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Tag Archives: Chemistry
Molecular Microscope Lets Scientists Peer inside Single Cells
The new technology can identify proteins that distinguish healthy cells from diseased ones. Continue reading
Posted in Scientific American
Tagged biology, Chemistry, Fluid Dynamics, Nanoscience, Scientific American
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Soot formation: A new mechanism for an old problem
Gaseous hydrocarbons may cluster into sooty particles through a chain reaction. Continue reading
A compelling mechanism for soot formation
Gaseous hydrocarbons may cluster into soot through a chain reaction. Continue reading
Posted in Physics Today
Tagged Aerosols, Chemistry, Combustion, Physics, Physics Today
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Watching How Rare, Meteoric Diamonds Form
A shock collision experiment maps hexagonal diamond’s transition from graphite in real time. Continue reading
Posted in Scientific American
Tagged Chemistry, Geology, Materials Sciences, Scientific American
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Molecular Processes, Global Effects
Streamlined proposal call focuses on aerosol sampling at DOE Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Climate Research Facility site with analysis at Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory. Continue reading
Posted in Pacific Northwest National Lab
Tagged Aerosols, Atmospheric Sciences, Chemistry, EMSL, Environment, Spectroscopy
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Defects Through the Looking Glass
Berkeley Lab researchers characterize individual defects inside a bulk insulator using scanning tunneling microscopy. Continue reading
Posted in Berkeley Lab
Tagged Berkeley Lab, Chemistry, Materials Sciences, Nanoscience
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From the Bottom Up: Manipulating Nanoribbons at the Molecular Level
Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley team engineers the shape and properties of nanoscale strips of graphene. Continue reading
Berkeley Lab Study Reveals Molecular Structure of Water at Gold Electrodes
Berkeley Lab researchers have developed a method not only to look at the molecules next to the electrode surface, but to determine their arrangement changes depending on the voltage. Continue reading
Posted in Berkeley Lab
Tagged Batteries, Berkeley Lab, Chemistry, Imaging, Nanoscience
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Producing Hyperpolarized Xenon Gas on a Microfluidic Chip
While big machines were once the stuff that scientific dreams are made of, analytical spectroscopy instrumentation has trended to smaller products that are portable, affordable, and fit into locations far removed from a standard laboratory. Continue reading
Unexpected Water Explains Surface Chemistry of Nanocrystals
Berkeley Lab scientists answer questions of how charged ligands balance on surface of colloidal nanoparticles Continue reading
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