This RSS news feed maintained by uwnews.org, the University of Washington Office of News and Information, includes the last 20 UW news releases about Chemistry. http://uwnews.org/apps/uwnews/public/rss.aspx?q=uwnByAuthorId&departmentID=77&numToShow=20 http://uwnews.org/images/uwnewslogo_small.jpg http://uwnews.org/ uwnews.org, the University of Washington Office of News and Information (c)2009 University of Washington News and Information | http://uwnews.org | uwnews@u.washington.edu | 206-543-2580 Bob Roseth | roseth@u.washington.edu Ken Fine | kenfine@u.washington.edu Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:34:37 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ UW scientist instrumental in important step to convert methane gas to a liquid, giving the potential of making it more useful as a fuel and as a source for making other chemicals. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=52992 Science Vince Stricherz (vinces@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=52992 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:45:45 GMT Researchers led by a UW chemist have found a way to train tiny semiconductor crystals, called nanocrystals or quantum dots, to display new magnetic functions at room temperature using light as a trigger. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=51638 Science Vince Stricherz (vinces@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=51638 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:00:00 GMT A new organic material lets both positive and negative charges flow efficiently. It permits a simpler design of organic electronics, using a single material for transporting positive and negative charges. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=51503 Science Technology Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=51503 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:16:20 GMT University of Washington researchers have found a way to measure exactly how much electrical current is carried by tiny bubbles and channels that form inside nanoscale solar cells, paving the way for development of more efficient materials. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=51232 Science Vince Stricherz (vinces@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=51232 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:35:00 GMT In an announcement made today by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, five UW researchers will each receive $100,000 for the first funding round of Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative to help lower the barriers for testing innovative ideas in global health. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=44611 Health and Medicine Clare Hagerty (clareh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=44611 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:24:05 GMT Researchers at the University of Washington have updated a traditional Chinese medicine to create a compound that is more than 1,200 times more specific in killing certain kinds of cancer cells than currently available drugs, heralding the possibility of a more effective chemotherapy drug with minimal side effects. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=44335 Science Health and Medicine Rachel Tompa (rtompa@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=44335 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:49:27 GMT A mixture of zinc oxide and cobalt, first formulated in 1780 as a pigment called cobalt green, appears capable of allowing electrons to be manipulated magnetically at room temperature without losing its magnetism. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=25984 Science Bill Cannon (cannon@pnl.gov) and Vince Stricherz (vinces@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=25984 Wed, 02 Aug 2006 07:00:00 GMT UW scientists have developed a screening process to detect enzyme deficiencies in newborns that could allow treatment of devastating conditions such as Tay-Sachs and Gaucher syndromes before too much damage has been done. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=23377 Science Health and Medicine Vince Stricherz (vinces@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=23377 Tue, 28 Mar 2006 07:00:00 GMT Using a water droplet 1 trillion times smaller than a liter of club soda as a sort of nanoscale test tube, a University of Washington scientist is conducting chemical analysis and experimentation at unprecedented tiny scales. The new approach makes it easier to get a wide range of information about a cell. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=11829 Science Vince Stricherz (vinces@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=11829 Mon, 29 Aug 2005 07:00:00 GMT Four assistant professors at the University of Washington were among 58 of their peers honored at the White House today as the nation's most promising young scientists and engineers. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=10709 Science Rob Harrill (rharrill@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=10709 Mon, 13 Jun 2005 07:00:00 GMT Earth's climate is being changed substantially by a buildup of atmospheric greenhouse gases, but a group of leading climate scientists contends the overall impact is not understood as well as it should be because data are too scarce on how much energy the planet reflects into space. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=10043 Science Vince Stricherz (vinces@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=10043 Thu, 05 May 2005 07:00:00 GMT Researchers at the UW have blended the past with the present in the fight against cancer, synthesizing a promising new compound from an ancient Chinese remedy that uses cancer cells' rapacious appetite for iron to make them a target. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=8139 Science Rob Harrill (rharrill@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=8139 Tue, 08 Feb 2005 07:00:00 GMT A group of promising cancer fighting compounds derived from a substance used in ancient Chinese medicine will be developed for potential use in humans, UW officials announced this week. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5826 Science Rob Harrill (rharrill@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5826 Thu, 14 Oct 2004 07:00:00 GMT A University of Washington chemist whose work focuses on developing new inorganic semiconductor materials is among 57 researchers who this month received Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5654 Science Campus Vince Stricherz (vinces@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5654 Wed, 29 Sep 2004 07:00:00 GMT A new national research center is being established at the University of Washington with the aim of finding easier, more powerful and more environmentally friendly ways of manipulating the strong chemical bonds found in most materials, from petroleum products to pharmaceuticals and biological molecules. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5404 Science Campus Vince Stricherz (vinces@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5404 Tue, 31 Aug 2004 07:00:00 GMT Graduate students in chemistry and business pool resources to create viable venture. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=4371 Business Nancy Gardner (nancylou@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=4371 Tue, 18 May 2004 07:00:00 GMT Atmospheric aerosols, airborne particles that reflect the sun's heat away from Earth and into space, are in air pollution, in plumes of smoke from forest fires and in ash clouds from erupting volcanoes. A new study says the cooling effect of man-made aerosols could throw a monkey wrench into the current understanding of climate change. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5395 Science Vince Stricherz (vinces@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5395 Thu, 15 May 2003 07:00:00 GMT