Chemistry

I was catching up on chemistry news over the lunch hour and discovered this little gelatinous gem:New Strategy for Expression of Recombinant Hydroxylated Human-Derived Gelatin in Pichia pastoris…

Industry does quite a lot of basic research today but government funds the majority.  Prior to and during World War II those ratios were inverted and the private sector funded most basic…

A combination of forest byproducts and crustacean shells may be the key to removing radioactive materials from drinking water, researchers from North Carolina State University have found.The new…

Scientists are launching a three-pronged attack on one of the most obstinate puzzles in materials sciences: what is the pseudogap? They used three complementary experimental approaches to investigate…

In the days of yore, organic chemistry was considered a branch of science that dealt with endless interactions involving carbon atoms as atomic and molecular interactive forces were not understood.…

Archimedes steps in again.  The MacTutor tells us that “Archimedes considered his most significant accomplishments were those concerning a cylinder circumscribing a sphere, and he asked for…

When I was a lad, we were taught that carbon had two allotropes, graphite and diamond.  Although they’re both covalently connected, in neither of these is there anything that one would regard as…

A new study accepted for publication in Chemical Geology says deep saline groundwaters in South Africa's Witwatersrand Basin may have remained isolated for perhaps millions of years. The…

I love separation science, since it amuses me no end. As the coffee stain still lurks at my desk, reading through this article, the stain will be a mainstay at my laboratory. Okay, the hygiene…

Being a follower of IYC 2011, I was completely aware of the goals and purpose of the events taking place and getting the coveted IYC tag and grants too. However, this one email made me rethink.…