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Chemistry World August 15, 2012 Steve Down |
Single catalyst for oxidation and reduction of water European scientists have developed a catalyst based on cobalt that generates hydrogen from water in a simple electrochemical process using low overpotentials, with the added bonus that it can also be used to produce oxygen after anodic equilibration. |
Chemistry World August 14, 2012 James Urquhart |
Flexible lighting is on a roll Researchers in Sweden and Denmark have made flexible light emitting sheets using an efficient roll to roll printing method akin to newspaper printing. |
Chemistry World August 14, 2012 Josh Howgego |
Quantum mechanics In Search of Schrodinger's Cat, by John Gribbin is a book about how scientists struggled to describe what the nature of reality is really like. Along with tales of the great men who have worked on the puzzle, it makes a compelling story. |
Chemistry World August 9, 2012 Emma Shiells |
3D-printed miniaturised fluidic devices UK scientists have developed 3D printing technology for making miniaturised fluidic reactionware devices that can be used for chemical syntheses, in just a few hours. |
Chemistry World August 3, 2012 Andrew Extance |
Gel polymer seizes shadow With just a slight dip in a tungsten filament bulb's intensity, Canadian researchers have created channels that light can't enter. |
Chemistry World August 2, 2012 Yuandi Li |
Cleaning hands with light A quick way to kill methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus and other pathogens using a photosensitiser and visible light can be used to clean hands, say scientists in Germany. |
Chemistry World July 31, 2012 Tamsin Phillips |
Light power for nanobiodevices Scientists in China have created a laser-driven photovoltaic cell that can produce electrical power for nanobiodevices implanted beneath the skin. |
Chemistry World July 30, 2012 Phillip Broadwith |
Flexible hairy heartbeat sensor Korean scientists have developed a skin-like flexible strain sensor made from interlocking forests of nanofibers. |
Chemistry World July 30, 2012 Pascal Salaun |
Electrochemical measurements Any book like Understanding voltammetry: problems and solutions, dedicated to voltammetry and written by Compton and his colleagues is worth a look and this one is no exception. |
Chemistry World July 26, 2012 Phillip Broadwith |
Remote controlled omniphobic surface Chemists in the US have developed a material that normally resists wetting by both aqueous and organic liquids, but can have this property 'switched off' using a magnet, allowing liquids to soak the surface. |
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