News - Chemical Reactions
Using a new ultrafast camera, researchers have recorded the first real-time image of two atoms vibrating in a molecule.
A polymer is a mesh of chains, which slowly break over time due to the pressure from ordinary wear and tear.
The same principle that causes figure skaters to spin faster as they draw their arms into their bodies has now been used by Michigan State University researchers to understand how molecules move energy around following the absorption of light.
Researchers in the Pacific Northwest have developed a new catalyst material that could replace chemicals currently derived from petroleum and be the basis for more environmentally friendly products including octane-boosting gas and fuel additives, bio-based rubber for tires and a safer solvent for the chemicals industry.


