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Antioxidant 'bee glue' creates buzz for new Australian industry
A nutrient-rich product discovered in honeybee hives across Australia could generate a new homegrown health industry.
Biochemistry
Jul 21, 2023
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A 'toolbox of biocatalysts' improves control over free radicals
One of the central challenges for synthetic chemists is to impose control over free radicals. Highly reactive molecules with an unpaired electron, free radicals, may be familiar to you; these are the type of molecules we ...
Biochemistry
Jul 21, 2023
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Insights into designing advanced stimuli-responsive porous materials
The "nothing" (empty space) feature of porous soft materials is foundational to their properties and applications, and has been a focus of study for many years. Now, researchers from Japan have solved a long-standing puzzle ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 21, 2023
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BESSY II: Surface analysis of catalyst particles in aqueous solutions
Green hydrogen can be produced directly in a photoelectrochemical cell, splitting water with solar energy. However, this requires the development of super-efficient photoelectrodes that need to combine many talents at the ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 21, 2023
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New method for polyurethane synthesis using fluorine compound developed
Polyurethane is highly elastic, wear resistant and durable, and is used, for example, in cushions, fibers, thermal insulation materials, dyes, adhesives and automobile parts. Polyurethane is an industrially-important polymer ...
Polymers
Jul 21, 2023
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Animal testing under REACH: Bringing numbers into the debate
Sixteen years ago, the REACH chemical regulation came into force across Europe. REACH obliges the chemical industry to identify the health risks of all chemicals used in their products. The downside of REACH is that this ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 21, 2023
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Nature inspires breakthrough achievement: Hazard-free production of fluorochemicals
A team of chemists has developed an entirely new method for generating critically important fluorochemicals that bypasses the hazardous product hydrogen fluoride (HF) gas. The findings, published in Science, could achieve ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 20, 2023
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New study expands the scope of aza-Friedel–Crafts reactions
From life-saving drugs and synthetic polymers to diverse advanced materials, the products containing organic compounds seem endless, thanks in part to regioselectivity, a feature in chemical reactions where a substituent ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 20, 2023
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Chemists recycle shrimp waste as catalyst for hydrogen generation
Flexible spheres of the biomolecule chitosan, made from shrimp waste, can be used for catalysts that generate hydrogen gas from borohydride salts. In a paper in Green Chemistry, a research team at the University of Amsterdam ...
Biochemistry
Jul 20, 2023
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Observing the long-postulated intermediate of catalytic amination reactions
Researchers at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) in South Korea have made a groundbreaking discovery by identifying the structure and reactivity of rhodium-acylnitrenoid intermediates in catalytic hydrocarbon amination ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 20, 2023
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Crafting molecular puzzles: A strategic approach to developing robust porous molecular crystals
Inspired by jigsaw puzzles, Prof. Zhao Yanchuan and his research team from the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a stable, porous molecular crystal (PMC) through ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 20, 2023
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Catalyst can control methane emissions in natural gas engines
A catalyst using a single or just a few palladium atoms removed 90% of unburned methane from natural gas engine exhaust at low temperatures in a recent study. While more research needs to be done, the advance in single atom ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 20, 2023
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New enzyme unlocks potential for health-promoting compounds in sorghum
Stilbenes are natural compounds found in various plants that have shown potential health benefits for humans, with a unique chemical structure consisting of two aromatic rings linked by a double bond. While resveratrol, found ...
Biochemistry
Jul 20, 2023
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Researchers develop new method to study RNA-drug interactions
How active compounds affect RNA and thus the expression of genes is of great interest for the development of potential therapeutics. Innsbruck chemists have now used a method they recently developed to study the binding of ...
Biochemistry
Jul 20, 2023
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Improved stability could help perovskite solar cells compete with silicon
An international team that includes researchers from the University of Toronto's Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering has created a perovskite solar cell that can stand up to high temperatures for more than 1,500 hours—a ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 20, 2023
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Advanced method to improve stability of spray dried microcapsules for delivery of nutrients
Food science researchers from the University of NSW have developed a promising method to make spray dried beta carotene (β-carotene) microcapsules more stable, as reported in a paper published in Food Chemistry.
Biochemistry
Jul 20, 2023
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Team develops highly active catalyst for alkaline water electrolysis using boron and sulfur
Development of hydrogen-related technologies is essential to realize and sustain a carbon-neutral society. Hydrogen is obtained from water electrolysis; however, the existing catalysts are made of rare and expensive metals. ...
Materials Science
Jul 20, 2023
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'Stunning' discovery: Metals can heal themselves
Scientists for the first time have witnessed pieces of metal crack, then fuse back together without any human intervention, overturning fundamental scientific theories in the process. If the newly discovered phenomenon can ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 19, 2023
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Unlocking the power of molecular crystals: A possible solution to nuclear waste
In a world increasingly concerned about the environmental and geopolitical implications of fossil fuel usage, nuclear energy has resurfaced as a subject of great interest. Its ability to generate electricity at scale without ...
Materials Science
Jul 19, 2023
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Scientists discover new structures for unique hybrid materials by altering their chemical bonds
Putting a suite of new materials synthesis and characterization methods to the test, a team of scientists from the University of Iowa and the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory has developed ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 19, 2023
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