Researchers have known for some time of monochromatic light beams, such as Laguerre-Gauss beams, which carry orbital angular momentum also have a helical phase profile. According to Ole Steuernagel of the University of Hertfordshires Science and Technology Research Institute, UK, …
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This week’s chemistry news – Slinn Pickings
Posted by Robert Slinn
on June 28, 2011
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Scientists discover dielectron charging of water nano-droplet – Scientists have discovered fundamental steps of charging of nano-sized water droplets and unveiled the long-sought-after mechanism of hydrogen emission from irradiated water. Photosystems made using ’3D Tetris’ – Scientists in Switzerland have …
This week’s chemistry news – Slinn Pickings
Posted by Robert Slinn
on June 21, 2011
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Quantum leap: Magnetic properties of a single proton directly observed for the first time – Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and the Helmholtz Institute Mainz, together with their colleagues from the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg …
Slinn Pickings – chemistry news
Posted by Robert Slinn
on June 17, 2011
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Scientists develop a fatty ‘kryptonite’ to defeat multidrug-resistant ‘Super bugs’ – A team of Canadian scientists have discovered that specific mixtures of antimicrobial agents presented in lipid (fatty) mixtures can significantly boost the effectiveness of those agents to kill the …
Slinn Pickings – chemistry news
Posted by Robert Slinn
on June 5, 2011
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DNA can discern between two quantum states, research shows – Research, which appeared recently in Science, shows that a biological molecule — DNA — can discern between quantum states known as spin. Caltech researchers build largest biochemical circuit out of …
Six Slinn Picks – chemical news
Posted by Robert Slinn
on April 6, 2011
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The ‘molecular octopus’: A little brother of ‘Schroedinger’s cat’ – For the first time, the quantum behaviour of molecules consisting of more than 400 atoms was demonstrated by quantum physicists based at the University of Vienna in collaboration with chemists …
