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New job opportunities in pharmacy, architecture attracting Pune students
31 May 2016

Whilst engineering schools were dealing with an issue of masses for the previous couple of years the place call for is a long way lesser than…

No more NET requirement for budding professors!Read the new criteria announced by HRD Ministry
30 May 2016

Just right information for all those that have registered for Ph.D or M.Phil ahead of 2009. HRD Minister Smriti Irani introduced all the ones applicants who’ve…

Technology offers path to ‘clean, safe’ chemical production
29 May 2016

From fragrances and meals flavourings to the construction blocks of pharmaceutical medicine, positive chemical compounds – complicated chemical compounds produced in small amounts to a top…

Making some of the world’s most durable materials corrosion-resistant
27 May 2016

Borides are some of the toughest and maximum heat-resistant ingredients on the earth, however their Achilles’ Heel, like such a lot of fabrics’, is they oxidize…

It may now be possible to begin interpreting the detailed rotational-vibrational CH5+ spectra
26 May 2016

Protonated methane, a.okay.a. CH5+, is a extremely odd molecule that scientists and astronomers suspect could also be discovered inside the interstellar medium the place stars and…

1922 chemistry Nobel medal up for auction
25 May 2016

The chemistry Nobel prize medal given to the British scientist Francis Aston in 1922 has been post for public sale in the United Kingdom. Aston used…

Engineers take first step toward flexible, wearable biosensor device
24 May 2016

Engineers on the College of California San Diego have evolved the primary versatile wearable tool able to tracking each biochemical and electrical alerts within the human…

Right size and right chemistry makes the right stuff for plastics manufacturing
23 May 2016

Plastic manufacturing is an energy-intensive process. Now, research performed in part at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has revealed a way to reduce…

Chemists settle longstanding debate on how methane is made biologically
22 May 2016

Like the poet, microbes that make methane are taking chemists on a road less traveled: Of two competing ideas for how microbes make the main component…

Theorists smooth the way to modeling quantum friction
20 May 2016

Theoretical chemists at Princeton University have pioneered a strategy for modeling quantum friction, or how a particle’s environment drags on it, a vexing problem in quantum…

New model for controlling hot molecules reactions, which are relevant to fusion space exploration and planetary science
19 May 2016

Hot molecules, which are found in extreme environments such as the edges of fusion reactors, are much more reactive than those used to understand reaction studies…

An unexpected finding suggests ways to improve carbon capture materials to clean up fossil fuels
18 May 2016

To make “clean” fossil fuel burning a reality, researchers have to pull carbon dioxide out of the exhaust gases that rise from coal or natural gas…

Printing metal in midair
18 May 2016

“Flat” and “rigid” are terms typically used to describe electronic devices. But the increasing demand for flexible, wearable electronics, sensors, antennas and biomedical devices has led…

Speeding up key oxygen-oxygen bond-formation step in water oxidation
17 May 2016

For years, scientists have been trying to emulate photosynthesis, the process by which plants, algae, and some bacteria harness light from the sun to chemically transform…

Under pressure: New technique could make large, flexible solar panels more feasible
17 May 2016

A new, high-pressure technique may allow the production of huge sheets of thin-film silicon semiconductors at low temperatures in simple reactors at a fraction of the…

Water molecules break bonds through quantum tunneling
16 May 2016

Water, one of the most common substances on Earth, has served up yet another scientific surprise. In its liquid state, water molecules cling to one another…

New ‘second skin’ could zap wrinkles, ease eczema
16 May 2016

There’s new hope for combatting the sags, bags, and wrinkles brought on by time. Today, researchers report that they’ve created a cream that—when rubbed on the skin—forms…

An elastomer that behaves like an artificial muscle
16 May 2016

Animal muscle needs to be strong enough to endure strain; it must also be flexible and elastic; and it is self-healing. Finding a polymer that has…

Adenine and guanine synthesised using prebiotic pathway
14 May 2016

The formation of the nucleotide bases adenine and guanine under early Earth conditions has been demonstrated by scientists in Germany. Thomas Carell and colleagues at the…

Designer rhodium catalyst targets selected C–H bonds
14 May 2016

Chemists in the US have designed a catalyst that can activate C–H bonds selectively, without the need for the presence of a more reactive functional group…

Chemists find ‘huge shortcut’ for organic synthesis using C-H bonds
13 May 2016

Chemists have taken another major step in the quest to use carbon-hydrogen bonds to create new molecules, a strategy that aims to revolutionize the field of…

Zika Virus Damages Placenta, Kills Fetal Mice
13 May 2016

Zika virus infects and crosses the placentas of pregnant mice and causes severe damage or death in fetal mice, report scientists funded by the National Institutes…

High fruit intake may lower breast cancer risk
13 May 2016

Two linked papers in The BMJ this week shed new light on the relation of alcohol and diet with breast cancer and heart disease.The first study…

New device could improve cancer detection
12 May 2016

A new UBC-developed method to isolate cancer cells that have escaped from a tumor could soon pave the way for improved diagnosis and treatment. The simple…

Aurobindo Pharma fenofibrate Tablets get-USFDA approval
11 May 2016

Aurobindo Pharma Limited has received final approval from the US Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) to manufacture and market Fenofibrate Tablets, 48 mg and 145 mg.…