Chemistry News
July 26, 2024
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July 26, 2024 — Scientists have identified an automatic behavior in flies that helps them assess wind conditions -- its presence and direction -- before deploying a strategy to follow a scent to its source. The fact ...
July 25, 2024 — Danish Tycho Brahe was most famous for his contributions to astronomy. However, he also had a well-equipped alchemical laboratory where he produced secret medicines for Europe's ...
July 25, 2024 — Chemists have synthesized materials that can improve solar elements for indoor use. Such photovoltaic cells, which can also be integrated into various electronic devices, generate electricity even in low-light ...
July 25, 2024 — Engineers discovered that when the aluminum in soda cans is purified and mixed with seawater, the solution produces hydrogen -- which can power an engine or fuel cell without generating carbon emissions. The reaction can be sped up by adding ...
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July 25, 2024 — Researchers have developed a material that shows a remarkable ability to convert sunlight and water into clean ...
July 25, 2024 — Researchers are proposing a new way to curb industrial emissions, by tapping into the 'atomic intelligence' of liquid metals to deliver greener and more sustainable chemical ...
July 24, 2024 — A research team is tackling the environmental issue of efficiently recycling lithium ion batteries amid their increasing ...
July 24, 2024 — The reactivity of zirconium on silicon nitride enhances the conversion of propane into propylene, a key commodity chemical needed to make ...
July 24, 2024 — Novel porous crystalline solid shows promise as an efficient and durable material for ammonia (NH3) capture and storage, report scientists. Made ...
July 23, 2024 — A room-temperature method to decompose perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) using visible LED light offers a promising solution for sustainable fluorine recycling and PFAS ...
July 23, 2024 — Scientists use a multimodal approach that combines hard X-ray computed tomography and X-ray fluorescence imaging to see the structure and chemical processes inside of a single ...
July 23, 2024 — A prototype device harvests drinking water from the atmosphere, even in arid ...
July 23, 2024 — Chemists have developed a rapid electrothermal mineralization (REM) process, which in seconds can remediate the accumulation of synthetic chemicals ...
July 23, 2024 — A pilot study shows that nanoscopic 3-D imaging of ancient bone not only provides further insight into the changes soft tissues undergo during ...
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July 23, 2024 — Faced with the world's impending freshwater scarcity, researchers turned to solar steam generators, which are emerging as a promising device for seawater desalination. The team sought design ...
July 22, 2024 — A new analysis sheds light on major shortfalls of a recently proposed approach to capture CO2 from air and directly convert it to fuel using electricity. The authors also provide a new, more ...
July 22, 2024 — Switching from a gas stove to an electric induction stove can reduce indoor nitrogen dioxide air pollution, a known health hazard, by more than 50 percent according to new ...
July 22, 2024 — Scientists are bioprinting 3D structures with a material that is a close match for human tissue, paving the way for true ...
July 22, 2024 — An international team of researchers has embedded gold nanorods in hydrogels that can be processed through 3D printing to create structures that contract when exposed to light -- and expand again ...
July 19, 2024 — A new study describes a chemical reaction that can convert Styrofoam into a high-value conducting polymer known as PEDOT:PSS. Researchers also noted that the upgraded plastic waste can be ...
July 19, 2024 — Chemists have been working to synthesize high-value materials from waste molecules for ...
July 19, 2024 — A new ambient-energy-driven membrane that pumps carbon dioxide out of the air has been developed by ...
July 19, 2024 — Researchers has revealed the existence of surface concavities on individual crystal grains -- which are the fundamental blocks -- of perovskite thin films, and have unraveled their significant ...
July 18, 2024 — Creating fertilizers from organic waste can help reduce the consumption of fossil fuels and promote sustainable production. One way of doing this is through hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL), which ...
July 18, 2024 — The flowless zinc-bromine battery (FLZBB) is a promising alternative to flammable lithium-ion batteries due to its use of non-flammable electrolytes. However, it suffers from self-discharge due to ...
July 17, 2024 — An environmental engineering team has discovered that specific bacterial species can cleave the strong fluorine-to-carbon bond certain kinds of 'forever chemical' water pollutants, offering ...
July 17, 2024 — Researchers have developed soft, stretchable 'jelly batteries' that could be used for wearable devices or soft robotics, or even implanted in the brain to deliver drugs or treat conditions ...
July 17, 2024 — Researchers engineered a new technique to identify at the nanoscale level what components are overheating in electronics and causing their performance to ...
July 17, 2024 — An international team of physicists has proven new theorems in quantum mechanics that describe the 'energy landscapes' of collections of quantum particles. Their work addresses decades-old ...
July 17, 2024 — PrISMa is a new platform that uses advanced simulations and machine learning to streamline carbon capture technologies, by taking into account the perspectives of diverse stakeholders early in the ...
July 16, 2024 — Carbon capture is a promising approach for mitigating carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Different materials have been used to capture CO2 from industrial exhaust gases. Scientists developed hybrid CO2 ...
July 16, 2024 — New research shows that ozone concentrations at Carlsbad Caverns National Park frequently exceed Environmental Protection Agency health standards, likely due to oil and natural gas development in the ...
July 16, 2024 — A new study has unveiled surprising findings about mercury pollution: where it comes from and how it moves through the environment vary significantly depending on the ecosystem. In drier regions, ...
July 15, 2024 — Rechargeable solid-state lithium batteries are an emerging technology that could someday power cell phones and laptops for days with a single charge. Offering significantly enhanced energy density, ...
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
Monday, July 22, 2024
- Converting Captured Carbon to Fuel: Study Assesses What's Practical and What's Not
- Switching from Gas to Electric Stoves Cuts Indoor Air Pollution
- Organs on Demand? Scientists Print Voxel Building Blocks
- 3D Printing of Light-Activated Hydrogel Actuators
Friday, July 19, 2024
- Waste Styrofoam Can Now Be Converted Into Polymers for Electronics
- Chemists Design Novel Method for Generating Sustainable Fuel
- New Humidity-Driven Membrane to Remove Carbon Dioxide from the Air
- 'Secret' Hidden Structure Paves New Way of Making More Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells
Thursday, July 18, 2024
- Converting Wastewater to Fertilizer With Fungal Treatment
- Novel Electrode for Improving Flowless Zinc-Bromine Battery
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
- Microbes Found to Destroy Certain 'forever Chemicals'
- Soft, Stretchy 'jelly Batteries' Inspired by Electric Eels
- New Technique Pinpoints Nanoscale 'hot Spots' In Electronics to Improve Their Longevity
- Physicists Develop New Theory Describing the Energy Landscape Formed When Quantum Particles Gather Together
- Bridging the 'Valley of Death' In Carbon Capture
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
- Capturing Carbon With Energy-Efficient Sodium Carbonate-Nanocarbon Hybrid Material
- Oil and Natural Gas Development in Permian Is a Key Source of Ozone Pollution in Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Study Finds
- Local Dragonflies Expose Mercury Pollution Patterns
Monday, July 15, 2024
- Making Rechargeable Batteries More Sustainable With Fully Recyclable Components
- Biodegradable Electronics May Advance With Ability to Control Dissolve Rate
- Scientists Discover Missing Piece in Climate Models
- Producing Hydrogen and Fertilizer at the Same Time
- Crystals from Radioactive Metal Actinium
- Scientists Create Computer Program That 'paints' The Structure of Molecules in the Style of Piet Mondrian
Friday, July 12, 2024
- Microbeads With Adaptable Fluorescent Colors from Visible Light to Near-Infrared
- A Chemical Claw Machine Bends and Stretches When Exposed to Vapors
- A Better Way to Make RNA Drugs
Thursday, July 11, 2024
- Nanoplastics and 'forever Chemicals' Disrupt Molecular Structures, Functionality
- Study Finds Health Risks in Switching Ships from Diesel to Ammonia Fuel
- New Solutions to Keep Drinking Water Safe as Pesticide Use Skyrockets Worldwide
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
- BESSY II Shows How Solid-State Batteries Degrade
- Researchers Show Promising Material for Solar Energy Gets Its Curious Boost from Entropy
Tuesday, July 9, 2024
- Moving from the Visible to the Infrared: Developing High Quality Nanocrystals
- Mining Rare Earth Metals from Electronic Waste
Monday, July 8, 2024
- Chemistry Inspired by One-Pot Cooking
- New Extremely Fast Carbon Storage Technology
- Hexagonal Perovskite Oxides: Electrolytes for Next-Generation Protonic Ceramic Fuel Cells
- Visualizing Short-Lived Intermediate Compounds Produced During Chemical Reactions
Friday, July 5, 2024
Thursday, July 4, 2024
Wednesday, July 3, 2024
- Chemists Synthesize an Improved Building Block for Medicines
- Mapping the Surfaces of MXenes, Atom by Atom, Reveals New Potential for the 2D Materials
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
- Using Visible Light to Make Pharmaceutical Building Blocks
- Optoelectronics Gain Spin Control from Chiral Perovskites and III-V Semiconductors
- Exploring the Chemical Space of the Exposome: How Far Have We Gone?
- True Scale of Carbon Impact from Long-Distance Travel Revealed
Monday, July 1, 2024
- Novel Spectroscopy Technique Sheds Light on NOx Reduction
- Melanin from Cuttlefish Ink as a Sustainable Biomass Resource
Thursday, June 27, 2024
- Synthetic Fuels and Chemicals from CO2: Ten Experiments in Parallel
- No More Stressing out Over Structural Formulas
- New Materials: Synthetic Pathway for Promising Nitride Compounds Discovered
- First Specific PET Scan for TB Could Enable More Effective Treatment
- Aromatic Compounds: A Ring Made Up Solely of Metal Atoms
- Common Plastics Could Passively Cool and Heat Buildings With the Seasons
- Scientists Use Computational Modeling to Guide a Difficult Chemical Synthesis
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
- Simple New Process Stores CO2 in Concrete Without Compromising Strength
- Solar Technology: Innovative Light-Harvesting System Works Very Efficiently
- Microrobot-Packed Pill Shows Promise for Treating Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Mice
- An Optical Lens That Senses Gas
- Towards Non-Toxic Antifouling Agents: A Novel Method for Total Synthesis of Scabrolide F
Monday, June 24, 2024
- Novel Application of Optical Tweezers: Colorfully Showing Molecular Energy Transfer
- New Study Confirms Forever Chemicals Are Absorbed Through Human Skin
Friday, June 21, 2024
- Novel Catalysts for Improved Methanol Production Using Carbon Dioxide Dehydrogenation
- Promise Green Hydrogen May Not Always Be Fulfilled
- Membrane Protein Analogues Could Accelerate Drug Discovery
Thursday, June 20, 2024
Wednesday, June 19, 2024
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
Monday, June 17, 2024
- Custom-Made Molecules Designed to Be Invisible While Absorbing Near-Infrared Light
- MXenes for Energy Storage
- Novel Method for Measuring Nano/microplastic Concentrations in Soil Using Spectroscopy
- Golden Ball Mills as Green Catalysts
- Reduction of Esters by a Novel Photocatalyst
- New Material Puts Eco-Friendly Methanol Conversion Within Reach
Saturday, June 15, 2024
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Thursday, June 13, 2024
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
- Mobile Monitoring for an Airborne Carcinogen in Louisiana's 'Cancer Alley'
- 'Synthetic' Cell Shown to Follow Chemical Directions and Change Shape, a Vital Biological Function
- A 'liquid Battery' Advance
- Quantum Dots and Metasurfaces: Deep Connections in the Nano World
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Monday, June 10, 2024
- Four-Legged, Dog-Like Robot 'sniffs' Hazardous Gases in Inaccessible Environments
- Researchers Create Skin-Inspired Sensory Robots to Provide Medical Treatment
Friday, June 7, 2024
Thursday, June 6, 2024
- Scientists 'read' The Messages in Chemical Clues Left by Coral Reef Inhabitants
- Crystal Engineering Modifies 2D Metal Halide Perovskites Into 1D Nanowires
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
- Uptake of Tire Wear Additives by Vegetables Grown for Human Consumption
- A Cracking Discovery -- Eggshell Waste Can Recover Rare Earth Elements Needed for Green Energy
- Electrified Charcoal 'sponge' Can Soak Up CO2 Directly from the Air
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
- Accelerating the R&D of Wearable Tech: Combining Collaborative Robotics, AI
- Flow Research on the Outskirts of Space
- Towards Next-Gen Functional Materials: Direct Observation of Electron Transfer in Solids
- Shining a Light on Molecules: L-Shaped Metamaterials Can Control Light Direction