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December 7, 2011
UO Chemistry Professor Michael Haley Elected as AAAS Fellow
Michael Haley, who is also the Chemistry Department Head, is among 539 newly elected 2011 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers.
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December 1, 2011
UO Theoretical Chemist Marina Guenza Named a 2011 APS Fellow
University of Oregon chemistry professor Marina Guenza, whose theoretical explorations focus on the structure and dynamics of complex fluids, is among 238 scientists selected as 2011 Fellows by the American Physical Society.
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Cancer Drug Cisplatin Found to Bind Like Glue in Cellular RNA
An anti-cancer drug used extensively in chemotherapy binds pervasively to RNA -- up to 20-fold more than it does to DNA, a surprise finding that suggests new targeting approaches might be useful, according to University of Oregon researchers.
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UO Chemists Develop Liquid-Based Hydrogen Storage Material
University of Oregon chemists have developed a boron-nitrogen-based liquid-phase storage material for hydrogen that works safely at room temperature and is both air- and moisture-stable — an accomplishment that offers a possible route through current storage and transportation obstacles.
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New Microscopy Method Unveils Nanoparticle Release from Silverware and Jewelry
Now, with the help of a high-powered transmission electron microscope, Keck grantees at the University of Oregon captured never-before-seen views of miniscule metal nanoparticles naturally being created by silver articles such as wire, jewelry and eating utensils in contact with other surfaces.
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Chemistry Professor Dr. Geri Richmond Helps Bring Together U.S., Chinese Women Chemists
University of Oregon Chemistry faculty member Dr. Geri Richmond was co-organizer of a recent three-day workshop in Beijing that made history as the first such event to bring together exclusively women chemists from the U.S. and China to share and discuss their work. Read more...
Catching molecular motion at just the right time
University of Oregon Chemistry faculty member Dr. Marina Guenza and Doctoral student, Ivan Lyubimov, devised a mathematically rich analytic approach to account for often-missing thermodynamic and molecular parameters in molecular dynamic simulations. Read more...
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