Tag Archives: spectroscopy

Algae burn for you

Posted by David Bradley on January 16, 2021 Comments Off

Finding sustainable alternatives to fossil fuels that would both solve the problem of dwindling supplies of oil and cut the net carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles running on hydrocarbon fuels is a cause high on the environmental agenda. The use …

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Notre Dame researchers demonstrate new DNA detection technique

Posted by Robert Slinn on January 7, 2021 Comments Off

Notre Dame researchers demonstrate new DNA detection technique – A team of researchers from the University of Notre Dame have demonstrated a novel DNA detection method that could prove suitable for many real-world applications. Physicists Carol Tanner and Steven Ruggiero …

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Notre Dame researchers demonstrate new DNA detection technique

Posted by Robert Slinn on January 4, 2021 Comments Off

Notre Dame researchers demonstrate new DNA detection technique – A team of researchers from the University of Notre Dame have demonstrated a novel DNA detection method that could prove suitable for many real-world applications. Physicists Carol Tanner and Steven Ruggiero …

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Porous boron absorbing

Posted by David Bradley on October 3, 2020 Comments Off

Researchers in Europe have developed a hydrogen storage material based on porous magnesium borohydride that can safely adsorb large quantities of the gas via both a physical and a chemical mechanism. They used X-ray diffraction, infra-red and Raman spectroscopy to …

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Rocky road to confusion

Posted by David Bradley on September 1, 2020 Comments Off

Raman spectroscopy has become an increasingly useful tool in the geosciences partly because it is non-destructive and requires minimal sample preparation, but also because it can be carried out on site with various irreplaceable geological samples. Unfortunately, Raman can confuse, …

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Spliced and diced RNA

Posted by David Bradley on August 3, 2020 Comments Off

Biomolecular NMR experts in Germany have discovered how the U2AF protein facilitates the process of splicing used by cells to make the correct template for RNA transcription and the subsequent expression of proteins. More on this in my column on …

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