Chemists have developed an efficient and stable sensor for the toxic industrial chemical hydrazine using carbon-coated zinc nanorods
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Magnetic Material At A Stretch
Europium titanate thin films – simultaneously both ferroelectric and ferromagnetic – have great potential in electronics
Fast-track Legal DNA Testing
Forensic DNA testing against a database could become as simple as matching fingerprints, making bail decisions more straightforward
Microengines Forever Blowing Bubbles
Environmental clean-up, medical diagnosis and chemical analysis could all be done with microdevices powered by bubbles
Surprising Enzyme
The enzyme nitrogenase converts nitrogen into ammonia but surprisingly it can also reduce CO to organic compounds
Support For Fuel Cell Catalysts
Fuel cell catalyst based on supported Pt nanoparticles is resistant to CO poisoning and is more active than commercial products
Electronic DNA Sequencing
New, carbon-based nanoscale platform to electrically detect single DNA molecules has been developed
Frozen Frogs
Accumulation of gylcerol in the cells of tree frogs could shed light on human cryogenics
Buckyballs Go Extraterrestrial
C60 and C70 have been discovered in space by using the infrared spectrograph on NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope
Counterfeit Spectroscopy
Detection of counterfeit notes is possible by direct analysis of Brazilian real, US$ dollar, and euro bills using ambient mass spectrometry