Physical Sciences
Investment in basic research and development (R&D) is critical to deploying new material technologies. New material technologies are the key to solving many of society's toughest challenges. But what is the best way to conduct R&D in an increasingly globalized environment?
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The Pittcon 2013 Program Committee is pleased to announce the recipients of 12 prestigious awards honoring scientists who have made outstanding contributions to analytical chemistry and applied spectroscopy.
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Mark Hoffmann describes a new chemical reaction that could explain how stars form, evolve, and eventually die.
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In a discovery with applications ranging from hair dyeing to electronic sensors to development of materials with improved properties, scientists are reporting the first synthesis of gold nanoparticles inside human hairs. Their study appears in ACS’ journal Nano Letters.
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A new method for creating very thin layers of materials at the atomic scale, reported in the latest issue of the journal Science, could "unlock an important new technology" for creating nanomaterials, according to nanomaterials expert Dr. Jay A. Switzer of Missouri University of Science and Technology in the journal.
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Technique for observing ‘mechanochemical’ synthesis could boost green chemistry.
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OFS Laboratories is teaming with Clemson University’s Center for Optical Materials Science and Engineering Technologies (COMSET), to create fiber optics research space in the Clemson’s Advanced Materials Research Laboratory.
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You’d think it would be easy to use seismic waves to find tunnels dug by smugglers of drugs, weapons or people but that's not the case.
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A bit reminiscent of the Terminator T-1000, a new material created by Cornell researchers is so soft that it can flow like a liquid and then, strangely, return to its original shape.
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Water-resistant coating guards limestone from pollution
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A team of interdisciplinary researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has developed a new method for significantly increasing the heat transfer rate across two different materials.
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MIT researchers find that adding a coating of graphene has little effect on how a surface interacts with liquids — except in extreme cases.
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