Professor J. M. Brader of the University of Freiburg reviews Colloidal Suspension Rheology from Cambridge University Press.
Physics
Crystal defect research holds information for new material design
New study finds how defects affect two-dimensional crystalline structures, and the results hold information for designing new materials.
From the cradle of civilization to the frontiers of chemistry
Wesley R. Browne and Anna K. H. Hirsch, Stratingh Institute for Chemistry report on the first Frontiers in Chemistry conference held in Yerevan, Armenia, earlier this year.
Inaugural Menachem Lewin award presented at 12th PAT conference
Professor Stansislaw Penczek of the Polish Academy of Sciences wins prize and endowment of $2,500 for work in polymerization kinetics and mechanisms.
Entrance ticket for the Quantum World
The field of quantum simulations leads to the exciting adventure of describing and understanding the quantum world better than ever.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2013
Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel win this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Nobel Prize in Physics 2013
François Englert and Peter W. Higgs win the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Book Review: Advanced Thermoforming
Dr Peter Martin, Queen’s University Belfast reviews Advanced Thermoforming: Methods, Machines and Materials, Applications and Automation by Sven Engelmann.
Team uncovers longstanding error in mixed phase titania catalysis
A breakthrough in our understanding of the properties of titania – the basis of self-cleaning window technology – has been made by scientists at UCL.
New family of quasicrystals discovered
Rare-earth quasicrystals dicovered using an algorithm developed at the DOE’s Ames lab.
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