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Chemistry World July 29, 2013 Andy Extance |
First polymer LED that stays lit up when stretched and scrunched Researchers in Europe and Japan say that they have produced the first polymer organic light-emitting diodes that can be stretched while lit. |
Chemistry World July 29, 2013 James Urquhart |
Synthetic antenna mimics plants' light harvesting abilities Researchers in the UK and France have developed a dye-based molecule that mimics the light harvesting complex found in plants. |
Chemistry World July 26, 2013 Simon Hadlington |
Acetone breathalyzer to help fight the flab The device measures levels of acetone on the breath, a by-product of fat metabolism. |
Chemistry World July 25, 2013 Jeanne Therese Andres |
Long-life lithium sulfide batteries Scientists from the US and China have identified a polymer that makes lithium sulfide batteries last longer. |
Chemistry World July 24, 2013 |
Spectrometry for the masses A mass spectrometer ionizes chemical compounds to generate charged molecules or molecular fragments and allows the measurement of the molecular mass of a sample. Mass spectrometry continues to move forward, shaping new scientific fields in the process. |
Chemistry World July 23, 2013 Michael Parkin |
Forensic fingers A team in the US has developed a detection system that crime scene investigators can wear on their fingertips to rapidly identify suspected traces of explosives and gunshot residue. |
Chemistry World July 22, 2013 Anthony King |
Microwave quarrel heats up A brouhaha over microwave heating in organic reactions has escalated after the two research groups involved penned barbed correspondences aimed at each other's approaches in Angewandte Chemie. |
Chemistry World July 22, 2013 Rowan Frame |
Flexible supercapacitors for portable electronics Scientists from Germany have created a supercapacitor that is just 50 nanometers thick and less than 5 millimeters wide. The tiny supercapacitor has been successfully integrated into miniaturized, flexible electronic circuits. |
Chemistry World July 22, 2013 Kirsty Muirhead |
Circulating cancer cells spiral towards separation A new biochip developed by researchers in Singapore can isolate tumor cells from blood samples, and may one day be an alternative to more invasive methods for tracking later stage cancers. |
Chemistry World July 19, 2013 Jennifer Newton |
Mobile phone powered by urine The first mobile phone battery to be directly charged by microbial fuel cells feeding on neat urine has been reported by scientists in the UK. |
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