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Chemistry World January 9, 2012 Simon Hadlington |
A question mark over cubic ice's existence Chemistry textbooks may have to be rewritten after scientists in the UK showed that an exotic type of ice crystal formed from supercooled water has probably been misidentified and might not exist. |
Chemistry World September 2, 2013 Simon Hadlington |
New ceramic can handle the heat Researchers in the UK have created a new ceramic oxide with tunable thermal expansion: it can expand, contract or remain unchanged in response to heat depending upon the proportion of key components used to make it. |
Chemistry World March 27, 2015 James Urquhart |
Graphene sandwich turns water square Sandwiching water between two sheets of graphene leads to it freezing at room temperature to form two-dimensional square ice crystals, a hitherto unknown phase of ice. |
Chemistry World September 1, 2014 Jennifer Newton |
Wendy Brown: Space dust chemistry Professor Wendy Brown's research reproduces the cold and low pressures of space to model chemical reactions that occur when particles are brought together on interstellar dust grains. |
Geotimes April 2007 Carolyn Gramling |
Ice Twists Under Pressure Confined inside tiny, hollow cylinders called carbon nanotubes, and subjected to high pressures similar to those found at a planet's core, water freezes into tiny ice spirals that resemble the DNA double helix, a new study shows. |
Chemistry World February 7, 2008 Simon Hadlington |
Crystal Shows Colossal Expansion A super-stretchy crystal could help to develop improved coatings for satellites facing the extreme temperature variations of space, according to UK scientists. |
Chemistry World June 14, 2013 Philip Ball |
Protons wander freely in icy gas giant cores If you squeeze ice hard enough, its protons fall off. That's the conclusion of a new study by Malcolm Guthrie of the Carnegie Institution of Washington and colleagues. |
Chemistry World June 30, 2015 Jessie-May Morgan |
Space-like conditions give rise to metabolic precursors Mimicking interstellar conditions, a team of scientists at NASA has synthesized complex organic molecules thought to be necessary for the origin of life. |
Reactive Reports Issue 72 David Bradley |
Ice Age the Movie The ordered structure of ice dissolves little by little into disorder when a tiny burst of light hits an ice crystal. |
Chemistry World July 22, 2009 James Urquhart |
Signs of water on Enceladus The idea that liquid water exists below the surface of one of Saturn's moons has been given a boost thanks to researchers in the US and China who have detected ammonia, various organic compounds, and possibly argon. |
Chemistry World November 30, 2007 Lewis Brindley |
Crystal Clear Structure Prediction One team of researchers has hit the jackpot by correctly predicting the crystal structures of four organic molecules in a competition organized by the University of Cambridge. |
Chemistry World July 1, 2013 Laura Howes |
Quantum tunnelling in space Interstellar dust clouds might be host to more chemistry than previously imagined. |
Chemistry World November 29, 2012 Jon Evans |
Messenger spots Mercury performing organic chemistry Nasa's Messenger spacecraft has uncovered evidence that not only does water ice exist on the surface of the planet Mercury, but in many places this ice appears to be covered in a 10cm-thick layer of soot-like organic material. |
Geotimes November 2007 Nicole Branan |
Water Pours Through Pores in Sea Ice Scientists have come up with a new model that describes how water moves through the Arctic sea ice beneath melt ponds, helping them to make better climate predictions. |
Chemistry World September 20, 2012 Jon Evans |
World's smallest ice cube created Ice crystals must contain at least 275 water molecules, say German chemists. This size limit has implications for any process that involves ice particles, from cloud formation to making the perfect gin and tonic. |
Food Processing September 2012 Diane Toops |
Hydrocolloids Make All the Difference in Ice Cream Formulations Gums such as tara, carrageenan, locust bean and cellulose are good choices for creating a smooth creamy ice cream texture with reduced ice crystal size. |
Chemistry World July 15, 2013 Eleanor Merritt |
A chemical approach to biological antifreeze Scientists in New Zealand and the US have synthesized a protein that helps inhibit ice crystal growth in Antarctic fish. |
Chemistry World February 27, 2013 Simon Hadlington |
Supercharging methanol for fuel cells Scientists in Germany and Italy have discovered a way to derive hydrogen gas from methanol at low temperatures and pressures using soluble ruthenium-based 'pincer' catalysts. |
Chemistry World December 15, 2015 Matthew Gunther |
Fast skating forces ice to feel the heat A scientist in Germany has now calculated why sliding across ice is so unpredictable and that your speed determines how slippery the ice will be. |
Popular Mechanics May 15, 2009 Jennifer Bogo |
Making the Coldest Ice Cream in the World--But is it Any Good? The perfect ice cream is a balancing act, as there are other factors besides freezing that affect the quality of ice cream. |
Popular Mechanics March 15, 2010 Trevor Williams |
Iceberg Forensics: Predicting the Planet's Future With Antarctic Ice Something new is happening with the ice streams and glaciers. They are getting thinner, and they are getting thinner because they are speeding up. |
Chemistry World September 18, 2012 Phillip Broadwith |
Caffeine crystals with an elastic bent Indian chemists have discovered a highly elastic but crystalline material made from caffeine. The crystals maintain their elasticity down to -100 C. |
Scientific American July 2008 Peter Brown |
NASA Satellites Watch Polar Ice Shelf Break into Crushed Ice Ice is melting at the poles much faster than climate models predict. |
Scientific American September 2008 Krista West |
Researchers hone seismic skills to peer inside glaciers Seismic data enable scientists to peer inside melting glaciers before they calve |
National Defense December 2009 Austin Wright |
Polar Ice Surveillance At Rock Bottom Prices University of Kansas researchers needed an unmanned aerial vehicle that could carry 120 pounds worth of radar equipment at low altitudes and over icy terrain to measure vital information for the Navy in Antarctica. |
IEEE Spectrum February 2013 Dave Levitan |
Laser Eyes Spy a Big Melt in the Arctic Airborne altimeters yield a disturbing picture of polar ice loss |
Chemistry World June 4, 2013 Andrew Wilbey |
The science of ice cream This second edition by Chris Clarke provides an update on the original, published in 2004, including a new chapter treating ice cream as a composite material. |
Seasoned Cooking September 2005 Ronda L. Carnicelli |
We all scream ... These two simple ingredients can put a wide array of simple homemade ice creams within your reach -- and take the drudgery out of using an ice cream maker. |