IUPAC Project: Ionic Strength Corrections for Stability Constants. Objective: To facilitate the calculation of reliable stability constants for applications in an assortment of natural media (e.g. seawater, biological fluids).

Boston University chemists probe secrets in ancient textile dyes from China, Peru. ‘Although searching for 3,000-year-old mummy textiles in tombs under the blazing sun of a western Chinese desert may seem more Indiana Jones than analytical chemist, two Boston University researchers recently did just that. Traveling along the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang Province on [...]

NJIT Researcher Creates Research Opportunities For Chiral Ionic Liquids. ‘Ionic liquids, especially chiral ones, fascinate Sanjay V. Malhotra, PhD, assistant professor of chemistry and environmental science at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). “Properly formulated,” said the chemist, “these organic salts, which are found in natural substances as common as pine cones, could be a [...]

Follow the Energy: New Technique Enables Scientists to Track Molecular Energy Transfer in Photosynthesis. ‘Scientists have been able to follow the flow of excitation energy in both time and space in a molecular complex.’

Unconventional wisdom. ‘Physicists in the US and Korea have established a link between two seemingly different types of “unconventional” superconductivity.’

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