Landslides are one striking example of erosion. When the bonds that hold particles of dirt and rock together are overwhelmed by a force—often in the form of water—sufficient to pull the rock and soil apart, that same ...
General Physics
Aug 3, 2022
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The key to chemical reactions is in the name—there needs to be something that causes the chemicals to react to one another. Called a catalyst, this component induces or speeds up reactions in a controlled manner to produce ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 23, 2022
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Counterfeit medications and pharmaceutical products are just a click away from being purchased from online pharmacies via smartphone.
Materials Science
Mar 1, 2022
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Bacteria show great promise as a source of active ingredients. Using computer-based genome analysis, researchers at ETH Zurich have now discovered a new class of natural products that might one day serve as antibiotics.
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 15, 2022
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Chemists at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have developed a way to integrate liquids directly into materials during the 3-D printing process. This allows, for example, active medical agents to be incorporated ...
Materials Science
Dec 16, 2020
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Pesticides, pharmaceutical products, and endocrine disruptors are emerging contaminants often found in treated domestic wastewater, even after secondary treatment. Professor Patrick Drogui of the Institut national de la recherche ...
Biochemistry
Jul 9, 2020
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A new article just published in Nature Catalysis shows the simple ways of controlling the structure of platinum nanoparticles and tuning their catalytic properties.
Nanophysics
Oct 2, 2019
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When you flush the toilet, you probably don't think about the traces of the medicine and personal care products in your body that are winding up in sewage treatment plants, streams, rivers, lakes, bays and the ocean.
Environment
Mar 21, 2019
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Rutgers scientists have developed catalysts that can convert carbon dioxide—the main cause of global warming—into plastics, fabrics, resins and other products.
Materials Science
Nov 20, 2018
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Meadowfoam, a native Pacific Northwest plant cultivated as an oilseed crop, has emerged as a potential new source of protection against the sun's harmful effects on the skin.
Biochemistry
May 8, 2018
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