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Chemistry (CHE) Discoveries
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NSF's public investment in science, engineering, education and technology
helps to create knowledge and sustain prosperity. Read here about the Internet,
microbursts, Web browsers, extrasolar planets, and more... a panoply of discoveries
and innovations that began with NSF support.
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![Photo of hands holding conjugated polymers that change color and intensity when excited by light.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106060640im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/polymer1_l.jpg) |
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The Choreography of Dancing Molecules Photochemist Elizabeth Harbron and her students investigate the properties of conjugated polymers that can be activated by light Released
August 5, 2008
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Chemist 'Really Jazzed' About Creating New Molecules Lyle Isaacs talks about cool things that chemists do, such as his work to build new molecular containers that are as good as what is found in nature Released
July 18, 2008
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2007: Year in Review A look back at some of the NSF-supported advances and activities reported last year Released
January 30, 2008
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A New Wrinkle in Thin Film Science
Simple, inexpensive way to measure material properties could impact cosmetics, coating and nanoelectronic industries Released
August 3, 2007
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Getting a Feel for the Nano World
New models help introduce the blind to careers in nanoscale science and engineering Released
March 27, 2007
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![A new type of glass may one day be used to deliver medicines inside the body.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106060640im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/fig01_sample3_l.jpg) |
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Melts in Your Body, Not in Your Hand
Super-stable glass may aid drug delivery through the body Released
December 7, 2006
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![Researchers are using vitamin C (background) to craft certain plastics more efficiently.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106060640im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/vitaminc_polymers_l.jpg) |
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Vitamin C and Water Not Just Healthy for People -- Healthy for Plastics, too
New manufacturing techniques may lead to cheaper, "greener" plastics Released
October 23, 2006
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![Scientists have developed a microfluidic system that successfully models blood clotting.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106060640im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/blood_clotting_l.jpg) |
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Novel Laboratory Model Reveals Clues to How Blood Starts Clotting
Approach has potential to reveal mechanisms behind variety of reactions within the body Released
October 17, 2006
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Frictionless Motion Observed in Water
Discovery could have fundamental implications for chemistry Released
April 7, 2006
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![Students from across the Middle East grapple with a chemistry problem at the Petra workshop.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106060640im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/hoffmann1_l.jpg) |
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Bonding in the Middle East Nobel chemist helps young scientists across the region strengthen ties, work together Released
April 6, 2006
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Small, Ultra-fast and Ultra-versatile Scanner Takes Chemical Analysis to the Field
Surgical aid, medical diagnostic and bomb sniffer may be all in a day's work for this little machine Released
March 16, 2006
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Fantastic Fungus: Plant Biologist Discovers Natural Antimicrobial in Honduran Jungle Montana State University professor Gary Strobel travels the world in search of exotic plants and the mysterious fungi that live inside them. Among his discoveries: a smelly white fungus that acts as a natural antimicrobial. Released
October 5, 2005
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![Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Univeristy produced a sample of the modified collagen.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106060640im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/collagen_sample_l.jpg) |
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Modified Collagen Could Be a Boon for Medicine Altered protein could help shape the growth of engineered tissue Released
September 20, 2005
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Nano-engineered Powders Tackle Toxic Chemicals Thirsty grains act fast to clean up messes Released
April 28, 2005
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A Bubble Full of Sunshine
Temperatures inside bursting bubbles can be four times hotter than the Sun Released
March 3, 2005
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Of Microbes and Mars Desert microbe discovery has extraterrestrial implications Released
December 17, 2004
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Finding Cures from Corals A chemical that protects a rare type of marine coral from predators may also prove to be a potent medicine for humans in the fight against cancer. Released
July 18, 2003
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