(Phys.org)—A three-way collaboration between Japan-based Rohm, Aquafairy, and Kyoto University has resulted in the development of a smartphone-charging fuel cell—a compact, high output, portable hydrogen powered fuel ...
Researchers in Chile have designed an indoor air purification prototype which uses microorganisms to capture and degrade pollutants, with efficiencies above 90%. In the study, published in the Journal of Chemical Technology ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 19, 2023
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Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have developed a new method to analyse particulate matter more precisely than ever before. Using it, they disproved an established doctrine: that molecules in aerosols undergo ...
Materials Science
Mar 13, 2020
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(Phys.org) —A team of researchers from the U.S., the Netherlands, and Italy has found a way to detect and measure the exchange of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the atmosphere. In their paper published in the journal ...
The latest effort to decipher the unique aroma signature of the durian—revered as the "king of fruits" in southeast Asia but reviled elsewhere as the world's foulest smelling food—has uncovered several new substances ...
Other
Nov 28, 2012
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Scientists are reporting the development and successful tests in humans of a sensor array that can diagnose multiple sclerosis (MS) from exhaled breath, an advance that they describe as a landmark in the long search for a ...
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 26, 2011
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An international team of scientists working at the Plasma Technology research unit at Ghent University, Belgium, has determined for the first time the absolute density of active substances called radicals found in a state ...
Plasma Physics
Nov 12, 2012
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Plants use underground fungal networks to warn their neighbours of aphid attack, UK scientists have discovered.
Ecology
May 10, 2013
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It has long been known that when salt is kept in a humid environment, it absorbs water, dissolving some of the salt and making it clump. Now, researchers from Japan have discovered that water vapor isn't the only agent that ...
Materials Science
Jun 28, 2022
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(Phys.org)—Scientists have identified the chemical 'fingerprints' given off by specific bacteria when present in the lungs, potentially allowing for a quick and simple breath test to diagnose infections such as tuberculosis.
Analytical Chemistry
Jan 10, 2013
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