Organic Chemistry News
April 30, 2025
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Apr. 28, 2025 — Researchers have developed a new catalyst design capable of pushing the projected fuel cell catalyst lifespans to 200,000 hours. The research marks a significant step toward the widespread adoption ...
Apr. 25, 2025 — Historically, small molecule drugs have been precisely designed down to the atomic scale. Considering their relatively large complex structures, nanomedicines have lagged behind. Researchers argue this precise control should be applied to optimize ...
Apr. 25, 2025 — Researchers have developed a new therapy that can be injected intravenously right after a heart attack to promote healing and prevent heart failure. The therapy both prompts the immune system to encourage tissue repair and promotes survival of heart ...
Apr. 24, 2025 — When bottom trawls are dragged across the seafloor, they stir up sediments. This not only releases previously stored organic carbon, but also intensifies the oxidation of pyrite, a mineral present in marine sediments, leading to additional emissions ...
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Apr. 23, 2025 — Researchers have identified a new material which could be used as a flexible semiconductor in wearable devices by using a technique that focuses on ...
Apr. 23, 2025 — Researchers developed a machine-learning model that can predict the structures of transition states of chemical reactions in less than a second, with high accuracy. Their model could make it easier ...
Apr. 21, 2025 — Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that kills more than a million people worldwide every year. The pathogen that causes the disease, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is deadly in part because of ...
Apr. 17, 2025 — Conventional thinking holds that the metal site in single atom catalysts (SACs) has been a limiting factor to the continued improvement of the design ...
Apr. 17, 2025 — Clathrates are characterized by a complex cage structure that provides space for guest ions too. Now a team has investigated the suitability of ...
Apr. 11, 2025 — Scientists have developed a scalable method to produce porous graphene membranes that efficiently separate carbon dioxide. The breakthrough could significantly reduce the cost and footprint of carbon ...
Apr. 15, 2025 — Desalination plants, a major and growing source of freshwater in dry regions, could produce less harmful waste using electricity and new ...
Apr. 15, 2025 — Researchers have demonstrated a way to use corn protein to improve the performance of lithium-sulfur batteries, a finding that holds promise for expanding the use of the high-energy, lighter-weight ...
Apr. 10, 2025 — A study showed that different processing methods significantly affect the biochemical composition of plant-based foods. Current food classification ...
Apr. 14, 2025 — Identifying a key protein's role could improve the common mental health medications and point to new treatments for inflammation-related diseases, a ...
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Apr. 14, 2025 — A team discovers a new family of enzymes capable of inducing targeted cuts in single-stranded DNA A few years ago, the advent of technology known as CRISPR was a major breakthrough in the scientific ...
Apr. 14, 2025 — MXenes are materials with almost miraculous properties: they can be used for electromagnetic shielding, for energy storage or for novel sensors. It was recently found that they are also amazingly ...
Apr. 11, 2025 — Researchers have developed a pioneering, sustainable method for producing cadmium-based quantum dots (QDs) in water using a biocompatible chalcogen source. This fully aqueous, continuous flow process ...
Apr. 11, 2025 — A team of scientists has directly observed catalysis in-action at the atomic level. In mesmerizing new videos, single atoms move and shake during a chemical reaction that removes hydrogen atoms from ...
Apr. 10, 2025 — Why do problems occur with a special variant of 'protein glues', the split inteins, that severely limit their use in producing proteins? A team has now answered this ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — Preparing catalysts by sending hot, steamy car exhaust over them could improve their efficiency and reduce the amount of rare and expensive metals required in vehicle catalytic converters and many ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — A research team has developed an advanced delivery system that transports gene-editing tools based on the CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing system into living cells with significantly greater efficiency than ...
Apr. 8, 2025 — A new way to watch catalytic reactions happen at the molecular level in real time could lead to better fundamental understanding and planning of the important reactions used in countless ...
Apr. 7, 2025 — The world is littered with trillions of micro- and nanoscopic pieces of plastic. These can be smaller than a virus -- just the right size to disrupt cells and even alter DNA. Researchers find them ...
Apr. 7, 2025 — A web platform uses a chatbot to enable any chemist -- including undergraduate chemistry majors -- to configure and execute complex quantum mechanical simulations through ...
Apr. 4, 2025 — A chemical reaction that's vital to a range of commercial and industrial goods may soon be initiated more effectively and less ...
Apr. 3, 2025 — Imagine a world where industrial waste isn't just reduced, it's turned into something useful. This kind of circular economy is already in the works for carbon. Now, researchers in energy, ...
Apr. 3, 2025 — A genomic study of hydrogen-producing bacteria has revealed entirely new gene clusters capable of producing large volumes of ...
Apr. 2, 2025 — A collaboration between chemical engineers and animal scientists has created a system for recovering valuable industrial chemicals from animal waste, representing a major step towards circularity and ...
Mar. 31, 2025 — Researchers have developed an innovative solution to a pressing environmental challenge: removing and destroying per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), commonly called 'forever ...
Mar. 28, 2025 — Researchers have uncovered a more efficient way to turn carbon dioxide into methanol, a type of alcohol that can serve as a cleaner alternative ...
Mar. 27, 2025 — In silico analysis of five industrial microorganisms identifies optimal strains and metabolic engineering strategies for producing 235 valuable ...
Mar. 26, 2025 — Every year, millions of tires end up in landfills, creating an environmental crisis with far-reaching consequences. In the United States alone, over 274 million tires were scrapped in 2021, with ...
Mar. 26, 2025 — Scientists have for the first time filmed the real-time growth and contraction of Palladium nanoparticles, opening new avenues for utilising and recycling precious metal ...
Mar. 26, 2025 — Researchers have developed a molecular system for controlled release of iron. They integrated ferrocene, a molecular sandwich that encloses an iron atom, with a carbon 'nanohoop'. As a ...
Monday, April 14, 2025
- New Tool for Cutting DNA: Promising Prospects for Biotechnology
- New, Non-Toxic Synthesis Method for 'miracle Material' MXene
Friday, April 11, 2025
- Reshaping Quantum Dots Production Through Continuous Flow and Sustainable Technologies
- Researchers Watch a Live Catalytic Event in Real Time
Thursday, April 10, 2025
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
- Serendipitous Discovery Could Lead to More Efficient Catalysts
- Engineering Smart Delivery for Gene Editors
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Monday, April 7, 2025
- Researchers Discover Why Plastic Sheds Dangerous Fragments
- Chatbot Opens Computational Chemistry to Nonexperts
Friday, April 4, 2025
Thursday, April 3, 2025
- Electrochemical Method Supports Nitrogen Circular Economy
- An Answer to Green Energy in Hydrogen-Generating Marine Microbes
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Monday, March 31, 2025
Friday, March 28, 2025
Thursday, March 27, 2025
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
- A Cleaner Future for Tires: Scientists Pioneer Chemical Process to Repurpose Rubber Waste
- Scientists Discovered Chemical Oscillations in Palladium Nanoparticles, Paving the Way for Recycling Precious Metal Catalysts
- Cleverly Designed Carbon Nanohoop Enables Controlled Release of Iron
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Monday, March 24, 2025
Friday, March 21, 2025
- Groundbreaking Light-Driven Method to Create Key Drug Compounds
- Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer: Deciphered With High Pressure
- Sea Water Purification Technique Outperforms Commonly Used Materials, Even Activated Carbon
Thursday, March 20, 2025
- Green Recipe: Engineered Yeast Boosts D-Lactic Acid Production
- New CRISPR Tool Enables More Seamless Gene Editing -- And Improved Disease Modeling
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Monday, March 17, 2025
- RNA Origami: Artificial Cytoskeletons to Build Synthetic Cells
- Newly Identified Bacterial Protein Helps Design Cancer Drug Delivery System
- Structure of Supercritical Water Decoded
Friday, March 14, 2025
Thursday, March 13, 2025
- How Chemistry and Force Etch Mysterious Spiral Patterns on Solid Surfaces
- Spinning, Twisted Light Could Power Next-Generation Electronics
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
- Scientists Develop Solar-Powered Method to Convert Sewage Sludge Into Green Hydrogen and Animal Feed
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
- Plastic Recycling Gets a Breath of Fresh Air
- Scientists Discover New Heavy-Metal Molecule 'berkelocene'
Friday, March 7, 2025
- Stretching Spider Silk Makes It Stronger
- Developing the Inherent Functionality of Highly Pure Porous Organic Polymers
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
- Aluminum: A New Hero of Hydrogen Production
- A Sustainable Iron Catalyst for Water Oxidation in Renewable Energy
- A Method to Purify Proteins With Light: Gentler and More Efficient Than Previous Procedures
- Controlling Conformational Changes in Protein Aromatic Side Chains
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
- 'Fluorescent Phoenix' Discovered With Persistence Rivaling Marie Curie's
- New Method Searches Through 10 Sextillion Drug Molecules
Monday, February 24, 2025
Friday, February 21, 2025
- Breakthrough in High-Performance Oxide-Ion Conductors Using Rubidium
- Novel Method to Synthesize Valuable Fluorinated Drug Compounds
Thursday, February 20, 2025
- Chemists Find Greener Path to Making Key Industrial Chemical
- Closing the Recycle Loop: Waste-Derived Nutrients in Liquid Fertilizer
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
- Towards New Battery Tech: Chemists Demonstrate High-Performance Sodium-Ion Cathode
- Using Light to Activate Treatments in the Right Place
- A Breakthrough in Hydrogen Catalysis: Electronic Fine-Tuning Unlocks Superior Performance
Thursday, February 13, 2025
- Scientists Discover Mechanism Driving Molecular Network Formation
- Unique Five-Atom Bismuth Ring Synthesized
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
- Engineering Biological Reaction Crucibles to Rapidly Produce Proteins
- Breakthrough in Click Chemistry: Innovative Method Revolutionizes Drug Development
Monday, February 10, 2025
- Nanoscale Tin Catalyst Discovery Paves the Way for Sustainable CO2 Conversion
- Low-Cost Synthesis of Pearlescent Pigments Achieved Using Vanadium Phosphates
Thursday, February 6, 2025
- A New Way to Detect Inflammation
- Recycling the Unrecyclable: Reclaiming Materials from Epoxy Resins and Composites
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
- Shut the Nano Gate! Electrical Control of Nanopore Diameter
- Researchers Discover New Way to Customize Living Materials for Tissue Engineering, Drug Delivery and 3D Printing
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
- Scientists Develop Groundbreaking Biosensor for Rare Earth Element Detection
- PairMap: Revolutionizing Drug Discovery With Precise Energy Calculations
Monday, February 3, 2025
Friday, January 31, 2025
Thursday, January 30, 2025
- Improving the Performance of Biosensors: Developing New Materials for Effectively Harnessing the Power of Enzymes
- New Light-Tuned Chemical Tools Control Processes in Living Cells
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
- Creating Nanoislands for Better Platinum Catalysts
- Scientists 'mimic Real Biological Processes' Using Synthetic Neurons
- Green Phosphonate Chemistry -- Does It Exist?
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Monday, January 27, 2025
- PEPPI-MS Protocols Reveal Chemical Structure of Cellular Proteins on a Large Scale
- Progress Toward a New Generation of Rechargeable Batteries
- Researchers Discover New Way to Store Hydrogen Using Lignin Jet Fuel
- Researchers Invent a New Tool to Help Lower the Cost of Tomorrow's Medicine
Friday, January 24, 2025
Thursday, January 23, 2025
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
- Bioluminescent Cell Imaging Gets a Glow-Up
- Biodegradable Nylon Precursor Produced Through Artificial Photosynthesis
- From Soot Particle Filters to Renewable Fuels
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
- Can DNA-Nanoparticle Motors Get Up to Speed With Motor Proteins?
- New Ceramic Catalyst Uses Sodium and Boron to Drive Sustainable Industrial Reactions
Friday, January 17, 2025
Thursday, January 16, 2025
- The Ins and Outs of Quinone Carbon Capture
- A Deep Learning Pipeline for Controlling Protein Interactions
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
- Just as Gouda: Improving the Quality of Cheese Alternatives
- Uncurling a Single DNA Molecule and Gluing It Down Helps Sharpen Images
Monday, January 13, 2025
- DNA Nanorobots Can Alter Artificial Cells
- Researchers Unveil 'surprising' Breakthrough in Carbon Nanotube Recycling, Paving Way for Sustainable Materials