The Marangoni Effect Can Be Used to Obtain Freshwater From the Ocean
A study conducted at the Politecnico di Torino, in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and published in the journal Energy and Environmental…
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K9 Chemistry: A Safer Way to Train Explosives and Narcotics Detection Dogs
Canine trainers may no longer need to handle or expose dogs to real explosives and narcotics. Trained dogs are incredible chemical sensors, far better at…
Battling COVID-19: Researchers Discover Materials – Activated With UV Light – That Can Kill Coronavirus and Other Viruses
As the deadly COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc around the world with no end in sight, new ways in which to stop the spread…
Breakthrough Could Lead to Single-Molecular Systems for Both Diagnosing and Treating Cancer in Real Time
Scientists recruit new atomic heavyweights in targeted fight against cancer. A promising approach to treating cancer — called targeted alpha-particle therapy or TAT — could…
Breaking the Rules of Chemistry Unlocks New Reaction – With Applications From Creating New Drugs to Food Production
Scientists have broken the rules of enzyme engineering to unlock a new method for creating chemical reactions that could unlock a wide range of new…
Using Red Blood Cells, Light, and a Honey Bee Peptide to Deliver Therapeutic Proteins to Specific Areas of the Body
Protein therapies are often more potent and selective toward their biochemical targets than other types of drugs, particularly small molecules. However, proteins are also more…
A New Way to Synthesize Hydrocarbons Could Reduce CO2 Emissions and Slash Costs of Chemical Manufacturing
Room Temperature Conversion of CO2 to CO New method could potentially reduce carbon dioxide emission into the atmosphere and slash costs of chemical manufacturing. Researchers…
Making Plastic More Recyclable Through Chemical and Biological Processes
From soda bottles to car bumpers to piping, electronics, and packaging, plastics have become a ubiquitous part of our lives. Advancements in materials have made…
Separating Gases Using Flexible Molecular Sieves Made From Metal-Organic Frameworks
Researchers at the University of Liverpool and the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology have made reported some exciting findings relating to metal-organic frameworks…
Warning: Bleach-Alternative COVID-19 Surface Disinfectants May Pollute Indoor Air
Cleaning surfaces with hydrogen peroxide-based disinfectants has the potential to pollute the air and pose a health risk, according to research led by the University…
New Ways to Store Energy: Electrochemical Technologies Can Help Reduce Reliance on Fossil Fuels
Fikile Brushett, an MIT associate professor of chemical engineering, had an unusual source of inspiration for his career in the chemical sciences: the character played…
Biochemical Random Number: Scientists Have Generated a Huge True Random Number Using DNA Synthesis
ETH scientists have generated a huge true random number using DNA synthesis. It is the first time that a number of this magnitude has been…
Updated Periodic Table: Russian Scientists Propose New Way of Ordering the Elements
The periodic table of the elements, principally created by the Russian chemist, Dmitry Mendeleev (1834-1907), celebrated its 150th anniversary last year. It would be hard…
Like a Leaf – New Artificial Photosynthesis Method to Capture CO2 Directly From the Air and Turn It Into Fuel
Argonne and SLAC will develop artificial photosynthesis methods to enable direct air capture of CO2 while expanding sources of energy through the conversion of CO2…
Future Energy Source: Scientists Build Tiny Microbial Factories That Produce Hydrogen by Photosynthesis
Scientists have built tiny droplet-based microbial factories that produce hydrogen, instead of oxygen, when exposed to daylight in air. The findings of the international research…
AI Machine Learning Innovation to Develop Chemical Library for Drug Discovery
One-step multicomponent reaction with interpretable machine learning innovation to develop chemical library for drug discovery. Machine learning has been used widely in the chemical sciences…
A Chance Discovery Leads to a Simple Process That Can Control Perovskite Oxynitride Properties
Using Strain to Control Oxynitride Properties A chance discovery leads to a simple process that can introduce ‘oxygen-missing layers’ into perovskite oxynitrides, changing their properties….
EBSELEN: A Mechanism to Stop COVID-19 Replication
Stopping the replication of SARS-CoV-2 is likely possible thanks to a compound called EBSELEN: a group of researchers from the Politecnico di Milano has communicated…