Synthetic chemistry takes anti-cancer compounds out of the sea slug and into the lab
The natural world, with all its diversity, is a popular place for researchers to go looking for new drugs, including those that fight cancer.
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A new approach to improve the catalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction
An international collaboration between researchers in Spain and Scotland has resulted in a new approach to improve the catalysts needed to carry out the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). The reaction, in which water is transformed ...
Creating attraction between molecules deep in the periodic table
A McGill-led international research team provides the first experimental and theoretical proof that it is possible to form strong, stable attractions between some of the heavier elements in the periodic table—such as arsenic ...
A fleeting moment in time
The faint, ephemeral glow emanating from the planetary nebula ESO 577-24 persists for only a short time—around 10,000 years, a blink of an eye in astronomical terms. ESO's Very Large Telescope captured this shell of glowing ...
Making ammonia 'greener'
Ammonia, a compound first synthesized about a century ago, has dozens of modern uses and has become essential in making the fertilizer that now sustains most of our global food production.
Chemists solve persistent problem after four decades
After almost four decades, Leiden and Eindhoven chemists have resolved the discussion about the correct model regarding the simplest chemical reaction in heterogeneous catalysis, which is essential for fuel cells. Using a ...
Researchers make complex molecule that spontaneously folds like a protein
In biology, folded proteins are responsible for most advanced functions. These complex proteins are the result of evolution or design by scientists. Now, a team of scientists led by University of Groningen Professor of Systems ...
Discovery adapts natural membrane to make hydrogen fuel from water
A chemical reaction pathway central to plant biology have been adapted to form the backbone of a new process that converts water into hydrogen fuel using energy from the sun.
Researchers diversify drug development options with new metal catalyst
A University of Illinois team of researchers led by chemistry professor M. Christina White has developed a new manganese-based catalyst that can change the structure of druglike molecules to make new drugs, advancing the ...
Greener hydrogen from water
The idea of using hydrogen as the basis of a clean sustainable energy source, often termed a hydrogen economy, has been a topic of conversation for decades. Hydrogen fuel, for example, doesn't emit any carbon dioxide and ...
