Organic Chemistry News
November 20, 2024
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Nov. 19, 2024 — Researchers have developed a new crystalline material that can harvest water from fog without any energy input. The design of the novel type of smart crystals, which the researchers named Janus ...
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. 15, 2024 — A simple, highly efficient, inexpensive, and environmentally friendly process could provide a viable pathway for the sustainable recycling of depleted lithium-ion batteries (LIBs): No chemicals beyond citric acid need to be added to leach out and ...
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. 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 — Most people don't enjoy getting shots for treatments or vaccines. So, researchers are working to create more medicines, such as those made from messenger RNA (mRNA), that can be sprayed and inhaled. ...
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 — 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 — 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 ...
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Nov. 15, 2024 — A sprinkling of magnetic nanoparticles is just enough to power up catalysts, so they can make hydrogen peroxide production more ...
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. 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 developed a strategy that enables biosensors to be easily adapted for a wide range of ...
Nov. 7, 2024 — Chemists break down barriers between labs and institutions to join forces for a new way of doing organic ...
Nov. 6, 2024 — Researchers designed bioinspired hydrogels capable of using sunlight to produce hydrogen and oxygen from water. Hydrogels contain polymer networks that facilitate energy conversion, offering a ...
Nov. 4, 2024 — Researchers have developed synthetic genes that function like the genes in living cells. The artificial genes can build intracellular structures through a cascading sequence that builds ...
Nov. 1, 2024 — Singlet fission (SF) is an exciton amplification phenomenon in which two triplet excitons are generated from a singlet exciton produced by the absorption of a single photon in chromophores. A team of ...
Oct. 31, 2024 — According to Bredt's rule, double bonds cannot exist at certain positions on organic molecules if the molecule's geometry deviates too far from what we learn in textbooks. This rule has ...
Oct. 30, 2024 — Researchers have succeeded in observing the effects of spin current transfer and spin current generation from the non-magnetic side of a device, using a multilayer device consisting of a ...
Oct. 30, 2024 — A research study describes a systematic high-throughput design approach for virtual screening and creation of novel polypeptide-based molecules that form regular secondary structures that can be used ...
Oct. 30, 2024 — Research provides a deeper understanding of precisely what is happening in organic solar cells as light is converted into electricity. Researchers developed a new method which visualizes interfaces ...
Oct. 29, 2024 — Researchers have developed an electrochemical reactor that has the potential to drastically reduce energy consumption and cost for direct air ...
Oct. 28, 2024 — The transition to renewable energy requires efficient methods for storing large amounts of electricity. Researchers have developed a new method that could extend the lifespan of aqueous zinc-ion ...
Oct. 28, 2024 — Researchers have revealed the 3D structure of lab-made light-harvesting complex II (LHCII), a key component in photosynthesis. Using cryo-electron microscopy, they found that artificial LHCII closely ...
Oct. 28, 2024 — A team has developed a highly efficient alkaline membrane electrolyser that approaches the performance of established PEM electrolysers. What makes this achievement remarkable is the use of ...
Oct. 28, 2024 — It acts as a sort of molecular fumigator to battle phages and ...
Oct. 28, 2024 — Researchers are finding new ways to make the hydrogen evolution reaction harder, better, faster, and ...
Oct. 25, 2024 — Researchers have exclusively observed molecules participating in hydrogen bonds in liquid water, measuring electronic and nuclear quantum effects that were previously accessible only via theoretical ...
Oct. 24, 2024 — By using a water-splitting system with an aqueous electrolyte, this system is expected to block fire risks and enable stable hydrogen ...
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- Spin Current Observations from Organic Semiconductor Side
- Paving the Way for Polymer Design
- Solving Interface Mystery in Organic Solar Cells Makes Them More Efficient
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Monday, October 28, 2024
- Significant Extension of Zinc Battery Lifespan
- Quality Control in Artificial Photosynthesis: Validating Natural Antenna Mimicry
- Hydrogen: Breakthrough in Alkaline Membrane Electrolyzers
- A New Chemistry for CRISPR
- Improvement of Catalytic Activity by Controlling the Surface Structure of Metal Particles
Friday, October 25, 2024
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- New Method for Producing Innovative 3D Molecules
- A 'chemical ChatGPT' For New Medications
- Capturing Carbon from the Air Just Got Easier
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
- Reaction Conditions Tune Catalytic Selectivity
- New Fingerprint Mass Spectrometry Method Paves the Way to Solving the Proteome
- Engineering Creates Molecules That Target Cancer-Causing Proteins
Friday, October 18, 2024
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- 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
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
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- Scientists Cut Harmful Pollution from Hydrogen Engines
- A Holy Grail Found for Catalytic Alkane Activation
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- Scientists Develop Novel Method for Strengthening PVC Products
- Nanostructures in the Deep Ocean Floor Hint at Life's Origin
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
- Nanopillars Create Tiny Openings in the Nucleus Without Damaging Cells
- Turning Plants Into Workout Supplement Bio-Factories
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
- Research Provides New Insights Into Role of Mechanical Forces in Gene Expression
- Seeing Double: Designing Drugs That Target 'twin' Cancer Proteins
- Sustainably Produced Covalent Organic Frameworks for Efficient Carbon Dioxide Capture
- Siloxane Nanoparticles Unlock Precise Organ Targeting for mRNA Therapy
Monday, September 30, 2024
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- Mars' Missing Atmosphere Could Be Hiding in Plain Sight
- Scientists Discover a Single-Electron Bond in a Carbon-Based Compound
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
- New Catalyst Developed for Sustainable Propylene Production from Biomass
- Low-Temperature Conversion of Ammonia to Hydrogen Via Electric Field-Aided Surface Protonics
Monday, September 23, 2024
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- Revolutionary Visible-Light-Antenna Ligand Enhances Samarium-Catalyzed Reactions
- Breakthrough in Hydrogen Research
- New Organic Thermoelectric Device That Can Harvest Energy at Room Temperature
- Low-Carbon Ammonia Offers Green Alternative for Agriculture and Hydrogen Transport
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
- Flexible Circuits Made With Silk and Graphene on the Horizon
- NMR Spectroscopy: A Faster Way to Determine the 'sense of Rotation' Of Molecules
- Measuring How Much Wood a Wood Shuck Shucks With All-New Wood Shuck Food
- Nanotechnology: DNA Origami With Cargo Function
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
- New Age Electrode With Densely Functionalized Polymeric Binder for High-Performance Lithium and Sodium-Ion Batteries
- In Step Toward Solar Fuels, Durable Artificial Photosynthesis Setup Chains Two Carbons Together
Monday, September 16, 2024
Friday, September 13, 2024
- Technique to Study How Proteins Bind to DNA Is Easily Misused; New Study Offers Solution
- Charging Ahead Towards Future Low-Cost Polymer Zinc-Ion Batteries
- Breakthrough in Proton Barrier Films Using Pore-Free Graphene Oxide
Thursday, September 12, 2024
- Enzyme-Inspired Catalyst Puts Chemicals in Right Position to Make Ethers
- The Insulator Unraveled
- Smart Supramolecular Assemblies
- Researchers Explain the Organization of DNA in Chromosomes from Repetitive Interactions Between Nucleosomes
- Using a Molecular Scissors to Improve CAR-T Cell Therapy
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
- Molecular Level Changes Translate to Big Efficiency Gains for Organic Solar Cells
- Developing Bacteria to Produce PET-Like Materials
Monday, September 9, 2024
- Green Hydrogen: MXenes Shows Talent as Catalyst for Oxygen Evolution
- Now Live: Living Cells Can Be Seen With Infrared Light
- Chemical Chameleon Reveals Novel Pathway for Separating Rare-Earth Metals
- New Molecular Engineering Technique Allows for Complex Organoids
- Microwaving Waste Cooking Oil Into Useful Chemicals
Thursday, September 5, 2024
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- Novel Green Chemistry: A Safe, Low-Cost, and Eco-Friendly Conversion Process for the Synthesis of Sulfonyl Fluorides
- Plant Proteins Could Be Radical Alternative to Oil-Based Super Lubricants
Friday, August 30, 2024
- Novel Chemical Tool Aims to Streamline Drug-Making Process
- Upcycling Excess Carbon Dioxide With Tiny Microbes
Thursday, August 29, 2024
- PFAS-Free Synthesis of Fluorinated Pharmaceutical and Agrochemical Compounds
- New Chemical Tool for Infection Research: Visualizing the Sphingomyelin Metabolism
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
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- Scientists Use Evolution to Bioengineer New Pathways to Sustainable Energy, Pharmaceuticals
- Controlling Molecular Electronics With Rigid, Ladder-Like Molecules
Thursday, August 22, 2024
- How to Catch a Criminal Using Their 'skin Shedder' Profile
- DNA Tech Offers Both Data Storage and Computing Functions
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
- First Visualization of Valence Electrons Reveals Fundamental Nature of Chemical Bonding
- Quality Control: Neatly Arranging Crystal Growth to Make Fine Thin Films
- Enhancing Electron Transfer for Highly Efficient Upconversion OLEDs
- Extraterrestrial Chemistry With Earthbound Possibilities