Ultrasound is used to carve carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to release toxic metal impurities in a similar way to wind carving the sand hills in a desert
Reducing Carbon Nanotube Toxicity
Quasicrysals Originate from Meteorite
So far only natural quasicrystal was found in a rock sample composed in eastern Russia originating from a meteorite that fell to Earth
Blood Group Related to Coronary Heart Disease
Risk of coronary heart disease depends on the blood group
A. Karyakin Receives Bioelectrochemistry Prize
International Society of Electrochemistry prize awarded to Arkady Karyakin, M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
Towards Edible Crop Seeds
Identification of glucosinolate transporters might facilitate the production of edible crop seeds
Dow Replaces Hg Catalysts
Dow replaces mercury catalysts for polyurethane elastomer products
Angewandte Chemie 34/2012: In the Limelight
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie
350th Anniversary: Blaise Pascal's Death
Blaise Pascal contested the idea that nature abhors a vacuum and is the answer to Guess the Chemist (8)
Commercial Bio-based Acrylic Acid Process
BASF, Cargill and Novozymes jointly develop industrial biotechnology-based production process for acrylic acid from renewable raw materials
Non-enzymatic Pd Recovery
(Bio)Materials rich in amine groups are proposed as an ideal support for recovering Pd from waste