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Fast and curious: Electrons hurtle into the interior of a new class of quantum materials

By Guest PostJuly 21, 2014Sciencebismuth, blueberry, blueberry juice, cherryactive ltd, concentrate, electrons, Germany, interior, joanna bowtell, justin trudeau, new class, nobel prize winner, paul dirac, princeton university, samsung smart tv, selenium, singapore, smartphones, spying tool, Sweden, taiwan, topological insulator, united states, weeping angel

As smartphones get smarter and computers compute faster, researchers actively search for ways to speed up the processing of information. Now, scientists at Princeton University have made a step forward in developing a new class of materials that could be used in future technologies.

They have discovered a new quantum effect that enables electrons — the negative-charge-carrying particles that make today’s electronic devices possible — to dash through the interior of these materials with very little resistance. (more…)

Dreyfus Award

By Guest PostNovember 30, 2013Education, Sciencebismuth, bismuth as catalyst, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, chemist joel rosenthal, commercial uses, dreyfus award, dreyfus postdoctoral award, environmental chemistry, nobel laureate, pepto bismol, renewable energy, robert grubbs, solar energy, synthetic liquid fuel, university of delaware

UD’s Rosenthal receives postdoctoral award in environmental chemistry

Chemist Joel Rosenthal, whose work in renewable energy focuses on the use of solar energy to convert carbon dioxide into synthetic liquid fuels, has been awarded a highly competitive grant to add a postdoctoral researcher to his lab.

The assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Delaware has been selected to receive a Dreyfus Postdoctoral Award in Environmental Chemistry, which provides $120,000 to support a researcher for two years. This year’s award was given to eight scientists across the country, including researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and California Institute of Technology, where recipient Robert Grubbs is a 2005 Nobel laureate. (more…)

A cheaper drive to ‘cool’ fuels

By Guest PostJune 22, 2013Environmentbismuth, carbon monoxide, fischer tropsch process, pepto bismol, renewable energy, synthetic fuel production, synthetic petroleum

UD scientists pioneer inexpensive catalyst to drive synthetic fuel production

University of Delaware chemist Joel Rosenthal is driven to succeed in the renewable energy arena. (more…)

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Fast and curious: Electrons hurtle into the interior of a new class of quantum materials

Dreyfus Award

A cheaper drive to ‘cool’ fuels