Search results for leather binding

Nanomaterials Mar 25, 2024

Catalysis breakthrough yields self-cleaning wall paint that breaks down air pollutants when exposed to sunlight

Typically, beautiful white wall paint does not stay beautiful and white forever. Often, substances from the air accumulate on its surface. This can be a desired effect because it makes the air cleaner for a while—but over ...

Earth Sciences Mar 3, 2024

The world's business and finance sectors can do much more to reverse deforestation—here's the data to prove it

Big corporations could drive a worldwide shift towards more sustainable supply chains that limit damage caused by deforestation. But progress is being slowed down by weak or non-existent commitments to ensure that supply ...

Cell & Microbiology Apr 17, 2023

Metallophiles and their bioremediation applications

Certain species of microbes have evolved to survive in harsh environments, even those that were previously thought to be too extreme to support life. These include environments, such as mines and industrial sewage, that are ...

Social Sciences Nov 1, 2022

How serial killers captured popular culture

Serial murderers aren't all the same. The FBI distinguishes between "disorganized" serial killers, who strike without planning or logic and often don't cover their tracks, and "organized" killers, who do plan and cover their ...

Archaeology Jul 22, 2021

Stone tool tells the story of Neanderthal hunting

65,000 years ago Neanderthal from the Swabian Jura hunted horses and reindeer with hafted leaf-shaped stone points. A newly discovered leaf point from the UNESCO World Heritage site of Hohle Fels Cave documents the evolution ...

Archaeology May 15, 2020

Dead Sea Scroll fragments thought to be blank reveal text

New research has revealed that four Dead Sea Scroll manuscript fragments housed at The University of Manchester's John Rylands Library, which were previously thought to be blank, do in fact contain text.

Materials Science Jun 8, 2018

Supramolecular complex formation—anthracene macrocycle and C60 fullerene

Saturn is the second largest planet in our solar system and has a characteristic ring. Japanese researchers have now synthesized a molecular "nano-Saturn." As the scientists report in the journal Angewandte Chemie, it consists ...

Archaeology Dec 11, 2017

Scientists pioneer new way to analyze ancient artwork

Scientists from UCLA and the National Gallery of Art have used a combination of three advanced imaging techniques to produce a highly detailed analysis of a second century Egyptian painting.

Biochemistry Oct 19, 2017

Last unknown structure of HIV-1 solved, another step in efforts to disarm the AIDS virus

A University of Alabama at Birmingham team led by Jamil Saad, Ph.D., has solved the last unknown protein structure of HIV-1, the retrovirus that can cause AIDS.

Materials Science Aug 29, 2017

Non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma treatment

India is a second largest producer of leather, and being so, leather production and dyeing significantly contribute to pollution of water resources in India. Consistent dyeing of leather is difficult due to the unique nature ...

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