Researchers have developed designer molecules that may one day be able to seek out and trap deadly nerve agents and other toxic compounds in the environment—and possibly in humans.
Materials Science
Oct 9, 2018
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Hundreds of polymers that could kill drug-resistant superbugs in novel ways can be produced and tested with light, using a method developed at the University of Warwick. The new methodology may identify antimicrobials for ...
Polymers
Aug 14, 2018
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A new molecule designed by University of Adelaide researchers shows great promise for future treatment of many cancers.
Biochemistry
Jul 17, 2018
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What's better than platinum?
Materials Science
May 31, 2018
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In the late 1700s, a Scottish chemist named Elizabeth Fulhame discovered that certain chemical reactions occurred only in the presence of water and that, at the end of those reactions, the amount of water was not depleted. ...
Materials Science
Mar 12, 2018
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Two independent chemistry breakthroughs have opened a plethora of doors that were previously locked to drug developers and cancer researchers.
Materials Science
Feb 1, 2018
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Electrons can be a persuasive bunch, or at least, a talkative bunch, according to new work from John Berry's lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Materials Science
Nov 13, 2017
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Oligosaccharides – chains of sugar building blocks – are essential for biological cells. Scientists had thought that these molecules were freely mobile, but an international research team has now shown that such sugar ...
Biochemistry
Aug 25, 2017
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In a win-win for a cleaner planet, scientists have devised a way to use waste cooking oil and sulphur to extract the neurotoxin mercury from the environment.
Materials Science
Aug 8, 2017
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Chemists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) in cooperation with researchers of the German Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) in Berlin have developed a molecular thermometer. The gemstone ...
Materials Science
Jun 14, 2017
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