For hundreds of years, practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine have used an herb called Stemona sessilifolia as a remedy for parasitic infections, such as those caused by…
Researchers develop a method for on-demand hydrogen production, which has potential for use in portable hydrogen fuel cells. Since the Industrial Revolution, the environmental impacts…
The synthesis of bio-based high-performance polyamide from biogenic residues. A research team from the Fraunhofer Society and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) led by…
Methane is present in the natural gas that is very abundant in the earth’s crust and has found many uses in modern applications, mainly as…
Study shows all halide perovskites inherently unstable, requiring great attention to environment. University of California, Berkeley, scientists have created a blue light-emitting diode (LED) from…
New evidence shows the first building blocks of life on Earth may have been messier than previously thought. When the Earth was born, it was…
Chemistry finding could make solar energy more efficient as researchers have found a way to harness the entire spectrum of sunlight. Scientists for the first…
Modulating single cobalt atoms boosts a low-cost, efficient, and eco-friendly electrochemical H2O2 production that can potentially benefit the semiconductor and medical industries. Just like we…
In a circular economy, city waste being turned into resources is of great importance, especially considering more than 70% of the inhabitants in Europe live…
Ever since it was proposed that atoms are building blocks of the world, scientists have been trying to understand how and why they bond to…
Work has implications for power generation, desalination, electronics. Evaporation can explain why water levels drop in a full swimming pool, but it also plays an…
Two Teams of INRS Join Forces and Develop a New Ecological Process to Degrade Atrazine Atrazine is one of the most widely used pesticides in…
Researchers demonstrate first stable semiconductor neutron detector. Homeland Security might soon have a new tool to add to its arsenal. Researchers at Northwestern University and…
Rice engineers find overabundance of intentional defects can cause battery cathodes to fail. Intentional defects in batteries have given Rice University scientists a window into…
Rutgers-led team develops innovative process to rapidly dissolve plant fibers to make it easier to turn plant waste into biofuels. Researchers have developed a new…
People have been developing different forms of shark repellent for decades — the military even issued a chemical shark repellent called “Shark Chaser” to pilots,…
Rice University engineers have created a light-powered nanoparticle that could shrink the carbon footprint of a major segment of the chemical industry. The particle, tiny…
‘Superdiamond’ Carbon-Boron Cages Can Trap and Tap Into Different Properties A long-sought-after class of “superdiamond” carbon-based materials with tunable mechanical and electronic properties was predicted…