Analytical Chemistry
Curiosity rover's ChemCam sends digital ‘thumbs up.’
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Eight days before reaching Mars, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft performed a flight-path adjustment scheduled more than nine months ago.
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After receiving more than 700 applications, researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and Cornell have selected six individuals -- including an alumnus who lives in Ithaca -- to make up the crew of a four-month simulated Mars mission.
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Until now, Earth was the only planet known to have vast reservoirs of water in its interior.
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NuSTAR will allow scientists to observe a new class of objects in space, called extreme objects, which have never been seen.
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Russ Taylor is set to play a leading role in a mega-science project that will create the world’s biggest radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array...
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Discovery could mean ingredients for life are abundant on icy space bodies
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A group from NIST has extended the reach of their novel microfluidic system for analyzing the chemical components of complex samples.
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By pairing an award-winning remote-detection version of NMR/MRI technology with a unique version of chromatography specifically designed for microfluidic chips, researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Lawrence Berkeley National L
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Validated for the organic solvent extraction of 25(OH)D from blood serum using liquid-liquid extraction (partition chromatography).
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The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at Florida State University is planning to build a state-of-the-art magnet system that will transform the study of complex environmental and biological samples. A better understanding of fossil and biological fuels, for example, could lead to applications for reducing carbon emissions and the development of new, sustainable fuels.
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Demonstrating that chemistry sometimes can inform history, researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Colorado College and Mount Saint Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Md., have shown that sensitive nondestructive evaluation (NDE) techniques can be used to determine the elemental composition of ancient coins, even coins that generally have been considered too corroded for such methods*.
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