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Chemistry World January 22, 2014 Tim Wogan |
Implant harvests heartbeat power A flexible piezoelectric implant that harnesses energy from the body's natural motions has been developed by researchers in the US and China. |
Chemistry World January 21, 2014 Rachel Wood |
Centrifuge spectroscopy probes extreme rotational states A new spectroscopic technique for studying electronically excited molecules at very high angular momentum has been developed and tested by scientists in Canada. |
Chemistry World January 21, 2014 Simon Hadlington |
Cheap and colourful holographic sensors Scientists in the UK have developed a holographic sensor that changes color in response to particular analytes. |
Chemistry World January 20, 2014 Martha Henriques |
Fast test classifies meningitis bacteria Researchers in the UK have developed a new method that uses surface enhanced Raman scattering to quickly identify which meningitis causing bacteria is responsible for an infection. |
Chemistry World January 20, 2014 James Urquhart |
Tracing paper boost for solar cells A piece of transparent paper made from wood-based cellulose fibers is an unlikely addition to a solar cell that actually increases its efficiency. |
Chemistry World January 16, 2014 Timothy Hele |
Quantum mechanical tunneling in chemical physics There are few texts on quantum tunnelling and its many applications, so it is gratifying to see an attempt to supply a much-needed addition to the field by Nakamura and Mil'nikov. |
Chemistry World January 10, 2014 Jennifer Newton |
Heather Williams: Science is for everyone Heather Williams is a medical physicist at Central Manchester University Hospitals who specializes in positron emission tomography. She is also an advocate for women in science. |
Chemistry World January 9, 2014 Tim Wogan |
Disorder opens up battery material field Better lithium-ion batteries that hold more power could be made by introducing disorder into their electrodes -- going against the prevailing wisdom on the best way to improve them. |
Chemistry World January 9, 2014 |
Spinning into focus NMR is used by big industry, and scientists in pharmaceutical companies, for example, have appreciated the benefits of NMR spectroscopy for years. It reveals the structure of molecules in a sample, providing more information than some other analytical techniques. |
Chemistry World January 8, 2014 Simon Hadlington |
Flexible electronics get even more bendy Researchers in Switzerland have developed a method to create electronic membranes that are thin and flexible enough to wrap around a human hair. |
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