MIT’s New Plant-Derived Material Is Tough As Bone and Hard As Aluminum
The material could pave the way for sustainable plastics. The strongest part of a tree lies not in its trunk or its sprawling roots, but…
The material could pave the way for sustainable plastics. The strongest part of a tree lies not in its trunk or its sprawling roots, but…
Natural gas can be used as fuel for generating electricity, heating, and powering transportation. It is also the raw material to manufacture hydrogen and ammonia….
The machine-learning model could help scientists speed the development of new medicines. Antibodies, small proteins produced by the immune system, can attach to specific parts…
Ring-shaped molecules known as porphyrins have potential as effective catalyst. Meeting society’s growing energy needs has become a daunting challenge for humanity. Demands for energy…
An accidental discovery and a love of spectroscopic perturbations leads to the solution of a 90-year-old puzzle. In a global collaboration, a team of researchers…
Cardiff University researchers demonstrate the suitability of gold as a catalyst to produce methanol and acetic acid from the methane in natural gas. A simple,…
Researchers from Osaka University and Osaka City University synthesize and crystallize a molecule that is otherwise too unstable to fully study in the laboratory, and…
University of Delaware researchers report low-pressure method to convert industrially processed biomass into plastics, chemicals. It’s no secret that we need more sustainable materials if…
As the world’s energy demands increase, so does our consumption of fossil fuels. The result is a massive rise in greenhouse gases emissions with severely…
A novel hybrid ferritin nanocage with histidine residues shows 1.5 times higher metal ion uptake and improved catalytic efficiency for alcohol production, find researchers from…
Scientists Create Novel Molecules That Serve As Ziplines for Energy Friedrich Kekulé’s 19th-century dream about benzene’s ring structure led to major breakthroughs in chemistry. Modern…
Advanced algorithms plus an exceptional X-ray laser can reveal the structures of not-so-neat-and-tidy materials unattainable by other techniques. The development of smSFX, an advanced form…
A new nanoantenna can track protein dynamics in real-time using DNA-based technology. This innovation promises advancements in understanding diseases and developing nanotechnologies. Researchers at Université…
A group of chemists synthesized materials that were used for constructing a record-breaking perovskite solar module, with an efficiency of 21.4 percent. This was achieved…
Researchers have designed a hydrogen plant that uses solar power and biomass to produce hydrogen with minimal CO2 emissions. The innovative SABI-Hydrogen plant offers an…
New research reveals why some attempts to convert the greenhouse gas into fuel have failed, and offers possible solutions. If scientists could find a way…
A team of international scientists has created a supermolecule from DNA and peptides, promising advances in nanotechnology and disease understanding. This development might lead to…
Scientists are advancing solid oxide fuel cells by developing materials that function efficiently at lower temperatures of 450°C to 600°C. Their research highlights the use…