Turning Waste Heat Into Hydrogen Fuel Using Reverse Electrodialysis
Using waste heat helps cut cost of producing hydrogen. Hydrogen as an energy carrier can help us move away from fossil fuels, but only if…
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New Material Captures Toxic Air Pollutant and Converts Into Useful Chemical
Metal-organic framework material requires only water and air to convert the captured gas into nitric acid for industrial use. An international team of scientists, led…
US Army Synthetic Biology Research Advances Toward New Class of High-Performance Materials
Synthetic biologists working on a U.S. Army project have developed a process that could lead to a new class of synthetic polymers that may create…
Efficient Seawater Desalination and Hydrogen Production Possible With New Catalyst
New catalyst efficiently produces hydrogen from seawater, holding promise for large-scale hydrogen production, desalination. Seawater is one of the most abundant resources on earth, offering…
Lifelike Chemistry Created by Pioneering Research on Origin of Life
University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers have cultivated lifelike chemical reactions while pioneering a new strategy for studying the origin of life. The work is far from…
Aspects of High Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells Uncovered With Light 10 Billion Times Brighter Than the Sun
Using crystallographic analyses at the Diamond Light Source (DLS) synchrotron in the United Kingdom, an HZB team has demonstrated that hybrid halide perovskites crystallize without…
Research Into the Mysteries of Crystal Growth Reveals Key Molecular Events
Controlling crystal growth for innovations in medicine, engineering. While crystals have been studied for centuries and are ubiquitous in daily life — they are in…
Highly Efficient Solar Cells Possible With Hybrid Perovskite Breakthrough
A new type of material for next-generation solar cells eliminates the need to use lead, which has been a major roadblock for this technology. Solar…
New Nanoreactor Visualizes the Activity of Individual Catalytic Nanoparticles
Light at the end of the nanotunnel for future catalysts. Using a new type of nanoreactor, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have succeeded…
Atomic Layer Deposition Scaled Up to Large Surfaces With Lower Costs
Atomic layer deposition (ALD) involves stacking layers of atoms on top of each other like pancakes. The atoms come from a vaporized material called a…
Degradable Polymers Synthesized by MIT Chemists – Can Break Down in the Body
Materials could be useful for delivering drugs or imaging agents in the body; may offer alternative to some industrial plastics. MIT chemists have devised a…
Anomalous Behavior Found in Supercooled Water at Critical Point Far Below 0 °C
The theoretical model proposed by Brazilian researchers can be applied to any system in which two energy scales coexist. Water can remain liquid at temperatures…
New Bio-Inspired Hydrogel Acts Like Superglue in Seawater
Getting glued in the sea: New bio-inspired hydrogels can act like superglue in highly ionic environments such as seawater, overcoming issues in currently available marine…
New Breakthrough Offers Fast and Precise Look Into Fiber-Reinforced Composites
Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have improved a method for small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) to such an extent that it can now be…
Industrial-Strength Adhesive Debonds in Magnetic Field – Could Reduce Landfill Waste
Industrial-strength adhesive that debonds in a magnetic field means products can be dismantled and recycled, rather than thrown into landfill. Researchers at the University of…
Five Adorable Animals That Can Kill You [Video]
Don’t let their cuteness fool you – these animals are not to be messed with. This week Reactions breaks down the chemistry behind what makes…
Solving a Riddle That Would Provide the World With Entirely Clean, Renewable Energy
Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have taken a giant stride towards solving a riddle that would provide the world with entirely renewable, clean energy from…
98% of Plastics Entering the Oceans Go Missing Each Year – Here’s the Likely Culprit
Trillions of plastic fragments are afloat at sea, which cause large “garbage patches” to form in rotating ocean currents called subtropical gyres. As a result,…
