New super-resolution microscope to be built at UH with $1 million grant A new microscope to be built at the University of Houston will give scientists a better way to study the chemical properties of an array of surfaces, from plastics and metals to cells and water. Researchers say this ... http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-08/uoh-nsm081412.php- 15.9KB - Public Press Releases
Physics and math shed new light on biology by mapping the landscape of evolution Researchers capture evolutionary dynamics in a new theoretical framework that could help explain some of the mysteries of how and why species change over time. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-08/aiop-pam080812.php- 9.8KB - Public Press Releases
Cloud seeds and ozone holes New findings on the growth of ice clusters in Polar Stratospheric Clouds could help clarify the process of ozone depletion in the atmosphere. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-07/aiop-csa072812.php- 8.3KB - Public Press Releases
Attraction or repulsion? New method predicts interaction energy of large molecules Krzysztof Szalewicz, professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Delaware, and Rafal Podeszwa of the University of Silesia Institute of Chemistry in Poland have developed and validated a more accurate method ... http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-05/uod-aor051712.php- 12.0KB - Public Press Releases
A baby crystal is born Scientists determine the smallest possible cubic lead sulfide cluster that exhibits the same coordination (a key structural property) as bigger bulk crystals. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-01/aiop-abc011712.php- 7.8KB - Public Press Releases
Tufts chemist named 2011 Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science Mary Jane Shultz, professor of chemistry in the School of Arts and Sciences at Tufts University, has been selected as a Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. AAAS is the world's largest ... http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-12/tu-tcn120811.php- 13.9KB - Public Press Releases
Georgia Tech develops speedy software designed to improve drug development Georgia Tech has developed a computer program that can study larger molecules faster than any other program in existence. The analysis program is designed to improve knowledge about why certain molecules are attracted ... http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-11/giot-gtd111611.php- 15.6KB - Public Press Releases
For new microscope images, less is more Scientists take advantage of a new mathematical theory to create higher resolution images from less data. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-11/aiop-3nm110811.php- 8.2KB - Public Press Releases
On the nanoscale, particles flow in unexpected ways Whether it's water through the English Channel or a river channel, we assume fluids flow in predictable ways. But by zooming in on nanoscale channels, researchers discovered that fluids behave in a rather different, ... http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/aiop-1tn102411.php- 8.7KB - Public Press Releases
Sneaking up on the glassy transition of water Researchers claim to have settled a long-standing debate over the exact temperature at which water transforms into an exotic glass-like substance believed to be present in comets and other icy objects in the outer solar ... http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-09/aiop-1uo092611.php- 8.2KB - Public Press Releases
