The Least Costly Yet: Scientists Unveil a New Carbon Capture System
Scientists at PNNL are charting a profitable course for carbon capture through carbon upcycling, unlocking a crucial step in the decarbonization process and moving closer…
Chemistry News
Closing the Carbon Cycle: Plastic Upcycling Converts Plastic Bags To Fuel
A new process produces fuel quickly at mild temperature, with few byproducts. There are a lot of potentially useful raw materials bound up in used…
Underlying Assumptions of Air Quality Need To Be Redefined
The ozone levels near the surface in urban areas are lower than anticipated. The 40-meter monitoring tower at the Innsbruck Atmospheric Observatory, located near the…
A “Fundamental Discovery” in Science – New Form of Salty Ice Could Exist on Extraterrestrial Moons
The red streaks crisscrossing the surface of Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons, are striking. Scientists suspect it is a frozen mixture of water and salts,…
Chemists Have Synthesized an Ocean-Based Molecule That Could Fight Parkinson’s
The team utilized a technique that they believe could speed up the drug discovery process in the production of lissodendoric acid A. Organic chemists at…
A New, Stronger and Recyclable Plastic
A biodegradable polyester has been developed with properties comparable to those of high-density polyethylene. Polyethylene is known for its many advantageous properties, but its lack…
Researchers Unlock the Evolutionary Secrets of a Cancer-Fighting Chinese Medical Herb
UK and Chinese researchers have unlocked the evolutionary secrets behind the medicinal herb barbed skullcap’s ability to produce cancer-fighting compounds. The CEPMAS collaboration utilized DNA…
A New, Ecofriendly Way To Convert Blue Light to High-Energy Ultraviolet B Light
Scientists from Japan and Germany have devised a novel, sustainable method for converting blue LED light into UVB. An international team from Japan and Germany…
New Form of Carbon Discovered – “Opening Up Entirely New Possibilities”
The novel form of carbon is created through the heating of fullerenes with lithium nitride. The most recognized forms of carbon are graphite and diamond,…
Strange New Form of Ice Discovered – “Raises Many Questions on the Very Nature of Liquid Water”
A collaboration between scientists at Cambridge and University College London has led to the discovery of a new form of ice that more closely resembles…
Artificial Photosynthesis Makes Biodegradable Plastic Using Sunlight
Synthesis of fumaric acid by a new method of artificial photosynthesis, using sunlight. In recent years, environmental problems caused by global warming have become more…
Antibiotic Breakthrough: The Power of a Plant-Derived Toxin
A powerful plant-derived toxin with a unique way of killing harmful bacteria has been identified as one of the most promising new antibiotics in decades….
Scientists Discover Small Molecules That Successfully Target COVID Spike Proteins
Using Small Molecules To Keep SARS-CoV-2 Closed for Business The infamous spike proteins on the surface of SARS-CoV-2 help it bind to and enter human…
Researchers Have Developed an Entire Color Palette of Inexpensive Fluorescent Dyes
ETH Zurich researchers have created new fluorescent dyes that are simple and inexpensive to make. The dyes are made up of modular polymers with varying…
Not Just a Figure of Speech: New Fluorescent Dye Can Light Up the Brain
Rice University’s laboratory creates a new imaging tool with the potential for cancer treatment. Talk about a bright idea: Lighting up the brain is no…
The Best Catalyst Particles: Cubes Outperform Spheres
Making electrolysis competitive. In the fight against climate change, the reduction of CO2 emissions is crucial. Currently, grey hydrogen, produced from oil and natural gas,…
Researchers Discover Unusual Compound in Famous 17th-Century Painting
Scientists from the Rijksmuseum, CNRS, the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, the University of Amsterdam, and the University of Antwerp made a rare discovery of lead…
New Form of Ice Discovered – May Shake Up Our Understanding of Water
Researchers at University College London and the University of Cambridge have discovered a new type of ice that more closely resembles liquid water than any…
