Ever since Mary Schweitzer found soft, stretchy tissue in a T. rex fossil in 2004, scientists have been trying to come to grips with how some biological tissues and cells could preserve within ancient critters.
Molecular & Computational biology
May 1, 2023
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The COVID-19 pandemic created an explosion in the use of disposable face masks around the globe. This added to the already significant amount of PPE waste generated by hospitals and in other medical settings.
Polymers
Apr 24, 2023
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A pair of chemists at Cornell University has extended the scope of carbonyl olefination reactions by developing a new electrophotocatalytic process. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, Keri Steiniger ...
Stars that contain comparatively large amounts of heavy elements provide less favorable conditions for the emergence of complex life than metal-poor stars, as scientists from the Max Planck Institutes for Solar System Research ...
Astrobiology
Apr 18, 2023
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Odorous gases, which are unpleasant and strongly irritating to the eyes, nose, and respiratory tract, are ubiquitous in facilities such as septic tanks, sewage systems, livestock farms, and waste disposal plants. These gases ...
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 10, 2023
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Preparing the Juice mission to Jupiter has involved testing for all kinds of contingencies, down to the smallest of scales. This microscopic view shows surface damage to a tiny silver interconnector after being exposed to ...
Space Exploration
Apr 5, 2023
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Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have developed a kraft paper-based electrochemical sensor that can detect traces of pesticides in fruit and vegetables in real time when coupled to an electronic ...
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 30, 2023
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An ancient biological enzyme known as nickel-iron hydrogenase may play a key role in producing hydrogen for a renewables-based energy economy, researchers have found. Careful study of the enzyme has led chemists from the ...
Materials Science
Mar 29, 2023
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A team of chemists at the University of Oxford, working with a colleague from Colorado State University, has synthesized and characterized a novel, helically chiral oxonium ion with a stereogenic oxygen atom center for the ...
Studying surfaces of solid materials: it may not seem relevant to energy consumption, but it is. Marcel Rost studies how platinum electrodes wear out. Those electrodes are a crucial component in the fuel cells of hydrogen-powered ...
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 13, 2023
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