Seeing the unseen – the first aromatic molecule identified in space!
Outer space has lots of radiation. But there's one kind, a faint infrared glow, that has appeared as a mystery to many scientists. By following this mysterious light, scientists have now made a great...
View ArticleThe shape of supercooled water
Water is a really special liquid: its characteristics allow the existence of life as it is. But It can still amaze us: a new form of liquid water has just been discovered at -80 °C.
View ArticleAlgal Blooms Impact Air Quality in Great Lake Regions
Algal blooms aren’t the most aesthetically pleasing plant in a lake region, but did you know their emissions can impact air quality and human health?
View ArticleControlling Adhesives with Light!
Let’s learn about a new material that can be made sticky or not sticky with just light!
View ArticleSeparating Left- and Right-Handed Molecules With A Magnetic Field
Today's Chembite looks at a remarkable new way of separating enantiomers – using a magnetic field.
View ArticleCapturing a new form of DNA: i-motif DNA structures and where to find them
A new form of DNA was found in vivo. It can be a way to regulate the DNA replication and thus prevent the replication of tumor cells.
View ArticleBe a Chembiter!
Are you passionate about Chemistry and sharing its wonderfulness? Do you like writing? If yes, here’s a chance for you to be a writer for Chembites!
View ArticleMaking surfaces oil repelling with a coating of tannic acid!
Making surfaces that oil can’t stick to is important for cleaning up oil spills and other pollution. Let’s find out about a new way to coat surfaces that makes them repel oil!
View ArticleCharges that challenge scientists!
Rub a ruler with a wool and hold it towards paper bits, then you'd find the ruler attracts papers. This may sound a common sense to you - the two surfaces have opposite charges. But now, researchers...
View ArticleCan the sea help solve climate change?
The sea can sequestrate carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and some rocks can help to enhance this phenomenon! But which ones? and how?
View ArticleCan Chemists Cure the Common Cold?
Although getting the common cold is not a nice experience, it is only a relatively minor misfortune for most people. But the consqeuences of a cold can be severe. This paper describes a significant...
View ArticleUsing Erasable Codes to Stop Fake Medical Tests
Fake medical tests are a huge problem in many poorer countries. Let’s learn about a way to print erasable codes on these devices so they can’t be counterfeited!
View ArticleComputational Chemistry > Computers + Chemistry
Computational chemistry is much more than computers and chemistry! Let’s have a brief tour in the world of computational chemistry!
View ArticleAlgal Blooms Impact Air Quality in Great Lake Regions
Algal blooms aren’t the most aesthetically pleasing plant in a lake region, but did you know their emissions can impact air quality and human health?
View ArticleScanning for Skin Cancer
The idea that a full body scan can give comprehensive medical prognosis may be closer than we realize. Scanning mass spectrometry has been used to differentiate between healthy and cancerous skin...
View ArticleMonitoring Glucose Levels in Sweat with a Wearable Sensor
Measuring blood sugar levels by pricking your finger is painful and inconvenient. Learn about a new wearable device that measures your glucose levels with just your sweat!
View ArticleChemistry, archaeology and the ergot fungi: solving the mystery of the past
During thousands of years of burial, cereals from ancient artifacts are degraded and consumed, but ergot fungi produce a fingerprint of lipids that we can use to trace them.
View ArticleUsing Machine Learning to Discover New Fluorescent Proteins
Fluorescent proteins are incredibly useful for exploring the inside of living cells. Let’s learn about a new way to find better-performing proteins using machine learning!
View ArticleAntibacterial Screening In Live Cells: In Search Of Life-Saving Drugs
Just as interesting as the detail of how the antibacterial molecules works can be the new methods by which they are discovered. Today’s Chembite is about the development of antibacterial agents in the...
View ArticleThe influence of one water molecule on the gas-phase structure of triglycine
Can one water molecule change the conformation of a peptide? Vibrational spectroscopy in the gas-phase is the perfect technique to answer this question.
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