Chemistry

Material Can Extract Radon, Radioactive Elements From Air And Water

 An 'organic cage molecule' called CC3 has been found to separate krypton, radon and xenon from air at concentrations of only a few parts per million.  Gases such as radon, xenon and krypton all occur naturally in the air but in minute quantitie ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 20 2014 - 3:39pm

Mitochondria And Antioxidants: A Tale Of Two Scientists

There is a little miracle of science happening in your body right now. As you read this, a minuscule 5 grams of a high-energy molecule called adenosine triphosphate- ATP- is causing all kinds of reactions in order to give you the energy to sit at your com ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jul 21 2014 - 9:17am

An Easier Way To Create Photonic Crystals

Highly purified crystals that split light with uncanny precision are key parts of high-powered lenses, specialized optics and, potentially, computers that manipulate light instead of electricity. Producing these crystals often involves etching them with a ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 23 2014 - 11:00am

Scissoring The Lipids May Lead To Tuberculosis Vaccine

A new strategy enables molecules to be disconnected essentially anywhere, even remote from functionality.   The organic synthesis strategy, developed by Professor Varinder Aggarwal and Dr Ramesh Rasappan in the School of Chemistry, involves a new method f ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 28 2014 - 12:31pm

Weekend Science: Phthalates In French Wines May Be Contaminating You

Alcohol, including red wine which has acquired its own modern health food mythology, may be damaging to your health in a way you hadn't thought about before. It isn't just the booze itself, a group of scholars contends it's the packaging. Ph ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 8 2014 - 10:53am

Cling Wrap For Burn Wounds: Biomaterial Nanosheets Coat Tricky Burns, Blocks Out Infection

For burn victims, guarding wounds against infection is critical but wrapping wound dressings around fingers and toes can be tricky. Scientists have reporting the development of novel, ultrathin coatings- nanosheets- that can cling to the body's most ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 10 2014 - 8:47am

Turn Carbon Dioxide Into Useful Chemicals Using Foam

A catalyst made from a foamy form of copper has vastly different electrochemical properties from catalysts made with smooth copper in reactions involving carbon dioxide, a new study shows. The research suggests that copper foams could provide a new way of ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 15 2014 - 9:33am

Shape-Shifting Material For Facial Reconstruction

Injuries, birth defects and sometimes surgery to remove a tumor can create gaps in bone that are too large to heal naturally, and in the head, face or jaw, they can dramatically alter a person's appearance. At the National Meeting&Exposition of t ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 14 2014 - 10:00am

Skin Creams That Contain Toxic Mercury Are Popular- But On The Run

As countries try to rid themselves of toxic mercury pollution, some people are still slathering and even injecting creams containing the metal onto or under their skin to lighten it, putting themselves and others at risk for serious health problems. The g ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 13 2014 - 9:01pm

What's In Fracking Fluids? Are They Harmful?

Natural gas proliferation has been a huge boon for the environment- CO2 emissions have plummeted among the U.S. energy sector, primarily because coal emissions have been knocked back to early 1980s levels. But there are concerns by environmentalists that ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 13 2014 - 9:26am