Physical Sciences
Duke University and United States Army scientists have found that a cheap and nontoxic sunburn and diaper rash preventative can be made to produce brilliant light best suited to the human eye.
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With help from newly developed equipment designed and built at Michigan State University, MSU researchers have been able to make first-of-its-kind measurements of several rare nuclei, one of which has been termed a holy grail of experimental nuclear physics.
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The delay of the launch, according to NASA, is due to a number of "testing and hardware challenges that must (still) be addressed to ensure mission success."
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On Wednesday, a new multi-user materials science laboratory began its journey to the International Space Station, leaving NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., for NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., for final flight preparations.
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Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have discovered a way to induce a predetermined chirality or "handedness in pre-biological molecules.
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's new center will conduct unprecedented research on biochemical solar technology.
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Administrative workers should begin moving into the Department of Homeland Security's new National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center at Fort Detrick within six months.
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The implementation of a compliant Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) for the QC/QA laboratory environment is often victimized by "scope creep," with costs rising 2 to 5 times above originals estimates. But a new white paper examines an alternative "Thin LIMS" strategy that promises to cut the technical resources and costs required for deployment in half.
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Chemists at Oregon State University have developed a new organocatalyst that will play a major role in new drug development.
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A new, multi-institutional research center combining the tools of chemistry and astronomy, to be headquartered at the University of Virginia, will use the unique laboratory of interstellar space to free the study of basic chemistry from the restrictive bonds of Earth.
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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 examine.
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Environmental scientists studying the world's shrinking polar ice sheets will soon get a substantial boost in computing power thanks to Indiana University's Polar Grid Project.
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