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Metal-mining bacteria are green chemists

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Microbes could soon be used to convert metallic wastes into high-value catalysts for generating clean energy, say scientists writing in the September issue of Microbiology.

16 hours ago from PhysOrg

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Edible gas storage: Porous metal-organic framework made from food-grade natural products

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(PhysOrg.com) -- A spoonful of sugar, a pinch of salt, and a splash of alcohol - those are the ingredients used by scientists to generate a new class of robust nanoporous metal-organic frameworks. ...

Wed 1 Sep 10 from PhysOrg

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Listen up! New experiment records ultrafast chemical reaction with vibrational echoes

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(PhysOrg.com) -- To watch a magician transform a vase of flowers into a rabbit, it's best to have a front-row seat. Likewise, for chemical transformations in solution, the best view belongs ...

Tue 31 Aug 10 from PhysOrg

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High-speed filter uses electrified nanostructures to purify water at low cost

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By dipping plain cotton cloth in a high-tech broth full of silver nanowires and carbon nanotubes, Stanford researchers have developed a new high-speed, low-cost filter that could easily be implemented ...

Tue 31 Aug 10 from PhysOrg

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Off-the-shelf dyes improve solar cells

Like most technologies, work on solar devices has proceeded in generational waves. First came bulk silicon-based solar cells built with techniques that borrowed heavily from those used to make ...

Tue 31 Aug 10 from PhysOrg

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DNA helps turn graphene into a chemical sensor

Affordable device could act as an electronic 'nose'

Tue 31 Aug 10 from Nanotechweb

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Gray Matter: In Which I Fully Submerge My Hand In Liquid Nitrogen

Protected By Science My hand is like a red-hot poker to the liquid nitrogen, but an insulating layer of nitrogen gas forms- a phenomenon known as the Leiden-frost effect- keeping my hand safe ...

Mon 30 Aug 10 from Popular Science

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ORNL graphite foam technology licensed to LED North America

Technology developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory that extends the life of light-emitting diode lamps has been licensed to LED North America.

Fri 27 Aug 10 from PhysOrg

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