evidence of the role the metal plays in Parkinson's disease.  |
Chemistry World January 28, 2009 Nina Notman |
Iron helps oceans capture more carbon A team of international scientists studying the role of iron in the storage of carbon under the ocean have confirmed that natural iron fertilisation increases the rate of carbon capture.  |