chemistry Archives

Researchers Create Early Universe Matter

11/12/2018

Results could help theorists better understand how the universe's original quark gluon plasma cooled over milliseconds, giving birth to the first atoms in existence....

Glycine: Cheap, Readily Available Energy. But From Where?

06/12/2017

Researchers generate electricity from low-cost biomaterial ...

Alchemical Ponderings – Where Exactly Does Gold Come From?

22/11/2017

An international group of scientists reveals the mystery about the origin of gold ...

Good News: We Can Terraform Mars. Bad News: It’ll Stink

24/10/2017

A mission to Mars could make its own oxygen thanks to plasma technology ...

Desalination: Cleaner, Better Ways to Turn Deserts Green

18/10/2017

MIT researchers tackle what happens when the river runs dry...

Within a Watery Moon: New Analysis of Lunar Interior

26/07/2017

Scientists spy new evidence of water in the moon's interior ...

Hard, hard, hard… chewy: Glassy Carbon

12/06/2017

New form of carbon that's hard as a rock, yet elastic, like rubber ...

Eat Yourself Sozzled: Tracking the Alcohol in Red Wine Sauce

08/06/2017

Can you get intoxicated by pouring beer or wine into your sauce or stew? New research provides the answer...

Did You Know Sydney Harbour’s Dirty Secret?

07/06/2017

Beautiful but burpy: Sydney Harbour's toxic emissions are equivalent to 200 cars on the roads ...

Tracking the Ripples in the Cosmic Web

02/05/2017

A team of astronomers has made the first measurements of small-scale ripples in primeval hydrogen gas using rare double quasars...

But Can it Catch? Chemical Computer Recognises a Sphere

14/03/2017

The prototype of a chemical computer detects a sphere ...

Strong, but Itchy. Armourers Update the Hairshirt for 2017

21/01/2017

Strength of hair inspires new materials for body armor ...

Bustin’ Bad Cholesterol With Red Cabbage

17/12/2016

Red cabbage microgreens lower 'bad' cholesterol in animal study ...

Born Slippy: The Freaky Chemistry of the Pacific Spiny Dogfish Shark

29/10/2016

How sharks recycle toxic ammonia to keep their skin moist ...

Analysing a Yorkshire saltmine by Charles Cockell

Life on Moors? Searching for Martians in a Yorkshire Saltmine

29/09/2016

Yorkshire Salt Mine Could Help Shed Light on Martian Life...

Banging Rocks to find Life on Mars

19/09/2016

Seismic activity on Mars may produce enough hydrogen to support life...

The Key to Circadian Sunflower Salutations

29/08/2016

Plant biologists discover how sunflowers use internal circadian timing to follow the sun...

Superefficient Cubic GaN LEDs Get the Green Light

05/08/2016

New method for making green LEDs enhances their efficiency and brightness ...

Easier, Faster, Cheaper Carbon Nanotubes. At LAST!

17/07/2016

A straightforward route for engineering the properties of single-wall carbon nanotubes...

Put the Kettle On, We’re off for a Drive. Efficient Hydrogen Production

17/06/2016

Efficient hydrogen production made easy ...

Old Dog, New Trick, No Thanks? How Declining Dopamine Levels Affect Decision Making

05/06/2016

Brain chemistry may explain why older people take fewer risks ...

But How Do You Get the Lid Off? Mesoglue Revolutionises Nano-Stickiness

12/01/2016

A glue that binds metal to metal to glass to you-name-it, sets at room temperature, and requires little pressure to seal...

Sunshine on a Rainy Day : Splitting Water Molecules for Clean Energy

07/09/2015

Rice University researchers demo solar water-splitting technology ...

Photocatalytic reactor by Fariborz Haghighat

Cleaners that Kill

17/07/2015

Imagine if, in an effort to clean the air more efficiently, you were involuntarily introducing chemicals more dangerous than the ones you were trying to scrub. ...