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Nobel Prize-Winning chemist to speak at UCF about future of nanoscience ORLANDO, Feb. 22, 2006 -- Sir Harry Kroto, a Florida State University professor who won a Nobel Prize in chemistry 10 years ago, will discuss the future of nanoscience and nanotechnology Friday, Feb. 24, at the University of Central Florida. Kroto will speak at 10 a.m. in t...

A golden opportunity to detect, clean mercury-polluted waters ORLANDO, July 29, 2005 -- Two University of Central Florida scientists have developed a new way to find and remove mercury from mercury-polluted water. Using tiny pieces of gold and the properties of light, chemistry professors Florencio E. Hernández and Andres Campiglia ca...

Quest Magazine, Pages 3-4: Photonics - Seeing the Light Pages 3-4: Photonics - Seeing the Light UCF's Department of Chemistry is harnessing the...

New UCF Laboratory to Help Police, U.S. Secret Service Solve Electronic Crimes ORLANDO, June 22, 2004 -- Headquartered at the National Center for Forensic Science at the University of Central Florida, a new team of local police officers and U.S. Secret Service agents will fight bank and credit card fraud and help companies protect their computer systems...

Quest Magazine, Page 19-20: Forensic Science, Environmental Chemistry, and Materials Chemistry Pages 19-20: Chemistry and Forensic Science The Chemistry Doctoral Program began admittin...

UCF's Dr. Clausen is 2003 Outstanding Chemist ORLANDO, Dec. 20, 2003 - UCF Professor of Chemistry, Dr. Christian A. Clausen, was named one of the American Chemical Society's Outstanding Chemists of 2003. Each year the American Chemical Society (ACS) awards the "Outstanding Chemist" titles to chemists who have excelled at in...

UCF's Dr. Madsen named 2003 Outstanding Teacher ORLANDO, Dec. 20, 2003 - UCF Professor of Chemistry Dr. Brooks Madsen was honored by the American Chemical Society as a 2003 Outstanding Teacher at a Four-Year College. Each year, the American Chemical Society (ACS) and its regional chapters award the "Outstanding Teacher" titl...

Miles Patents New Cancer Fighting Compounds ORLANDO, Dec. 4, 2003 -- Dr. Howard Miles, a professor of chemistry at the University of Central Florida, just received a patent for an organic compound that may one day be made into cancer-fighting medicine. In the last two years the university has filed 15 patent applications...