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Chemistry World
April 13, 2011
Kate McAlpine |
Microrockets aim at cancer diagnostics Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, have made self-propelled microtube rockets that can find and capture cancer cells from blood samples.   |
Chemistry World
April 13, 2011
Fay Nolan-Neylan |
Nanofiltration for better energy storage Scientists in China have found that nanofiltration membranes could enhance the efficiency of vanadium redox flow batteries making them a more viable tool for large-scale energy storage. |
Chemistry World
April 11, 2011
Laura Howes |
Pocket sized fuel cell, a step closer A new catalyst for hydrogen evolution could see you carry around a fuel cell in your pocket to power electronic devices. |
Chemistry World
April 7, 2011
Andy Extance |
Surface plasmons create vivid holograms Plasmons are "quasiparticles" that are observed when electrons in a metal collectively oscillate at light wave frequency. |
Chemistry World
April 7, 2011
Carl Saxton |
Power sources get flexible US scientists have designed an ultra-thin, flexible battery with the highest charge capacity reported for thin film cells. The battery can also be charged at a lower voltage than lithium ion batteries. |
Chemistry World
March 31, 2011
Mike Brown |
Electrifying polymers Scientists in the US and Italy have used electricity to control atom transfer radical polymerisation reactions, industrially significant reactions for producing plastics. |
Chemistry World
March 31, 2011
Kate McAlpine |
Water result for Li battery technology A new approach to alkali batteries, in which the cathode is dissolved in water that flows through the system, could overcome the limitations of currently available batteries |
Chemistry World
March 31, 2011
Laura Howes |
Cheap and efficient artificial leaf debuted Scientists in the US say they have produced a 100W 'artificial leaf' that uses sunlight to split water into hydrogen and oxygen, but costs under $50 to manufacture. They generate energy from sunlight by mimicking plant processes. |
Chemistry World
March 27, 2011
Kate McAlpine |
Nanotubes make 'exceptional' strain sensor A sensor that can measure the movements of a human body has several requirements: it must report the movement quickly and consistently; hug curves; and survive considerable and repeated stretching. |
Chemistry World
March 22, 2011
Amaya Camara-Campos |
Microfluidics to diagnose sleeping sickness Jonas Tegenfeldt from the University of Lund developed a microfluidic device that separates the parasites in this disease from the blood cells using their shape, because parasites and red blood cells are very difficult to separate by size. |
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