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Lasers used to create new compounds

Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 May 2016

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics have used lasers to manipulate atoms in hy…

Upgraded spectrometer able to analyse outer space

Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 May 2016

A spectrometer has had its capabilities extended to identify large, complex molecular structures fo…

Study offers hope for cleaning radioactive water

Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Apr 2016

US scientists have discovered a new chemical method to immobilise uranium in contaminated groundwat…

Wonder material finally created in bulk

Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Apr 2016

Carbyne, hailed as a wonder material due to its physical properties, has been created in large amou…

Breakthrough in magnesium research

Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Feb 2016

Lighter, more fuel efficient cars are now a possibility due to research on enhancing magnesium’s co…

Body temperature reactive polymer created

Evoluted New Media | Added: 24 Feb 2016

A polymer that changes shape due to body heat has been created by a team of US scientists.!--more--…

New phase of boron nitride discovered

Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Feb 2016

US scientists have discovered a new phase of boron nitride with potential applications for manufact…

‘Impossible’ method used to grow organic crystals

Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Feb 2016

Organic crystals have been created by Russian scientists which can reduce the cost of creating ligh…

New power source trialled by scientists

Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Jan 2016

A new power source combining solar power and hydrogen fuel is being trialled by US researchers.

Molecules that dominate bacterial secretion created

Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Dec 2015

Chemists have created molecules that mimic and dominate toxic molecules secreted by bacteria.

Lightbulb moment for food waste

Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 Nov 2015

Chemists have found a way to create light emitting diodes – which can efficiently convert electrici…

DNA repair studies win Chemistry Nobel Prize

Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Oct 2015

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Tomas Lindah…

Green slime opens the door to the past

Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 Sep 2015

Green slime at the bottom of an Antarctic lake replicates conditions that occurred on Earth 2.8-2.4…

Solar energy storage taken to next level

Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 Jul 2015

Chemists at UCLA have developed technology that can store solar energy for up to several weeks rath…

Ultracold molecules hint at quantum behaviour

Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 Jun 2015

By achieving the lowest temperature ever recorded, scientists have managed to create ultracold mole…

Seeing real time bond formation

Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Mar 2015

Researchers have visualised real time bond formation in an entire chemical reaction.!--more--

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New molecule to slow Parkinson’s

Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Mar 2015

Scientists have designed a peptide that can slow down brain cell damage associated with Parkinson d…

Chemical reactions in a trillionth of a second

Evoluted New Media | Added: 13 Mar 2015

Scientists have developed a method that allows observation of chemical reactions on a trillionth of…

Nobel round-up

Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Oct 2014

In case you missed them, here is Laboratory News’ round-up of who won what in this year’s Nobel Pri…

Chemistry Prize for microscopy technique

Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Oct 2014

After a short delay, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Chem…