News articles tagged with 'reaction' (Page 2)
University of Toronto physicists create supernova in a jar
— 3 Dec 2010 17:56 | PhysicsA team of physicists from the University of Toronto and Rutgers University have mimicked the explosion of a supernova in miniature…
Heat helped hasten life's beginnings
— 3 Dec 2010 17:47 | BiologyThere has been controversy about whether life originated in a hot or cold environment, and about whether enough time has elapsed for life to have evolved to its present complexity…
Chemistry for greenhouse gases
— 30 Nov 2010 21:57 | ChemistryIf fossil fuels burn completely, the end products are carbon dioxide and water. Today the carbon dioxide is a waste product, one that goes into the air - adding to global warming; or…
Key player in detoxification pathway isolated after decades of searching
— 13 Nov 2010 09:56 | HealthChemical reactions are happening all over the place all the time - on the sun, on the Earth and in our bodies. In many cases, enzymes help make these reactions occur. One family of…
Brown University chemists simplify biodiesel conversion
— 8 Oct 2010 13:57 | ChemistryAs the United States seeks to lessen its reliance on foreign oil, biodiesel is expected to play a role. According to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, a branch of the Department…
Powerful supercomputer peers into the origin of life
— 5 Oct 2010 03:19 | TechnologySupercomputer simulations at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are helping scientists unravel how nucleic acids could have contributed to the origins of life…
Europa's hidden ice chemistry
— 5 Oct 2010 03:01 | AstronomyThe frigid ice of Jupiter's moon Europa may be hiding more than a presumed ocean: it is likely the scene of some unexpectedly fast chemistry between water and sulphur dioxide at extremely…
Researchers discover less expensive low-temperature catalyst for hydrogen purification
— 24 Sep 2010 11:22 | ChemistryEngineering researchers from Tufts University, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Harvard University have demonstrated the low-temperature efficacy of an atomically dispersed platinum…
UCLA physicists control chemical reactions mechanically
— 18 Sep 2010 08:28 | PhysicsUCLA physicists have taken a significant step in controlling chemical reactions mechanically, an important advance in nanotechnology, UCLA physics professor Giovanni Zocchi and colleagues…
Stretched polymer snaps back smaller than it started
— 27 Aug 2010 11:04 | ChemistryCrazy bands are cool because no matter how long they've been stretched around a kid's wrist, they always return to their original shape, be it a lion or a kangaroo…