Chemistry

The New Make: Science Room for At Home Amateur Research

The ultimate do-it-yourself and hack-your-way-to-happiness magazine, MAKE, recently launched a new section to their Make:Online website just for supporting the at home citizen scientist. ...

Blog Post - Matthew T. Dearing - Sep 23 2009 - 10:49pm

We Can Go Where No Chemist Has Gone Before

University of Nottingham scientists have overcome a significant challenge for electrochemists- a way of probing right into the heart of an electrochemical reaction, a breakthrough that will help scientists understand how catalysts work and help create even ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 28 2009 - 10:23am

Two Men Plus Two Cell Membrane Channels Plus Two Synchrotrons: One Nobel Prize

Soon the world will learn who won the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry. Do you remember Peter Agre and Roderick MacKinnon of the following announcement? The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2003 The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Pri ...

Article - Hatice Cullingford - Oct 7 2009 - 12:22pm

Setting the (Periodic) Table- For Hanna*

The periodic table has been covered in myriad ways on this site 1, but no one has addressed the re-setting of the venerable Table. I was reminded of this slightly consternating activity this morning while reading Technology Review's arXiv physics blog ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Oct 7 2009 - 1:21pm

The Origin Of Global Warming By Means Of Molecular Selection

Sustainability stretches through greener chemistry. Imagine having a choice in designing environmentally friendly materials. This opportunity is presented in " Identifying the Molecular Origin of Global Warming " scheduled for the November 12� ...

Article - Hatice Cullingford - Oct 23 2009 - 12:46am

A periodic picnic table

All you need is a pic-a-nic basket and wine in Erlenmeyer flasks. ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Nov 2 2009 - 2:04pm

Molecular Rock and Tumble Remarkable with Water

Did someone mention Elvis? This research made the cover of ACS's Journal of Physical Chemistry in color.    ...

Blog Post - Hatice Cullingford - Nov 5 2009 - 8:23pm

New 'Sniff' Test Helps Preserve Historical Documents

Scientists say they can now tell the condition of an old book by its odor. In a report published in Analytical Chemistry, a team of researchers describe development of a new test that can measure the degradation of old books and precious historical documen ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 10 2009 - 7:24pm

CIW Hydrogen Compound With Xenon Remarkable For New Methods And Materials In A Hyrogen Economy

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Article - Hatice Cullingford - Sep 8 2010 - 6:58pm

An Even Stranger Gas

When Dmitri Mendeleev first published his table of elements in 1869 (picture), only 60 of these were known. One group in particular was absent, namely the inert gases.  Now you may have heard this song: "All these gases are inert   Helium, neon, argo ...

Article - Robert H Olley - Jan 27 2017 - 3:27pm