Concretely, based on basic research on nanoscale materials, such as atomic and molecular transport and
chemical reaction processes, polarization and excitation of charge and spin and superconducting phenomena, we are conducting research on atomic switches, artificial synapses, molecular devices, new quantum bits, neural network - type network circuits, next - generation devices, high sensitivity integrated molecular sensors and other new applied technologies.
The chemical mechanism, discovered by scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and UC Berkeley, could also broaden our understanding of basic
chemical reaction processes involving common helpers, called catalysts, like copper and gold.
Bouchard's laboratory has been developing novel methodology and instrumentation for visualizing
chemical reaction processes and thermodynamics in real time.
HAZARDOUS POLYESTER WASTE In the past, polyester was made from coal, air, water, and petroleum through
a chemical reaction process between alcohol and an acid.
Not exact matches
The gasification
process takes organic, carbonaceous materials and transforms them into efficient synthetic gas through a series of
chemical reactions held at high temperatures.
Kinetics means studying the rate of
chemical reactions carried out by the some catalyst that take place in food during
processing, preservation etc..
It is completely different in the most important ways, which is it does NOT feed cancer cells in the way highly
processed white sugar does and it does NOT cause
chemical reactions in the brain (exactly like heroin)-- keeping you craving more sugary foods / drinks like highly
processed white sugar does.
Thirty - six hands on cooking and food activities were conducted throughout the school year, including three days of eighth grade science laboratory covering
chemical and physical
reactions using various food items and in depth agriculture lessons on
processing chicken.
Mike Brady, a spokesman for the UK - based NGO Baby Milk Action, said some infants have adverse
reactions to plant - derived ARA and DHA, though it is «currently unclear if this is due to the components themselves, or to the
chemicals used in
processing.»
Previously, however, the range of objects was limited to those with sharp edges and little, if any, curvature, and the transformation methods were based primarily on folding or
processes that could not be controlled very precisely (e.g.
chemical reactions or inflation).
Further calculations by Catling and his team conclude that no abiotic methane sources on a rocky planet could produce enough of the gas to counteract this
process — whether it is volcanic outgassing from a planet's interior,
chemical reactions in hydrothermal vents, even asteroid impacts.
However, amine scrubbing is a costly
process, so researchers are constantly looking for new amine
chemicals with more desirable qualities such as fast absorption rates, high CO2 capacity, and low heat of
reaction.
On the extremely small scale, however, the push and pull of electrons and protons is what controls
chemical reactions, including every compound and every
process in your body.
Now, teams of scientists in the United Kingdom and Switzerland reporting in the 3 October issue of Nature have shown that the substance forms during cooking through a well - known
chemical process called the Maillard
reaction.
The Carbon cycle is a geological
process that regulates the CO2 - level in the atmosphere and with that, the temperature of the planet's surface: In the ocean, CO2, in its dissolved form, undergoes a
chemical reaction and is then transported into Earth's mantle.
We thus have to lean over our saucepans, and a bit further still, over the microscopic and molecular scales, to understand the numerous physical and
chemical reactions and
processes that lead to a meat cooked but tender, a puffed - up sponge cake, a soufflé full of air, a dish of crunchy vegetables.
They
processed data relating to genetics, including DNA sequences, and to gene expression, as well as epigenetic features —
chemical reactions that influence genome functioning and hence phenotype by activating and deactivating genes.
Almost all industrial
processes rely on catalysts, which increase the rate of
chemical reactions.
Beatty believes that when 570 degree Fahrenheit water from thermal vents hits cold, deep ocean currents, several light - producing
processes may occur: sonoluminescence from imploding gas bubbles; chemiluminescence from
chemical reactions (analogous to fireflies lighting up); crystalloluminescence from the formation of crystal bonds; and triboluminescence from the breaking of those bonds.
That is because the Grenoble movie makers hope to reveal how protein molecules twist and turn as they run through the lightning - fast
chemical reactions that underlie biology's fundamental
processes.
The equations of quantum mechanics do a fantastic job describing the behavior of particles in an atom smasher, the nuclear
reactions that make the sun shine, and the
chemical processes that underlie biology.
This
reaction is the enzymatic version of a second significant
chemical process — Fischer - Tropsch synthesis of hydrocarbons which can be used on a large scale to synthesize fuels from industrial waste gases, for instance.
For instance, some
chemical reactions and biological
processes are compromised by surfaces, and certain substances disintegrate on contact with a surface.
When cooked at high temperatures, sugars react with amino acids, including asparagine, in a
chemical process known as the Maillard
reaction.
Industry currently separates out the sugars from the lignin through a two - step
process using harsh
chemicals and
reaction conditions in the first step, and an expensive enzyme in the second step.
Fermions are quantum particles such as electrons which are the fundamental basis of superconductors,
chemical reactions or high - energy
processes.
The real key to the
process is catalysis, which enables and speeds up the necessary
chemical reactions.
In total, the
process takes 29 different
chemical reactions — an improvement on the 57 steps previously reported because with each step, some material is lost.
Leinen easily ticks off a host of areas, from analyzing the complex mixtures of physical
processes and
chemical reactions in the atmosphere and the ocean to characterizing earthquakes, in which geoscientists have made important contributions to physics and chemistry.
The team has now demonstrated that biodiesel can be quickly produced from waste cooking oil by direct ultrasonic irradiation with caustic soda, sodium hydroxide NaOH or potassium hydroxide (KOH) as the
chemical catalysts for the
process known as a transesterification
reaction.
If a
chemical biologist wants to design drugs that affect this
process, he or she would need to know the mechanism of the complex enzyme
reactions,» said Li.
In addition, it enables dynamic
processes, such as
chemical reactions and electronic switching phenomena, to be visualized in real time in three dimensions with sub-nanometre precision.
Redox
reactions include all
chemical processes in which atoms have their oxidation number (oxidation state) changed.
As a result, up to 1,000 spectra per second can be recorded with the MIR laser source, which, for example, enables the automated monitoring and control of
chemical reactions and biotechnological
processes in real time.
PHOTO - CATALYZATION A
process that uses light to speed up
chemical reactions, such as the breakdown of pollutants
With the help of some designing, a few grams of plastic filament and a 3D printer, researchers in the University of Helsinki made a unique device for studying
chemical reactions, and improved their experimental
processes.
Tolstikhin and his colleagues are working in the field of attophysics — a science which looks at very fast
processes (1 attosecond, as = 10 ^ -LRB--18) s) such as the restructuring of electron shells or the displacement of atomic nuclei in molecules during
chemical reactions.
Within 5 to 10 years, electrocatalysis — which stimulates
chemical reactions through electricity — could be a way into this
process.
Practically all biochemical
processes involve enzymes that accelerate
chemical reactions.
This gives us a direct insight into the elementary
processes during a
chemical reaction,» reported Dr Torsten Berndt from TROPOS.
Rather than wrenches, nuts and bolts, the drawers in the
chemical industry's «toolbox» contain commonly used
processes, such as ways to make carbon compounds or oxidation - reduction
reactions.
This adhesion
process, which involves no
chemical reaction, only takes a few seconds.
The new materials, known as high - entropy - alloy nanoparticles, are expected to have broad applications as catalysts in industry - relevant
chemical reactions, with the potential to improve energy efficiency in the manufacturing
process and lower production costs.
In the
process, the students learned how
chemical reactions in humans and other animals result in matter and energy changes.
Catalysts mediate between the reagents in a
chemical reaction and control the
process leading to the desired end product.
A breakthrough was made when Fraden and his team realized that the same CPG dynamics could be captured on a non-biological platform if they used a well - known oscillating
chemical process known as the Belousov - Zhabotinsky
reaction.
The researchers offered possible electrochemical
processes that might explain the heat, including irregularities in the electrochemical cell, possible unknown exothermic
chemical reactions, or the recombination of split - apart hydrogen and oxygen atoms of water.
«Being able to observe how molecules exchange electrons during a
chemical reaction opens the door to completely new types of studies of a number of fundamental biological and
chemical processes.»
Fleischmann and Pons said this
process could not be caused by any known
chemical reaction, and the nuclear
reaction term «cold fusion» was attached to it.
Johnson and his team have developed ways to fast - freeze the
chemical process so that transient structures can be isolated, revealing the contorted arrangements of atoms during a
reaction.