Chemistry

New Frozen Smoke Aerogel Can Cover 3 Football Fields With A Single Ounce

Scientists are reporting the development of a new, ultra-light form of 'frozen smoke',  the world's lightest solid material, and the new kind has amazing strength and an incredibly large surface area. The new "multiwalled carbon nanotub ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 12 2011 - 1:46pm

International Year of Chemistry 2011

2011 is Chemistry's year, sharing its limelight with another international celebration- forests. The International Year of Chemistry (popularly abbreviated as IYC 2011) is an excellent window of opportunity for chemists, chemical educators, chemical s ...

Blog Post - Payal Joshi - Feb 5 2011 - 10:43pm

We, the Chemistry Lovers

Being a follower of IYC 2011, I was completely aware of the goals and purpose of the events taking place and getting the coveted IYC tag and grants too. However, this one email made me rethink. Valentine's Day is around the corner and I was also aware ...

Blog Post - Payal Joshi - Feb 6 2011 - 10:38pm

Coffee Stain Chromatography

I love separation science, since it amuses me no end. As the coffee stain still lurks at my desk, reading through this article, the stain will be a mainstay at my laboratory. Okay, the hygiene issues will linger. Scientists at Harvard, California and Stan ...

Blog Post - Payal Joshi - Feb 13 2011 - 1:24am

Witwatersrand Basin- The World's Oldest Water?

A new study accepted for publication in Chemical Geology says deep saline groundwaters in South Africa's Witwatersrand Basin may have remained isolated for perhaps millions of years. The Witwatersrand Basin covers approximately 400 kilometers, some of ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 20 2011 - 11:15am

Carbon For Archimedes (1)

When I was a lad, we were taught that carbon had two allotropes, graphite and diamond.  Although they’re both covalently connected, in neither of these is there anything that one would regard as a ‘molecule’.  ...

Article - Robert H Olley - Feb 26 2011 - 5:47pm

Carbon For Archimedes (2)

Archimedes steps in again.  The MacTutor tells us that   “Archimedes considered his most significant accomplishments were those concerning a cylinder circumscribing a sphere, and he asked for a representation of this together with his result on the ratio ...

Article - Robert H Olley - Mar 5 2011 - 1:07am

Carbene Is Genie In A Bottle

In the days of yore, organic chemistry was considered a branch of science that dealt with endless interactions involving carbon atoms as atomic and molecular interactive forces were not understood. ...

Article - Payal Joshi - Mar 22 2011 - 6:03pm

What Is The Pseudogap?

Scientists are launching a three-pronged attack on one of the most obstinate puzzles in materials sciences: what is the pseudogap? They used three complementary experimental approaches to investigate a single material, the high-temperature superconductor P ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 24 2011 - 4:30pm

New Organic Compound Removes Radioactive Contaminants From Water

A combination of forest byproducts and crustacean shells may be the key to removing radioactive materials from drinking water, researchers from North Carolina State University have found. The new material is a combination of hemicellulose, a byproduct of f ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 13 2011 - 10:25am