Scientists are normally happy to find regularities and correlations in their data—but only if they can explain them. Otherwise, they worry that those patterns might just be revealing some flaw ...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-materials-scientists-dont.html
Direct utilization of water as a source of hydrogen atoms and molecules is fundamental to the evolution of the ecosystem and industry. However, liquid water is an unfavorable electron donor for f...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-hydrogen-formation-contact-electrification-microdroplets.html
Near-infrared (NIR) light source, characterized by non-destructive and rapid detection, has a wide range of applications in diverse fields including food testing, safety, sensing, agricultural pr...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-highly-efficient-stable-infrared-phosphor.html
Using a coffee grinder, a freezer and a furnace, researchers have discovered a chemical synergy between scrap tires and polystyrene can be harnessed to create sulfur-free, light oil.
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-coffee-grinder-spur-creation-sulfur.html
Scientists and engineers have developed a new coating for plastic particles that are used in 3D printing, which significantly increases their functionality and opens up new possibilities for comm...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-plastic-coating-discovery-greater-functionality.html
Zeolites are widely used in many industries, yet their intrinsic catalytic nature is not completely understood, due to the complexity of the hydroxyl-aluminum moieties.
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-advanced-nuclear-magnetic-resonance-technique.html
While it may not look like it, the interstellar space between stars is far from empty. Atoms, ions, molecules, and more reside in this ethereal environment known as the Interstellar Medium (ISM)....
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-cold-coulomb-crystals-cosmic-clues.html
Perovskites are among the most extensively studied materials in modern materials science. Their often unique and exotic properties, which stem from perovskite's peculiar crystal structure, could ...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-defects-spontaneously-emerging-crystal-perovskite.html
The demand for sake, a Japanese alcoholic drink, has increased globally. However, the rise in the popularity of sake has the potential for related beverage fraud. To address this issue, researche...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-isotopes-nitrate-sake-combating-beverage.html
In the field of organic chemistry, scientists are always looking out for new types of reactions to unlock synthesis routes for challenging compounds. Most of the progress that we have witnessed i...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-benzofuran-synthesis-method-enables-complex.html
While it is the fastest growing sector of the wine-packaging market, canned wine faces a few hurdles. It's not considered as elegant as wine in a bottle, and it's not as popular as the formerly m...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-team-culprit-canned-wine-rotten.html
Ion exchange is a powerful technique for converting one material to another when synthesizing new products. In this process, scientists know what reactants lead to what products, but how the proc...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-enable-efficient-synthesis-metastable-materials.html
Scientists have found a way to transform metal waste into a highly efficient catalyst to make hydrogen from water, a discovery that could make hydrogen production more sustainable.
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-trash-treasure-metal-catalyst-hydrogen.html
A research team has made progress in understanding benzylisoquinoline alkaloids (BIAs) in lotus (Nelumbo nucifera), highlighting their presence in various tissues and their potential for novel dr...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-explore-medicinal-potential-lotus-benzylisoquinoline.html
An Oregon State University researcher who made color history in 2009 with a vivid blue pigment has developed durable, reddish magentas inspired by lunar mineralogy and ancient Egyptian chemistry.
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-advance-pigment-chemistry-moon-reddish.html
Chemists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have invented a more efficient way to extract lithium from waste liquids leached from mining sites, oil fields, and used batte...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-chemists-efficient-lithium-sites-oil.html
Recently published research results enable preparative access to novel substances that carry a modification of a structural motif frequently found in pharmaceuticals.
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-sustainable-synthesis-method-reveals-hydroxy.html
Understanding how proteins interact with each other is crucial for developing new treatments and understanding diseases. Thanks to computational advances, a team of researchers led by Assistant P...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-ai-pipeline-molecular-interactions.html
How mutations impact protein stability and structure dynamics is crucial for understanding the molecular mechanism of the disease and the targeted drug design. However, probing the molecular deta...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-ultraviolet-photodissociation-mass-spectrometry-strategy.html
A team of chemists at Northwestern University has successfully synthesized three L-cyclodextrins in the lab for the first time. In their study, published in the journal Nature Synthesis, the grou...
The field of bone tissue engineering (BTE) is a promising avenue for addressing bone injuries and defects by constructing artificial scaffolds with bionic functionalities. Due to its unique 3D ne...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-scientists-maleic-acid-bacterial-cellulose.html
Researchers from Western University developed techniques for creating images from old, badly tarnished photographs. These techniques could also be used to study other historic artifacts and fossi...
Alcohols are widely applied in life sciences and the chemical industry. Selective hydrogenation of epoxides using hydrogen molecules as a reductant is considered to be one of the most facile and ...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-palladium-nanocluster-catalyst-highly-efficient.html
Acidification is threatening the ocean's ability to pull carbon dioxide out of our atmosphere, so scientists and startups are looking to ocean-sized antacids to raise its pH.
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-video-quick-ocean-acidification.html
Researchers led by Satoshi Kamiguchi at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan have discovered a greener way to produce ammonia, an essential compound used in fertilize...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-catalyst-energy-friendly-ammonia-production.html
With atmospheric carbon dioxide at record highs, the search for clean-energy alternatives to the use of fossil fuels is growing increasingly urgent.
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-discovery-catalyst-cheaper-fuel-cells.html
Innovative electronics is one of the many applications of modern plastics. Some recent research efforts have used plastic to improve the color realism of display technologies.
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-plastic-versatile-sensors-electronic-displays.html
Production of ethylene is one of the most important chemical processes used today, with about 300 million metric tons of the tiny chemical produced each year. Ethylene gas is used to create every...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-chemists-stabilize-ethylene-silver-purification.html
In a new paper published in JACS Au, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign analyzed the effects of solvation and ion valency on metallopolymers, with implications for critica...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-effects-solvation-ion-valency-metallopolymers.html
Ring-shaped chemical structures called saturated heterocycles are found in most FDA-approved drugs but are often difficult to create. Scripps Research chemists have just developed a surprisingly ...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-chemists-easier-method-common-block.html