Enticed by the brilliant green hues of copper acetate and copper resinate, some painters in the Renaissance period incorporated these pigments into their masterpieces. However, by the 18th century, most artists had abandoned ...
Materials Science
Oct 2, 2019
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The most common process for making hydrogen peroxide begins with a highly toxic, flammable working solution that is combined with hydrogen, filtered, combined with oxygen, mixed in water, and then concentrated to extremely ...
Biochemistry
Sep 6, 2019
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A new understanding of how an important methane-producing microorganism creates methane and carbon dioxide could eventually allow researchers to manipulate how much of these important greenhouse gases escape into the atmosphere. ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 5, 2019
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Researchers led by Prof. Johan Thevelein (VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology) have discovered that Saccharomyces boulardii, a yeast with probiotic properties, produces uniquely excessive amounts of acetic acid, the main ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 30, 2019
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Before you read this, look around your room. How much of your surroundings are made of plastic? The chair that you sit on, the desk, the casing on your computer and monitor, the pen you use, the carpet, the shoes you wear, ...
Polymers
Jul 1, 2019
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Tufts University engineers have developed a novel fabrication method to create dyed threads that change color when they detect a variety of gases. The researchers demonstrated that the threads can be read visually, or even ...
Materials Science
Apr 4, 2019
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Taste is so familiar a sensation that you might think scientists had long ago sorted out how the sense works. Yet such research is far from settled.
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 5, 2019
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In the future, wastewater treatment plants can have a broader function by being converted into biorefineries.
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 18, 2018
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To evaluate in vivo physiological functions, electrophysiological signals must be monitored with high precision and high spatial or temporal resolution. Ultraflexible, multielectrode arrays (MEAs) were recently fabricated ...
In nature, there is no such thing as a truly clean surface. Contact with normal air is sufficient to coat any material with a thin layer of molecules. This "molecular dirt" can change the properties of the material considerably, ...
Materials Science
Aug 23, 2018
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