May

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Quantum Physics Drives Photosynthesis

May 29, 2012 | 1 Comment

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory and the Notre Dame Radiation Laboratory at the University of Notre Dame have tied quantum physics and chemistry of photosynthesis in biology. Using ultrafast spectroscopy to see what happens at the subatomic level during the very first stage of photosynthesis, two branches of science that […]

Dec

26

At The Threshold of New Kinds of Chemical Reactions

December 26, 2011 | 10 Comments

For 84 years chemists have suspected the conservation of angular momentum (CAM) had direct applications in chemistry.  December 22, 2011 saw Michigan State University (MSU) researchers first report that CAM in chemistry is in fact at work and the demonstration offers that scientists can use it to control and predict reactions in general.  This is […]

Oct

27

Seeing Molecules in Reactions

October 27, 2011 | 1 Comment

The 1999 Nobel prize in chemistry was awarded to Ahmed Zewail for his studies of chemical reactions using ultrashort laser pulses. Zewail was able to watch the motion of atoms and thus visualize transition states on the molecular level. Watching the dynamics of single electrons was still considered a dream at that time. Now a […]

May

18

Clean Green Chemistry

May 18, 2010 | 3 Comments

The press may howl the politicians take stands and the consumers wonder but the chemistry needed for life isn’t going away. The chemical market from the raw material producer to the end user all have a need for standards, the way things are described and disclosed so decisions can be made. Chemical companies and manufacturers […]

Dec

1

Ultra High Pressures Might Become a New Storage Method for Hydrogen

December 1, 2009 | 3 Comments

Filled with enthusiasm, scientists at the Carnegie Institution have found for the first time that high pressure can be used to make a unique hydrogen-storage material. Led by Maddury Somayazulu, the Carnegie team found that the normally unreactive, noble gas xenon combines with molecular hydrogen (H2) under pressure to form a previously unknown solid material […]

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