Chemistry

We Can Go Where No Chemist Has Gone Before

We Can Go Where No Chemist Has Gone Before

University of Nottingham scientists have overcome a significant challenge for electrochemists - a way of probing right into the heart of an electrochemical reaction, a breakthrough that will help…
A Super Bedsheet, Though You Won't Sleep On It

A Super Bedsheet, Though You Won't Sleep On It

Astrid Skreosen worked for many years as an auxiliary nurse in the maternity ward in Skien Hospital and became fed up with the little mats which were supposed to lie under women who were giving birth…
Trap for Tritium

Trap for Tritium

Specialists of companies «Trade Club» Ltd and «Sinkopa-K» Ltd Sevastopol, own technology of «Utilization tritium of containing liquid radio-active wastes » based on application of sorbents « Sinkopa…
It's A Sweet 14 For The Electronic Tongue

It's A Sweet 14 For The Electronic Tongue

After taking a new approach to developing an effective "electronic tongue" that mimics human taste, scientists in Illinois are reporting development of a small, inexpensive, lab-on-a-chip sensor that…
Science worth doing isn't typically easy.

Science worth doing isn't typically easy.

This really belongs in a general science category, but because of the nature of the experiment I post it here in the field of chemistry. Experience is the best teacher.  "The great Roman leader…
From Insulator To Conductor - In A Flash

From Insulator To Conductor - In A Flash

An insulator can now be transformed to conduct electricity by an ordinary camera flash, says a Northwestern University professor and his students who have found a new way of turning graphite oxide, a…