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Biochemistry Oct 22, 2025

Green chemistry method combines light and air to build key molecules for future medicines

A research group led by The University of Osaka has achieved a world-first in catalytic asymmetric synthesis, developing an innovative method for efficiently producing NOBIN, a valuable molecule used in pharmaceuticals.

Condensed Matter Oct 14, 2025

Quantum crystals offer a blueprint for the future of computing and chemistry

Imagine industrial processes that make materials or chemical compounds faster, cheaper, and with fewer steps than ever before. Imagine processing information in your laptop in seconds instead of minutes or a supercomputer ...

Analytical Chemistry Oct 10, 2025

Microwave technique allows energy-efficient chemical reactions

Some industrial processes used to create useful chemicals require heat, but heating methods are often inefficient, partly because they heat a greater volume of space than they really need to. Researchers, including those ...

Analytical Chemistry Oct 6, 2025

AI streamlines search for catalysts to clear hydrogen production hurdles

To increase energy efficiency and reduce the carbon footprint of hydrogen fuel production, Fanglin Che, associate professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, is leveraging the power ...

Analytical Chemistry Oct 1, 2025

Energy researchers discover fraction of an electron that drives catalysis

A team of researchers from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities College of Science and Engineering and the University of Houston's Cullen College of Engineering has discovered and measured the fraction of an electron that ...

Biochemistry Oct 1, 2025

Enzyme architecture reveals how bacteria convert toxic styrene oxide into useful chemicals

Bacterial styrene oxidase isomerase has been known to science for more than three decades, but its mechanism of action has not yet been elucidated. "Working with this enzyme is difficult because it is anchored in the membrane ...

Analytical Chemistry Sep 26, 2025

Layered cobalt catalyst reimagines pigment as a pathway for CO₂ recycling

Researchers at the Advanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI-AIMR), Tohoku University, have introduced a new approach for electrochemical carbon dioxide (CO₂) reduction. By designing multilayer cobalt phthalocyanine ...

Analytical Chemistry Sep 25, 2025

Turning rust into fuel: Green rust catalyst developed for cost-effective hydrogen storage

As the world moves toward hydrogen-powered societies, one major challenge remains: storing and releasing hydrogen efficiently. Sodium borohydride (SBH) is a promising hydrogen storage material that can generate hydrogen through ...

Polymers Sep 22, 2025

MXene-supported ruthenium catalyst accelerates upcycling of plastics

Plastics are valued for their durability, but that quality also makes them difficult to break down. Tiny pieces of debris known as microplastics persist in soil, water and air and threaten ecosystems and human health.

Analytical Chemistry Sep 18, 2025

Copper alloy catalysts' surface changes mapped during CO₂ conversion reactions

Seoul National University College of Engineering announced that a joint research team has become the first in the world to elucidate the reconstruction mechanism of copper alloy catalysts during electrochemical CO₂ conversion ...

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