Today's Top Chemistry News

• A Pocketful of Uranium: Construction of a Selective Uranium-Binding Protein:The use of uranium as a nuclear fuel and in weapons increases the risk that people may come into contact with it......
• Actinide research published in Reviews of Modern Physics :A Livermore researcher who teamed with a United Kingdom collaborator has published an article in Reviews.......
• New plasma transistor could create sharper displays :By integrating a solid-state electron emitter and a microcavity plasma device, researchers at the University of Illinois ....
• New biomass heater: A 'new era' of efficiency and sustainability :Millions of homes in rural areas of Far Eastern countries are heated by charcoal.........
• 'Green' plastics could help reduce carbon footprint :More than 20 million tons of plastic are placed in U.S. landfills each year. Results from a new University of Missouri ........
• Researchers develop new platinum-based anti-tumor compound :Researchers in the Department of Chemistry at Wake Forest University in collaboration with colleagues ........
• Sweet! Cotton candy may help labs grow tissue :Cotton candy has delighted children for a century. Now it may have found a new role..............
• Enzyme cocktail converts cellulosic materials, water into hydrogen fuel :Tomorrow's fuel-cell vehicles may be powered by enzymes that consume cellulose...........