Chemistry

Cilantro Purifies Drinking Water

Cilantro, a favorite ingredient in spicy cuisine, may also be an inexpensive new way of purifying drinking water, according to research done by undergraduate students at Ivy Tech Community College. Douglas Schauer, Ph.D., reporting on the work at the Amer ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 12 2013 - 10:27am

Chemistry of Whiskey (taste)

What's the difference between Rye and Bourbon? Is it the grains? (Rye vs corn). According to chemist Thomas Collins at the University of California at Davis the answer is no.  The answer is in the wood of the barrels used to age the whiskey. Go here: ...

Blog Post - Scott Beers - Sep 16 2013 - 6:55pm

Perchlorate Complicates Hunt For Life's Clues On Mars

The quest for evidence of life on Mars could be more complicated than previously thought due to  perchlorate,, a salt comprised of chlorine and oxygen, that interferes with the techniques used by the Curiosity rover to test for traces of life. The chemica ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 26 2013 - 5:23pm

Quantum Dots Versus Nanowires For The Future Of Solar Power

Are you on Team Quantum Dots or Team Nanowires when the topic of future nanoscale energy-harvesting technology in solar panels comes up? ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 5 2013 - 10:19pm

Natural, Renewable Chemistry: Genetically Engineered E. Coli Produce Phenol

We're better off if chemicals we use in everyday life are created from renewable resources using biotechnology - currently many of those chemicals are instead derived from fossil resources. ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 8 2013 - 11:19am

Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt And Arieh Warshel Get Nobel Prize In Chemistry

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2013 was awarded jointly to Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel "for the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems". While today, chemical modeling is carried out in computers, in the ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 9 2013 - 9:18am

Foam Polymers Grown Directly From Gases

Polymers are found in countless commercial, medical, and industrial products and the porous kind are known as foam polymers. Foam polymers are useful because they combine light weight with rigid mechanical properties and a group has developed a process to ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 13 2013 - 7:14pm

Science, Play And Research Kit (SPARK) Competition

Dear Science 2.0 writers: Do any of you want to collaborate on developing a Science, Play and Research Kit (SPARK)? Here's the press release: ...

Article - Steve Schuler - Oct 18 2013 - 11:26am

Science Play And Research Kit: K’nex Test Tube Rack

In my previous article, I posted the press release for the Science Play and Research kit. There are 76 days left in the competition. I can only produce one article per week due to my work schedule thus I’d only be able to come up with a chemistry set with ...

Article - Steve Schuler - Oct 22 2013 - 1:22pm

Science Play And Research Kit: Business Models, Packaging, And Marketing Part 1

Click here and sign up to be a participant on ABC’s Shark Tank. You’re probably thinking “what does appearing on a TV show have to do with The Science Play and Research Kit?” Let’s put things into perspective: you’ve designed the perfect science kit, you’ ...

Article - Steve Schuler - Oct 28 2013 - 12:57pm