Scientists Develop DNA Microcapsules for New Kinds of Biomedical Nanodevices
A research group led by Tokyo Tech reports a way of constructing DNA-based microcapsules that hold great promise for the development of new functional materials…
Chemistry News
Energy Production Unit for a Synthetic Cell Constructed by Scientists
Scientists at the University of Groningen have constructed synthetic vesicles in which ATP, the main energy carrier in living cells, is produced. The vesicles use…
Chemists Isolate Elusive Compounds of Nitrous Oxide, A Powerful Greenhouse Gas
Nitrous oxide is a greenhouse gas and ozone-depleting substance. The ability to exploit this gas as a chemical reagent is an attractive prospect, both as…
Stanford Researchers Discover a New Route to Carbon-Neutral Fuels From Carbon Dioxide
A new way to convert carbon dioxide into the building block for sustainable liquid fuels was very efficient in tests and did not have the…
New Eco-Friendly Way of Synthesizing Iron Oxide Nanoparticles
A team of scientists from Ural Federal University (Yekaterinburg), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology and other collaborators have published an article about a new…
Hidden Processes in Ultrafast Artificial Photosynthesis Revealed by Terahertz Waves
A team of researchers from Osaka University, in cooperation with the Tokyo Institute of Technology, directly observed charge transfer and intermolecular interactions in artificial photosynthesis…
Scientists Discover New Pathway to Forming Complex Carbon Molecules in Space
Unique experiments at Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source shine a light on a new pathway for carbon chemistry to evolve in space. A team of…
Fire Research Leads to Better Models to Predict How Wildfires Burn [Video]
Chemistry of plants makes a big difference in how quickly they burn. As fires throughout Utah have demonstrated over the last few weeks, fire season…
Catalytic Reactor Turns Greenhouse Gas Into Pure Liquid Fuel
Rice University’s ‘green’ invention reduces carbon dioxide into valuable fuels. A common greenhouse gas could be repurposed in an efficient and environmentally friendly way with…
Storing Secret Messages in Light-Sensitive Polymers
Scientists from the CNRS and Aix-Marseille Université have recently shown how valuable light-sensitive macromolecules are: when exposed to the right wavelength of light, they can…
Powerful New Electronics Could Be Created at the Edge of Chaos
Study shows how ferroic materials could be used to create adaptable neuromorphic electronics. A phenomenon that is well known from chaos theory was observed in…
‘Jenga Chemistry’ Creates Superconductivity in a Nickel Oxide Material
Made with ‘Jenga chemistry,’ the discovery could help crack the mystery of how high-temperature superconductors work. Scientists at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator…
What’s in Dog Food? The Fascinating Chemistry Behind Kibble.
Have you ever thought about how strange it is that dogs eat these dry, weird-smelling bits of food for their entire lives and never get…
New Discovery Makes Valuable Chemicals Using Excess Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere
Research creates process that advances the field of carbon utilization. In an effort to develop sustainable solutions to humanity’s energy needs, many scientists are studying…
Sustainable Organic Batteries for Safer, Environmentally Friendly Power Storage
Proteins are good for building muscle, but their building blocks also might be helpful for building sustainable organic batteries that could someday be a viable…
New Polyurethane Designed to Easily Degrade for Reuse
Polyurethane is used in a wide range of materials, including paints, foam mattresses, seat cushions, and insulation. These diverse applications generate large amounts of waste….
Degradable Polyurethane Gives Its Components a Second Life
Polyurethane waste is piling up in landfills, but scientists have a possible solution: They have developed a method to make polyurethane degradable. Once the original…
Chocolate Interferes With Cannabis Potency Testing
In 2012, Washington and Colorado became the first states to legalize recreational marijuana. Since then, several other states have joined them, and cannabis-infused edibles, including…
