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Chemistry World November 29, 2013 Gareth Davies |
Renewables pair up to power tiny generator Tiny generators that harvest light and wind energy together have been developed by scientists in China. This technology works 24 hours a day to generate power and could run sensors or LEDs, or even charge lithium-ion batteries. |
Chemistry World November 29, 2013 Simon Hadlington |
Pressure cooker produces new metal hydride By squeezing iridium and hydrogen together under ultra-high pressures, researchers have produced a novel metal hydride with an unusually high hydrogen content and an unconventional structure. |
Chemistry World November 22, 2013 Jennifer Newton |
Recipe for a jelly-based fuel cell catalyst An international team of researchers have used gelatin as their starting material to make doped-carbon electrocatalysts. They might not wobble but they could one day replace platinum in fuel cells. |
Chemistry World November 20, 2013 Simon Hadlington |
A drop of extra bounce US researchers have discovered a simple way to modify a water-repellent surface so that bouncing drops of water spend significantly less time in contact with the surface. |
Chemistry World November 20, 2013 Rebecca Brodie |
Therapeutic screening for Alzheimer's disease Scientists in Canada and the US hope a system they have developed for monitoring amyloid- aggregation on a chip could be used to find new treatments for Alzheimer's disease. |
Chemistry World November 19, 2013 Jessica Brand |
From seaweed to solar cells After years of using platinum, scientists suggest they could one day use extracts from marine plants to replace it in solar cells. |
Chemistry World November 18, 2013 Emily Skinner |
Encryption at the flick of a light switch Scientists have designed a grid of light responsive colloidal particles to function as pixels that could be used to create barcodes for cryptographic data storage. |
Chemistry World November 17, 2013 Tim Wogan |
Self-healing battery cracks anode fracturing problem US researchers have created battery anodes that heal themselves after they fracture, substantially prolonging battery life. |
Chemistry World November 14, 2013 Simon Hadlington |
A MOF that goes off with a bang The versatility of metal -- organic frameworks has been explosively demonstrated by chemists in China who have synthesized highly energetic three-dimensional MOFs. |
Chemistry World November 13, 2013 Matthew Smith |
Illuminating probes identify amino acids The method proposed by researchers at Bowling Green State University in Ohio analyses fluorescence signals when guest europium ions are displaced from an array of two cucurbituril host probes. |
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