Scientist Warn: Toxic Chromium Could Form in Drinking Water Pipes
The water crisis in Flint, Michigan, brought much-needed attention to the problem of potentially toxic metals being released from drinking water distribution pipes when water…
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Ingredients That Make Vaccines More Effective Could Be Hiding in Small Molecule Libraries
Scientists have found an ingredient that makes a vaccine more effective through an approach more often seen in materials science — testing molecules that self-assemble…
H2O Is Deceptively Complicated: First-Ever Measurements Show Supercooled Water Is Really Two Liquids in One
First-ever measurements provide evidence that extremely cold liquid water exists in two distinct structures that co-exist and vary in proportion dependent on temperature. Supercooled water…
Researchers in Bavaria, Germany Reduce Nitrogen With Boron and Beer
Humankind is reliant on the ammonium in synthetic fertilizer for food. However, producing ammonia from nitrogen is extremely energy-intensive and requires the use of transition…
Scientists Discover Sugar Molecules in SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus Spike Protein Play Active Role in Infection
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, researchers are working overtime to develop vaccines and therapies to thwart SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the disease Many…
The Web of Death: New Method to Fight Cancer With Molecular Fibers
According to the Federal Statistical Office of Germany, cancer is one of the most frequent causes of death, accounting for almost 25% of all deaths…
Researchers Have Developed a Fully Automated Analyzer That Could Help Detect Signs of Extraterrestrial Life
Although Earth is uniquely situated in the solar system to support creatures that call it home, different forms of life could have once existed, or…
Aluminum “Octopods” – Shape Matters for Light-Activated Nanocatalysts
Study: Pointed tips on aluminum ‘octopods’ increase catalytic reactivity. Points matter when designing nanoparticles that drive important chemical reactions using the power of light. Researchers…
What Happens Between the Sheets? Extremely-Promising Superconductor Surprises Everyone
‘Floating’ Graphene on a Bed of Calcium Atoms Adding calcium to graphene creates an extremely-promising superconductor, but where does the calcium go? Adding calcium to…
Researchers Discover Nanoscale Catalyst to Efficiently Convert CO2 Into Ethylene
A research team from Caltech and the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering has demonstrated a promising way to efficiently convert carbon dioxide into ethylene —…
More Effective Vaccines With Injectable Hydrogel
Vaccines have curtailed the spread of several infectious diseases, such as smallpox, polio and measles. However, vaccines against some diseases, including HIV-1, influenza and malaria,…
An MIT Chemist Who Plays With Space
Alison Wendlandt explores how the layout of atoms in molecules, such as sugars and drugs, can affect their nature and our bodies. Much of the…
Using Ant Pheromones to Catch Crop Pests & Reduce Insecticide Spraying
Scientists at the Universities of Bath and Sussex have developed a new system that slowly releases ant pheromones to attract pests to an insecticide bait….
A New Twist on DNA Origami: Meta-DNA Structures Transform the DNA Nanotechnology World
A team* of scientists from ASU and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) led by Hao Yan, ASU’s Milton Glick Professor in the School of Molecular…
Breakthrough Electrocatalyst Turns Carbon Dioxide Into Ethanol
A research team led by scientists from Argonne National Laboratory, the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and Northern Illinois University has discovered…
Pharma Aims to Make a Better CBD – Up to 50 Times More Potent
Cannabidiol (CBD) is an increasingly popular wellness trend. The compound, which occurs naturally in cannabis plants, is added to many products that claim to reduce…
How Can a Margarita Do This to Your Skin? [Video]
Did you know that making margaritas and then heading to the beach could leave you with a painful, swelling burn? In this episode of Reactions,…
New Molecule Developed to Store Solar Energy in Chemical Bonds
Researchers at Linköping University have developed a molecule that absorbs energy from sunlight and stores it in chemical bonds. A possible long-term use of the…
