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Scientists use lightning to make ammonia out of thin air
University of Sydney researchers have harnessed human-made lightning to develop a more efficient method of generating ammonia—one of the world's most important chemicals. Ammonia is also the main ingredient of fertilizers ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 4, 2025
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Eco-friendly plastic offers flexible electronic properties without 'forever chemicals'
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have developed an environmentally safer type of plastic that can be used for wearable electronics, sensors and other electrical applications. The material, a so-called ferroelectric ...
Polymers
Jul 3, 2025
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AI helps discover optimal new material for removing radioactive iodine contamination
Managing radioactive waste is one of the core challenges in the use of nuclear energy. In particular, radioactive iodine poses serious environmental and health risks due to its long half-life (15.7 million years in the case ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 3, 2025
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Water activates hidden aluminum sites to enhance zeolite catalysis
Researchers from the Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology (APM) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have found that water can activate previously "NMR-invisible" aluminum in ultra-stable Y (USY) ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 3, 2025
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Nanocatalysts enable conversion of waste-derived biocrude into sustainable jet fuel precursors
Wet wastes, including food waste and biomass, are promising candidates for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production due to their triglyceride content, which can be converted into biocrude via hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL).
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 3, 2025
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Data-driven strategies to advance methane pyrolysis catalysts
Methane (CH4) pyrolysis, a reaction that produces hydrogen without emitting carbon dioxide, often utilizes molten media catalysts. A recent research paper published in the journal ACS Catalysis has explored how artificial ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 2, 2025
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Flipping alkenes for more effective cancer drugs with fewer harmful side effects
For the first time, chemists have discovered a unique way to control and modify a type of compound widely used in medicines, including a drug used to treat breast cancer.
Biochemistry
Jul 2, 2025
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Catalytic process can transform natural polymer into customizable biodegradable plastics
A new study led by Colorado State University Distinguished Professor Eugene Chen outlines a path to creating advanced, recyclable plastics. Published in Nature, the study describes a breakthrough method for upconverting a ...
Polymers
Jul 2, 2025
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Novel model optimization algorithm improves robustness of near-infrared spectroscopy models
A research team from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has proposed a novel model optimization algorithm—External Calibration-Assisted Screening (ECA)— that significantly enhances ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 2, 2025
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Algorithm offers unprecedented insight into copolymer block-length distributions
Analytical chemistry researchers at the University of Amsterdam's Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS) have developed a novel algorithm that significantly improves the analysis of copolymers. It allows the ...
Polymers
Jul 2, 2025
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Resonant frequencies reveal a map for optimizing single-atom catalysts
Using nuclear magnetic resonance, researchers at ETH Zurich have studied the atomic environments of single platinum atoms in solid supports as well as their spatial orientation. In the future, this method can be used to optimize ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 2, 2025
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Displays, imaging and sensing: New blue fluorophore breaks efficiency records in both solids and solutions
A new blue fluorescent molecule set new top emission efficiencies in both solid and liquid states, according to a University of Michigan-led study that could pave the way for applications in technology and medicine.
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 2, 2025
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Toward reliable probing of electrocatalysts: Identifying X-ray-induced artifacts in operando spectroscopy
Operando X-ray spectroscopy is a powerful tool for probing electrocatalyst dynamics—but intense X-ray exposure can distort structural insights. A recent article reveals flux- and dose-dependent artifact thresholds and proposes ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 2, 2025
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Novel cross-linker streamlines protein complex analysis in living cells
Proteins have specific biological functions in cells through conformational changes and interactions. Therefore, precise, in situ analysis of protein complex changes is essential for understanding cellular functions, uncovering ...
Biochemistry
Jul 1, 2025
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Scientists discover how light activates cheaper nickel catalysts to replace expensive palladium
A team of scientists across several U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories has unraveled how light and a previously unknown form of certain nickel-based catalysts together unlock and preserve reactivity. This ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 1, 2025
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AI-designed inhibitor targets key enzyme to fight prostate cancer drug resistance
Prostate cancer is one of the most common malignancies in men globally. Hormonal therapies targeting the androgen–androgen receptor axis have significantly delayed disease progression. However, drug resistance remains inevitable, ...
Biochemistry
Jul 1, 2025
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Magnetic resonance technique can detect fentanyl through packaging
Fentanyl has killed hundreds of thousands of people globally since 2015. Detection of the drugs during interdiction is currently done through Raman spectroscopy or chemical strips—both of which require direct access to ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 1, 2025
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New fluorescent probe enables rapid, visible detection of harmful pesticide residues
A team of researchers led by Prof. Jiang Changlong from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a fast and simple way to detect harmful pesticide residues, with results visible ...
Biochemistry
Jul 1, 2025
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New catalyst cuts precious palladium expenditure 100-fold by using recycled waste
Researchers have created a palladium-on-carbon catalyst for drug, pesticide, and plastic production that is very sparing in terms of precious metal use. In the new catalyst, palladium is carried on carbon particles manufactured ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jun 30, 2025
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AI pinpoints promising materials that capture only CO₂ from air
In order to help prevent the climate crisis, actively reducing already-emitted CO₂ is essential. Accordingly, direct air capture (DAC)—a technology that directly extracts only CO₂ from the air—is gaining attention. ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jun 30, 2025
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