For the first time, the James Webb Space Telescope has observed the chemical signature of carbon-rich dust grains in the early universe.
Astronomy
Jul 19, 2023
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A research team led by Prof. Zeng Jie from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), has made a significant breakthrough in the field of plastic upcycling.
Nanomaterials
Jul 14, 2023
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Fires in the wildland-urban interface (WUI) emit more toxic smoke than wildfires burning in natural vegetation, due to the chemicals in the structures, vehicles, and other manufactured goods that burn in fires in areas of ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 21, 2023
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The combined emissions of metals and other environmentally hazardous substances from ships is putting the marine environment at risk according to a new study from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. When the researchers ...
Environment
Jun 13, 2023
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The end-Permian mass extinction (EPME) that occurred ～252 million years ago was the most severe extinction event of the Phanerozoic, devastating both marine and terrestrial ecosystems, with the loss of ～81% and ～89% ...
Earth Sciences
May 22, 2023
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Improved cookstoves, which are widely used for cooking in developing countries, produce twice as many harmful ultrafine air pollution particles (PM0.1) as conventional stoves, according to a new study from the University ...
Environment
May 11, 2023
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are typical organic compounds found in cigarette smoke and vehicle exhaust. In addition, PAHs are produced from incomplete combustion of organic material and cooking. The highest concentrations ...
Biochemistry
Apr 24, 2023
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A team of chemists from Aix-Marseille University, Université Paris-Saclay and Institut Polytechnique de Paris has discovered that the chlorella variabilis fatty acid photodecarboxylase (CvFAP) can be used to convert octanoic ...
In an ongoing discovery program, a chemical-creation platform is being unearthed—based on cubic molecules—that could help breathe new life into tired drugs and agrochemicals.
Materials Science
Mar 29, 2023
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What are the hydrocarbon seas on Titan really like? While the upcoming Dragonfly helicopter mission to Saturn's hazy and frigid moon should arrive by 2034 to explore Titan's atmosphere, the need remains for a mission that ...
Planetary Sciences
Mar 13, 2023
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