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Bottles made of lignocellulose, perfumes of apples

19.08.2019

Bottles made of lignocellulose, perfumes of apples

Many companies are working on materials that would be as light and resistant as...

What really happens at femtosecond junctions?

20.12.2018

What really happens at femtosecond junctions?

When beams of ultra-short laser pulses running in the same direction intersect...

At the source of chirality: Microscopy reveals details of self-assembly of liquid crystal dimers

17.12.2018

At the source of chirality: Microscopy reveals details of self-assembly of liquid crystal dimers

Liquid crystal layers a single molecule thick can form extremely complicated...

Interactive size control of catalyst nanoparticles

6.12.2018

Interactive size control of catalyst nanoparticles

5, 10, or maybe 15? How many nanometers should nanoparticles of a catalyst be to...

Dr. Eric Daniel Glowacki with the Dream Chemistry Award 2018

4.12.2018

Dr. Eric Daniel Glowacki with the Dream Chemistry Award 2018

The winner of the global Dream Chemistry Award competition this year is Dr. Eric...

How to detect signs of neurodegeneration earlier and more accurately

29.11.2018

How to detect signs of neurodegeneration earlier and more accurately

Signs of neurodegenerative diseases, visible years before the emergence of...

A record-long polymer DNA negative

31.10.2018

A record-long polymer DNA negative

A fragment of a single strand of DNA, built of the nucleobases cytosine and...

Small droplets are a surprise: they disappear more slowly than they ‘should’

26.10.2018

Small droplets are a surprise: they disappear more slowly than they ‘should’

Seemingly, we already know everything there is to know about evaporation....

Hidden gapless states on the path to semiconductor nanocrystals

11.10.2018

Hidden gapless states on the path to semiconductor nanocrystals

When chemists from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of...

SERSitive: New substrates make it possible to routinely detect one molecule in a million

9.08.2018

SERSitive: New substrates make it possible to routinely detect one molecule in a million

SERS, an extremely sensitive laboratory method of analysing chemical composition,...

Dream Chemistry Award: The prize for a dream-project is waiting for chemists with imagination

19.07.2018

Dream Chemistry Award: The prize for a dream-project is waiting for chemists with imagination

Are you a professor who knows a young scientist with an interesting, ambitious...

Change the face of nanoparticles and you'll rule chemistry!

23.05.2018

Change the face of nanoparticles and you'll rule chemistry!

Depending on the lighting, the surface of appropriately crafted nanoparticles can...