Ethylene, a key feedstock in the chemical industry, often includes traces of acetylene contaminants, which need to be removed. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, researchers describe a robust and regenerable porous metal–organic ...
Materials Science
Aug 27, 2020
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Nature has worked for eons to perfect surface textures that protect, hide and otherwise help all kinds of creatures survive.
Materials Science
Aug 27, 2020
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Researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) have developed new techniques for efficiently coupling bacterial enzymes to electrodes. Together with a team from the University of Utah, they realized a system for ammonia synthesis ...
Materials Science
Aug 26, 2020
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For those not involved in chemistry or biology, picturing a cell likely brings to mind several discrete, blob-shaped objects; maybe the nucleus, mitochondria, ribosomes and the like.
Bio & Medicine
Aug 25, 2020
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Regenerative energy harvesting often generates more electricity than is directly needed. Electrochemical processes could be used to store the excess energy or make it usable. Although intensive research on the catalysts required ...
Materials Science
Aug 20, 2020
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Researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum have developed a new catalyst that can catalyze reactions to produce pharmaceuticals or chemicals used in agriculture. It creates carbon-carbon bonds between what are known as organolithium ...
Materials Science
Aug 12, 2020
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Leiden chemists have proposed a new model for enzymatic reactions in which the flexibility of the substrate is much more important than previously thought. Their results are paradigm-shifting and could have major implications ...
Biochemistry
Jul 30, 2020
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Imagine tiny crystals that "blink" like fireflies and can convert carbon dioxide, a key cause of climate change, into fuels.
Materials Science
Jul 16, 2020
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Cardiff University scientists have devised a new way of making reactions up to 70 times faster by using state-of-the-art equipment to spin chemicals around.
Materials Science
Jul 13, 2020
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Our immune system ought to be able to recognize and kill tumor cells. However, many tumors deceive the immune system. For example, they induce the so-called immune checkpoints of T-cells to shut down immune responses. In ...
Biochemistry
Jul 8, 2020
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