Chemistry News
November 19, 2024
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Nov. 18, 2024 — Researchers have used machine learning and supercomputer simulations to investigate how tiny gold nanoparticles bind to blood proteins. The studies discovered that favorable nanoparticle-protein ...
Nov. 18, 2024 — Alongside carbon dioxide, methane is a key driver of global warming. To detect and monitor the climate pollutants in the atmosphere precisely, scientists have developed an advanced laser technology. ...
Nov. 18, 2024 — Researchers have developed a new class of oral painkillers to suppress chronic abdominal pain that is based on the peptide hormone oxytocin that drives childbirth ...
Nov. 14, 2024 — Researchers have explored how a particular chemical can selectively trap certain molecules in the cavities of its structure -- even though in normal conditions it has no such cavities. This ...
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Nov. 15, 2024 — Scientists have created a new 'biocooperative' material based on blood, which has shown to successfully repair bones, paving the way for personalised ...
Nov. 14, 2024 — Scientists create biodiesel with electrocatalysis and ...
Nov. 14, 2024 — Researchers have devised a mathematical approach to predict the structures of crystals -- a critical step in developing many medicines and electronic devices -- in a matter of hours using only a ...
Nov. 14, 2024 — Capturing carbon dioxide from the hot industrial exhaust of cement and steel plants requires cooling the exhaust from around 200 C to 60 C so that liquid amines can react with the CO2. Chemists have ...
Nov. 13, 2024 — Researchers have developed an innovative electrochemical reactor to extract lithium from natural brine solutions, offering a promising approach to ...
Nov. 13, 2024 — Researchers have developed a new method to extract fluorine from fluorspar using oxalic acid and a fluorophilic Lewis acid in water under mild ...
Nov. 13, 2024 — A new electrode design developed at MIT boosts the efficiency of electrochemical reactions that turn carbon dioxide into ethylene and other ...
Nov. 13, 2024 — Few questions have captivated humankind more than the origin of life on Earth. How did the first living cells come to exist? How did these early protocells develop the structural membranes necessary ...
Nov. 12, 2024 — Completely artificial proteins that produce bioluminescence can serve as a non-invasive method for bioimaging, diagnostics, drug discovery, and ...
Nov. 12, 2024 — Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels have reached a record high in 2024, according to new ...
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Nov. 14, 2024 — Researchers have implemented polyphenylene-based anion exchange membranes poised to make hydrogen production more efficient and durable. The robust hydrophobic design enables effective ion transport ...
Nov. 12, 2024 — An interdisciplinary team of researchers has developed a machine learning framework that uses limited water quality samples to predict which inorganic pollutants are likely to be present in a ...
Nov. 12, 2024 — Using data from historic ship measurements and Argo floats, researchers introduced a machine learning technique that improves assessment and analysis of the ocean's declining oxygen ...
Nov. 12, 2024 — A team combined compositional data of primitive bodies like Kuiper Belt objects, asteroids and comets with new solar data sets to develop a revised solar composition that potentially reconciles ...
Nov. 11, 2024 — Creating sustainable chemicals and developing better waste management will contribute to better sustainability. This research is part of figuring out how to make green hydrogen available for waste ...
Nov. 11, 2024 — Researchers have succeeded in developing a microbial strain that efficiently produces pseudoaromatic polyester monomer to replace polyethylene terephthalate (PET) using systems metabolic ...
Nov. 11, 2024 — Plastics are inescapable in our daily lives. The vast amounts of plastic garbage heaped in landfills and in the environment, however, are as problematic as the plastics are useful. A research team ...
Nov. 11, 2024 — How well a catalyst works often depends on the surface it is placed on. For years, it has been known that carbon substrates work well with precious metal catalysts, but it could never be properly ...
Nov. 11, 2024 — Researchers have developed a new photocatalyst that could render steam methane reforming entirely emissions-free and extend catalyst ...
Nov. 8, 2024 — Researchers have created a new material that will be pivotal in making the next generation of high-power electronics faster, transparent and more ...
Nov. 7, 2024 — Chemists break down barriers between labs and institutions to join forces for a new way of doing organic ...
Nov. 7, 2024 — Recommendations from DEFRA's Hazardous Substances Advisory Committee (HSAC) have set out steps that could make the UK a leader in more ethical, safer, and cost-effective chemical testing, ...
Nov. 7, 2024 — A study is the first to describe an electrochemical strategy to capture, concentrate and destroy mixtures of diverse chemicals known as PFAS -- including the increasingly prevalent ultra-short-chain ...
Nov. 7, 2024 — Scientists have spotted microplastics, tiny pieces of plastic smaller than 5 millimeters, in some of the most pristine environments on Earth, from the depths of the Mariana Trench to the snow on Mt. ...
Nov. 6, 2024 — A research team unveils a next-generation transparent cooling film using the principles of radiative ...
Nov. 6, 2024 — Materials scientists can now use insight from a very common mineral and well-established earthquake and avalanche statistics to quantify how hostile environmental interactions may impact the ...
Nov. 6, 2024 — Exhaled breath contains chemical clues to what's going on inside the body, including diseases like lung cancer. And devising ways to sense these compounds could help doctors provide early ...
Nov. 6, 2024 — Researchers have developed AI-driven mobile robots that can carry out chemical synthesis research with extraordinary efficiency. Researchers show how mobile robots that use AI logic to make decisions ...
Nov. 5, 2024 — Explaining a theoretical science concept to high school students requires a new way of thinking altogether, which is precisely what researchers did when they orchestrated a dance with high school ...
Nov. 5, 2024 — To expand the potential use of diamond in semiconductor and quantum technologies, researchers are developing improved processes for growing the material at lower temperatures that won't damage ...
Thursday, November 14, 2024
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
- Machine Learning Predicts Highest-Risk Groundwater Sites to Improve Water Quality Monitoring
- Novel Machine Learning Techniques Measure Ocean Oxygen Loss More Accurately
- New Solar Composition Ratios That Could Reconcile Longstanding Questions
Monday, November 11, 2024
- Fighting Microplastics for a Cleaner Future
- Research Team Successfully Produces Microbial Plastic to Replace PET Bottles
- Carbon Recycling Instead of Plastic Trash
- Two Hundred Times Better Catalysts Thanks to Carbon
- Discovery Taps 'hot Carriers' For on-Demand, Emissions-Free Hydrogen and Catalyst Regeneration
Friday, November 8, 2024
Thursday, November 7, 2024
- Chemists Showcase Power of Pathbreaking Method to Make Complex Molecules
- How to Improve and Accelerate Testing of Chemicals
- PFAS Removal Process Aims to Stamp out Pollution Ahead of Semiconductor Industry Growth
- Microplastics Impact Cloud Formation, Likely Affecting Weather and Climate
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
- A Smart 'insect Screen' For Sun Protection and Cool Comfort
- Earthquake Prediction Techniques Lend Quick Insight Into Strength, Reliability of Materials
- Detecting Evidence of Lung Cancer in Exhaled Breath
- AI-Driven Mobile Robots Team Up to Tackle Chemical Synthesis
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
- Explaining Science Through Dance
- Ensuring a Bright Future for Diamond Electronics and Sensors
- Advancing the Science of Superconductivity
- AI-Powered System Detects Toxic Gases With Speed and Precision
Monday, November 4, 2024
Friday, November 1, 2024
- Fueling Greener Aviation With Hydrogen
- Microplastics Increasing in Freshwater, Directly Related to Plastic Production
Thursday, October 31, 2024
- Violating Bredt's Rule: Chemists Just Broke a 100-Year-Old Rule and Say It's Time to Rewrite the Textbooks
- A Trick of Light: Researchers Turn Silicon Into Direct Bandgap Semiconductor
- The Silk Thread That Can Turn Clothes Into Charging Stations
- New Method Successfully Recycles Carbon Fiber Composite Into Reusable Materials
- Successful Development of a Perfect Diamagnetic Conducting Polymer
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
- Spin Current Observations from Organic Semiconductor Side
- Paving the Way for Polymer Design
- Scientists Develop Cellulose Recycling Method With Applications Ranging from Textiles to Medical Devices
- Solving Interface Mystery in Organic Solar Cells Makes Them More Efficient
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
- Reactor Could Make Direct Air Capture More Energy Efficient
- Implantable Microparticles Can Deliver Two Cancer Therapies at Once
- Paving the Way for Harvesting and Storing Solar Energy Efficiently
Monday, October 28, 2024
- Significant Extension of Zinc Battery Lifespan
- Potential of MXenes for Nanotech Applications
- Quality Control in Artificial Photosynthesis: Validating Natural Antenna Mimicry
- Molecular Data Storage
Friday, October 25, 2024
- Advancement in 3D-Printed Concrete Promises Strength, Durability and Lower Carbon Emissions
- Researchers Unlock a 'new Synthetic Frontier' For Quantum Dots
- Ultra-Sensitive Electronic Skin Modeled After the Human Brain
- Batteries for Miniature Bio-Integrated Devices and Robotics
Thursday, October 24, 2024
- Key to Low-Cost, Long-Lasting Renewable Batteries for Electric Vehicles
- Successful Experiment Paves the Way for New Element
- Assessing the Real Climate Costs of Manufacturing
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
- Robotic Automation, AI Will Speed Up Scientific Progress in Science Laboratories
- Femtosecond-Fieldoscopy Accesses Molecules Fingerprints at Near-Infrared Spectral Range
- New Method for Producing Innovative 3D Molecules
- Thread-Like, Flexible Thermoelectric Materials Applicable for Extreme Environments
- A 'chemical ChatGPT' For New Medications
- Capturing Carbon from the Air Just Got Easier
- Symbiosis in Ancient Corals
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
- Reaction Conditions Tune Catalytic Selectivity
- Microplastics and PFAS: Combined Risk and Greater Environmental Harm
Monday, October 21, 2024
Friday, October 18, 2024
Thursday, October 17, 2024
- Researchers Unlock the 'silicate Magic' For Safer, Cheaper, and More Efficient Batteries
- Effects of Chemical Mixtures: Neurotoxic Effects Add Up
- New Method for Measuring Luminescence Lifetime Offers Breakthrough in Scientific Imaging
- A Mushroom for Colorectal Cancer Therapy
- Visible Light Energy Yields Two-for-One Deal When Added to CO2 Recycling Process
- New Discovery Reveals How Diatoms Capture Carbon Dioxide So Effectively
- Engineers Unveil Breakthrough in Ultra-Clean Biofuel Technology
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Friday, October 11, 2024
Thursday, October 10, 2024
- Scientists Cut Harmful Pollution from Hydrogen Engines
- It Could Take Over 40 Years for PFAS to Leave Groundwater
- A Look Into 'mirror Molecules' May Lead to New Medicines
- Ordered Defects May Be Key for Solution-Deposited Semiconductors, Enabling High-Speed Printable Circuits and Next-Generation Displays
- A Holy Grail Found for Catalytic Alkane Activation
- Snowflake Dance Analysis Could Improve Rain Forecasts
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
- Inspired by Spider-Man, a Lab Recreates Web-Slinging Technology
- Molecule 'handedness' Determines the Strength of a Coupling Between Nuclear Spins
- Researchers Develop New Technique to Measure Previously Undetected Airborne PFAS
- Nature and Plastics Inspire Breakthrough in Soft Sustainable Materials
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
- Scientists Discover Novel Series of SARS-CoV-2 Mpro Inhibitors for Potential New COVID-19 Treatments
- New Insights Into Ammonia Decomposition
Monday, October 7, 2024
- AI and Quantum Mechanics Team Up to Accelerate Drug Discovery
- Researchers Restore the Performance of Quantum Dot Solar Cells as If 'flattening Crumpled Paper'
Thursday, October 3, 2024
- Liquefied Natural Gas Carbon Footprint Is Worse Than Coal
- Scientists Develop Novel Method for Strengthening PVC Products
- Nanostructures in the Deep Ocean Floor Hint at Life's Origin
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
- Seeing Double: Designing Drugs That Target 'twin' Cancer Proteins
- It All Adds Up: Study Finds Forever Chemicals Are More Toxic as Mixtures
- Using Antimatter to Detect Nuclear Radiation
- Sustainably Produced Covalent Organic Frameworks for Efficient Carbon Dioxide Capture
- Siloxane Nanoparticles Unlock Precise Organ Targeting for mRNA Therapy
Monday, September 30, 2024
- Study Coordinates Satellite Swarm for 3D Imaging Inside Clouds
- New Imaging Technique Brings Us Closer to Simplified, Low-Cost Agricultural Quality Assessment
- Fluorescent Molecules to Illuminate Life: Simplified Synthesis With Formaldehyde
- New Synthesis Strategy Could Speed Up PFAS Decontamination