Achieving sustainability goals will require the use of feedstocks such as plastics and biomass instead of oil. Moreover, industries are constantly searching for more efficient and sustainable processes, which often require ...
Analytical Chemistry
May 2, 2023
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Recently, two-dimensional (2D) boron sheets—borophenes—have drawn great interest from materials scientists because of their similarity to graphene. However, understanding of how the material can be stable in the 2D form ...
Nanomaterials
Apr 27, 2023
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When doctors are examining suspected cancer cases, they turn to biomarker tests to help make a diagnosis.
Bio & Medicine
Apr 18, 2023
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A team of physicists from Ghent University—Interuniversity Microelectronics Center, Technical University of Denmark and Politecnico & Università di Bari, reports that it is possible to use quantum fluctuations to generate ...
A new process that lets scientists chemically cut apart and stitch together nanoscopic layers of two-dimensional materials—like a tailor altering a suit—could be just the tool for designing the technology of a sustainable ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 16, 2023
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A group of scientists from Durham University and University of York have twisted molecules to their breaking point in order to challenge the understanding of chemical bonds.
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 6, 2023
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Molecular clusters are aggregates of molecules that are held together non-covalently, by relatively weak forces. When these clusters are excited, normally one would expect the cluster to simply break apart. However, a fascinating ...
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 2, 2023
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Researchers at Paderborn University have succeeded in producing very special catalysts, known as "Lewis superacids," which can be used to break strong chemical bonds and speed up reactions. The production of these substances ...
Analytical Chemistry
Feb 27, 2023
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A team of chemists at the University of York has developed a low-cost, encapsulating hexatriacontane organogel that enhances the stability, handling, delivery, storage and portioning of sensitive reagents, making them safer ...
Graduate student Colin Kim had been making good progress on a scientific puzzle that had fascinated him since he joined Whitehead Institute Member Jing-Ke Weng's lab, trying to understand how coumarin synthase (COSY), an ...
Biochemistry
Feb 7, 2023
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