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Researchers make strides toward selective oxidation catalysts

November 8, 2012 – 1:03 am

Researchers make strides toward selective oxidation catalysts - Researchers from Northwestern University and Argonne National Laboratory have developed a straightforward and generalizable process for making reactant-selective oxide catalysts by encapsulating the particles in a sieve-like film that blocks unwanted reactants.(10.1038/nchem.1477)

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Mercury in Water, Fish Detected with Nanotechnology

September 13, 2012 – 10:00 am

Mercury in Water, Fish Detected with Nanotechnology - When mercury is dumped into rivers and lakes, the toxic heavy metal can end up in the fish we eat and the water we drink. To help protect consumers from the diseases and conditions associated with mercury, researchers at Northwestern University in collaboration with colleagues at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland, have developed a nanoparticle system that is sensitive enough to detect even the smallest levels of heavy metals in our water and fish.(10.1038/nmat3406)

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Northwestern scientists create chemical brain

August 23, 2012 – 3:03 pm

Northwestern scientists create chemical brain - Northwestern University scientists have connected 250 years of organic chemical knowledge into one giant computer network -- a chemical Google on steroids. This "immortal chemist" will never retire and take away its knowledge but instead will continue to learn, grow and share. The software optimizes syntheses of drug molecules and other important compounds, combines long (and expensive) syntheses of compounds into shorter and more economical routes and identifies suspicious chemical recipes that could lead to chemical weapons.(10.1002/anie.201202209)

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