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A new explosive
(14 Oct 2008)
Melt-castable nitrate ester with high explosive energy
Since the discovery of nitroglycerin in 1846, the nitrate ester group of compounds has been known for its explosive properties. A whole series of other nitrate esters have been subsequently put to use as explosives and fuels. A research team ......
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Making waves - Mathematicians crack quantum chaos conjecture
(13 Oct 2008)
In a seminar co-organized by Stanford University and the American Institute of Mathematics, Soundararajan announced that he and Roman Holowinsky have proven a significant version of the quantum unique ergodicity (QUE) conjecture. "This is one ......
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New Research Center Will Free Chemistry from Earth's Bonds
(10 Oct 2008)
Scientists to explore chemical reactions in extreme conditions
A new research center combining the tools of chemistry and astronomy will use the unique laboratory of interstellar space to free the study of basic chemistry from the restrictive bonds of Earth. The Center for Chemistry of the Universe will ......
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The Nobel Prize in Physics 2008
(08 Oct 2008)
Prize amount: SEK 10 million. Nambu receives one half and Kobayashi and Maskawa share the other half
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2008 with one half to Yoichiro Nambu, Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, IL, USA "for the discovery of the mechanism of spontaneous broken ......
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2008
(08 Oct 2008)
For the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2008 jointly to Osamu Shimomura, Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), Woods Hole, MA, USA and Boston University Medical School, MA, USA, Martin Chalfie, ......
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Silica micro-tube networks
(01 Oct 2008)
Liming Tang and colleagues from Tsinghua University in China, have prepared functional silica micro-tube networks (MTN) using an organogel as a template and a silane-based precursor, via a simple procedure. g-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APS) ......
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Compound could help detect chemical, biological weapons
(30 Sep 2008)
Advanced Photon Source only place in U.S. to examine such small crystals
A light-transmitting compound that could one day be used in high-efficiency fiber optics and sensors that detect biological and chemical weapons at long distance almost went undiscovered by scientists because its structure was too difficult to ......
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Dark Energy: Is It Merely An Illusion?
(30 Sep 2008)
Dark energy is at the heart of one of the greatest mysteries of modern physics, but it may be nothing more than an illusion, according physicists at Oxford University. The problem facing astrophysicists is that they have to explain why the ......
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Metal-organic frameworks feel the pressure of Argonne scientists
(29 Sep 2008)
New research may be a key step towards real-world uses of MOFs
Scientists at U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National laboratory are putting the pressure on metal-organic frameworks (MOF). In MOF materials, metal ions can be connected by organic molecules to form scaffolding-like structures similar to ......
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'Chemical equator' discovery will aid pollution mapping
(26 Sep 2008)
Scientists at the University of York have discovered a 'Chemical Equator' that divides the polluted air of the Northern Hemisphere from the largely uncontaminated atmosphere of the Southern Hemisphere. Researchers from the University's ......
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