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An AI-based blueprint for designing catalysts across materials
Hydrogen peroxide is widely used in everyday life, from disinfectants and medical sterilization to environmental cleanup and manufacturing. Despite its importance, most hydrogen peroxide is still produced using large-scale ...
Analytical Chemistry
Dec 24, 2025
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A molecular switch for green hydrogen: Catalyst changes function based on how it's assembled
Hydrogen production through water electrolysis is a cornerstone of the clean energy transition, but it relies on efficient and stable catalysts that work under acidic conditions—currently dominated by precious metals like ...
Analytical Chemistry
Dec 23, 2025
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Single-image method can accurately evaluate fibrous material porosity
Researchers from Skoltech Engineering Center's Hierarchically Structured Materials Laboratory have developed a new method to determine the porosity of fibrous materials using a single image taken with a standard optical microscope.
Analytical Chemistry
Dec 23, 2025
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Converting CO₂ into valuable chemicals in acidic environments: Iodide ions unlock efficient ethylene production
The emission of carbon dioxide (CO₂) is one of the primary factors contributing to air pollution and climate change on Earth. In recent years, energy engineers have thus been trying to develop systems that could reduce ...
Robotic system synthesizes hundreds of metal complexes to find potential new antibiotic
Researchers have used a cutting-edge robotic system capable of synthesizing hundreds of metal complexes to develop a possible antibiotic candidate—offering fresh hope in the global fight against drug-resistant infections.
Biochemistry
Dec 23, 2025
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Predictive 'mismatch' leads to novel carbon capture method
When experimental results don't match scientists' predictions, it's usually assumed that the predictions were wrong. But new research into materials that pull carbon dioxide directly from the air shows how such mismatches ...
Analytical Chemistry
Dec 22, 2025
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New technique lights up where drugs go in the body, cell by cell
When you take a drug, where in your body does it actually go? For most medications, scientists can make only educated guesses about the answer to this question. Traditional methods can measure the concentration of a drug ...
Biochemistry
Dec 22, 2025
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Tracing the quick synthesis of an industrially important catalyst
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have successfully traced the mechanism behind how an industrially important "superbase" catalyst is synthesized in a faster, microwave-assisted reaction. They took measurements ...
Analytical Chemistry
Dec 22, 2025
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AI mimics human-like intuition to explore and analyze chemical reactions
Chemical reactions are the breaking and forming of chemical bonds, which are fundamental to the creation of new technologies. Inevitably, discovering and developing new chemical reactions is a time-intensive process of trial ...
Analytical Chemistry
Dec 22, 2025
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Engineered enzyme turns formaldehyde pollutant into key pharmaceutical building block
Formaldehyde is a common chemical used in various industries as a disinfectant, resin precursor, and synthetic intermediate. It is volatile, highly toxic, and a key environmental pollutant with genotoxic and carcinogenic ...
Biochemistry
Dec 19, 2025
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Electricity-driven nitrogen insertion enables sustainable heterocycle synthesis
Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed an electrochemical reaction manifold that promotes efficient nitrogen atom insertion into saturated carbocycles to access either functionalized quinolines ...
Biochemistry
Dec 19, 2025
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Discovery turns household plastic recycling into anti-cancer medication
A discovery led by the University of St Andrews has found a way to turn ordinary household plastic waste into the building block for anti-cancer drugs.
Polymers
Dec 19, 2025
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'AI advisor' helps self-driving labs share control in creation of next-generation materials
"Self-driving" or "autonomous" labs are an emerging technology in which artificial intelligence guides the discovery process, helping design experiments or perfecting decision strategies.
Analytical Chemistry
Dec 18, 2025
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Improved tracer labeling expands PET imaging possibilities
Imagine being able to watch organs and tissues work in real time. That's the power of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging, a technology that gives physicians and researchers a window into cellular processes.
Biochemistry
Dec 18, 2025
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'Molecular microscope' reveals greener path to ammonia
A team of researchers at Radboud University has discovered a promising new method to make ammonia—a key ingredient in fertilizers and many industrial chemicals—more efficiently and sustainably.
Analytical Chemistry
Dec 18, 2025
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Organic materials conduct ions in solids as easily as in liquids thanks to flexible sidechains
Normally, when liquids solidify, their molecules become locked in place, making it much harder for ions to move and leading to a steep decrease in ionic conductivity. Now, scientists have synthesized a new class of materials, ...
Analytical Chemistry
Dec 18, 2025
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Rare earth elements: Of peptides and the origins of life
The group of rare earth elements (REEs) comprises a total of 17 elements, all of which possess similar chemical properties. In addition to the two lightest elements, scandium and yttrium, the group also includes lanthanum, ...
Biochemistry
Dec 18, 2025
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A new natural sunscreen: Novel compound discovered in thermophilic cyanobacteria
Natural sunscreens shield the skin from harmful radiation, without triggering allergic reactions. In a recently published study, a group of researchers has discovered a novel compound, β-glucose-bound hydroxy mycosporine-sarcosine, ...
Biochemistry
Dec 18, 2025
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Accelerating next-generation drug discovery with click-based construction of PROTACs
In 2001, chemists K. Barry Sharpless, Hartmuth C. Kolb, and M. G. Finn introduced click chemistry, a concept in which organic molecules can be rapidly and reliably joined to form more complex structures. They recognized that ...
Biochemistry
Dec 18, 2025
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Light-controlled cholesterol 'look-alikes' point toward smarter drug delivery
High levels of cholesterol are linked to heart disease, stroke, and many other health problems. However, this complex and vital fatty, water insoluble molecule—a lipid—is found in every cell of the body and is not all ...
Biochemistry
Dec 18, 2025
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