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Researchers from New York University and the Max Planck Institute in Stuttgart reveal how protons move in phosphoric acid in a Nature Chemistry study that sheds new light on the workings of a promising fuel cell electrolyte.
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FDA Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D. today released the agency’s “Global Engagement Report1,” detailing the many activities and strategies FDA is using to transform from a domestic to a global public health agency.
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They won’t be coming soon to a multiplex near you, but movies showing the growth of platinum nanocrystals at the atomic-scale in real-time have blockbuster potential.
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The boundary between electronics and biology is blurring with the first detection by researchers at Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory of ferroelectric properties in an amino acid called glycine.
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Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have received part of a planned $25 million grant from the DOE Office of Science to tackle the problem of extracting knowledge from massive data sets.
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A pair of researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science is using a 1-year, $350,000 contract from the U.S. Department of the Interior to test whether sound waves can be used to determine the size of oil droplets in the subsea
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It was a figurative whack on the head that started Sandia National Laboratories distinguished technical staff member Juan Elizondo-Decanini thinking outside the box — which in his case was a cylinder.
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Harnessing the energy of sunlight can be as simple as tuning the optical and electronic properties of metal oxides at the atomic level by making an artificial crystal or super-lattice ‘sandwich,’ says a Binghamton University researcher.
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The Council for Chemical Research (CCR) is proud to announce the 2012 recipients of the Malcolm E. Pruitt Award and the Collaboration Success Award.
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Over 70 leading international scientific and business experts will address pressing issues in health at the 2012 Biotech International Symposium to be held next May 2-3 at the Université de Montréal's Laval Campus.
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Already recognized as Canada’s “food university,” the University of Guelph has established a new institute to tackle the world’s most important food issues through research, innovation, commercialization and action.
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Purdue University will take another step forward as a leader in pharmaceutical development efforts with construction of the new Drug Discovery Building.
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