Global warming and a progressively drier climate in many parts of the world are causing more dust storms. To predict how these storms are caused, researchers are looking into the past to understand where the dust came from, ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 24, 2022
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Inspired by your liver and activated by light, a chemical process developed in labs at Rice University and in China shows promise for drug design and the development of unique materials.
Materials Science
Jun 22, 2022
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Platinum has set a new "gold standard" in jewelry, and now it's about to upscale the quality of your water.
Materials Science
Jun 15, 2022
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For the first time, an entirely new class of super-reactive chemical compounds has been discovered under atmospheric conditions. Researchers from the University of Copenhagen, in close collaboration with international colleagues, ...
Analytical Chemistry
May 26, 2022
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Carbon monoxide is an odorless and colorless gas made when fossil fuels burn incompletely. It's also a silent killer.
Biochemistry
Apr 29, 2022
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Hydrogen fuel cells convert hydrogen to electricity with water vapor as the only by-product, making them an attractive green alternative for portable power, particularly for vehicles.
Materials Science
Apr 25, 2022
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MIT chemists have devised a new chemical reaction that allows them to synthesize a phosphorus-containing ring, using a catalyst to add phosphorus to simple organic compounds called alkenes.
Materials Science
Apr 21, 2022
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For the first time, researchers have visually monitored, in high resolution, the timing and location of fat storage within the intact cells of fruit flies. The new optical imaging tool from the lab of bioengineering professor ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 15, 2022
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Russian scientists have found out why, instead of simply burning down at high temperatures, graphene oxide opens the door to a promising and inexpensive graphene production method. The research was published in the journal ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 23, 2022
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Chemists have developed a nano-scale structure that combines copper, gold and silver to work as a superior catalyst in a chemical reaction whose improved performance will be essential if carbon capture and utilization efforts ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 16, 2022
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