The chemical industry has been using a reaction with explosive chemicals for more than 100 years—now Mülheim scientists have discovered a safer alternative. The Ritter Group of the Max Planck ...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-scientists-safer-alternative-explosive-reaction.html
A research group led by Prof. Li Runwei and Hu Benlin at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a facile and efficie...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-thiol-ene-click-reaction-approach.html
Light-driven molecular motors were first developed nearly 25 years ago at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. This resulted in a shared Nobel Prize for Chemistry for Professor Ben Ferin...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-efficient-molecular-motor-widens-potential.html
For most human proteins, there are no small molecules known to bind them chemically (so-called "ligands"). Ligands frequently represent important starting points for drug development but this kno...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-shortcut-drug-discovery-method-large.html
Freeze casting is an elegant, cost-effective manufacturing technique to produce highly porous materials with custom-designed hierarchical architectures, well-defined pore orientation, and multifu...
"Bookworm" is a cute thing to call a voracious reader, but actual bookworms—as well as microorganisms and time—break down the flour pastes commonly used to keep old publications in one piece.
Researchers at the University of Bayreuth have gained new insights in the field of high-pressure carbon chemistry: They synthesized two new carbides—compounds of carbon and another chemical ele...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-synthesis-carbides-perspective-complex-carbon.html
Our bodies are made up of trillions of different cells, each fulfilling their own unique function to keep us alive. How do cells move around inside these extremely complicated systems? How do the...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-synthetic-droplets-primordial-soup-chemotaxis.html
In most industrial chemical reactions, catalysts combine with the starting materials and accompany them through intermediate stages to the product. In chemistry, this pathway is known as the reac...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-chemical-rope-molecular-mechanism-trial.html
A team of chemical engineers from Université PSL, CNRS, Harvard University and chemical company Calyxia, has discovered a way to prevent or delay coalescence in some immiscible liquids.
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-scientists-method-coalescence-immiscible-liquids.html
Magnetic cilia—artificial hairs whose movement is powered by embedded magnetic particles—have been around for a while, and are of interest for applications in soft robotics, transporting obje...
Scientists have developed a sustainable new way of making complex molecules, which could greatly reduce waste produced during drug manufacturing, a study suggests.
A new computer process developed by chemists at ETH Zurich makes it possible to generate active pharmaceutical ingredients quickly and easily based on a protein's three-dimensional surface. The n...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-ai-pharmaceutical-ingredients-quickly-easily.html
Did you know that 99% of synthetic diamonds are currently produced using high-pressure and high-temperature (HPHT) methods? A prevailing paradigm is that diamonds can only be grown using liquid m...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-scientists-liquid-metal-alloy-diamond.html
A mystery that has puzzled the scientific community for more than 50 years has finally been solved. A team from Linköping University, Sweden, and Helmholtz Munich have discovered that a certain ...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-chemical-mystery-reaction-large-carbon.html
A team of chemists at Lake Superior State University, working with colleagues from Wayne State University, both in Michigan, and two representatives from JEOL U.S., a lab equipment maker, has fou...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-cannabis-papers-unhealthy-heavy-metals.html
Imagine being able to look inside a single cancer cell and see how it communicates with its neighbors. Scientists are celebrating a new technique that lets them study the fatty contents of cancer...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-scientists-lipids-cell-cancer.html
What if there was plastic-like material that could absorb excess nutrients from water and be used as a fertilizer when it decomposes? That product—a "bioplastic" material—has been created by ...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-eggshell-bioplastic-pellet-sustainable-alternative.html
Researchers believe that understanding how electrons move within small, natural systems could power a more sustainable future for our energy grid.
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-previous-theory-electrons-protein-nanocrystals.html
In a new study published in Nature Chemistry, UNC-Chapel Hill researcher Ronit Freeman and her colleagues describe the steps they took to manipulate DNA and proteins—essential building blocks o...
Helicenes are organic molecules that gained widespread popularity due to their unique helical π-conjugated molecular structure, where the benzene rings are ortho-fused, resulting in excellent ch...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-highly-efficient-carbohelicenes-circularly-polarized.html
Plastic is a very complex material that can contain many different chemicals, some of which can be harmful. This is also true for plastic food packaging.
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-plastic-food-packaging-chemicals-affect.html
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations have become a powerful tool in the ever-growing fields of molecular biology and drug development. While many MD simulation techniques exist, parallel cascade s...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-toolkit-molecular-dynamics-simulations-accessible.html
Researchers have unveiled a method capable of detecting drug substances from fingerprints lifted from crime scenes, which could provide fresh insights into unsolved cases. The research is publish...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-advance-forensic-fingerprint-cold-cases.html
Each day, roughly 43 million Americans eat at least one slice of pizza, according to experts. The hot, cheesy, Italian-inspired dish contributes a whopping $47 billion to the U.S. economy each ye...
A metal alloy composed of niobium, tantalum, titanium, and hafnium has shocked materials scientists with its impressive strength and toughness at both extremely hot and cold temperatures, a combi...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-uncover-kinky-metal-alloy-wont.html
Inspired by what human liver enzymes can do, Scripps Research chemists have developed a new set of copper-catalyzed organic synthesis reactions for building and modifying pharmaceuticals and othe...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-chemists-copper-catalyzed-strategy.html
Many plant-based meats have seemingly done the impossible by recreating animal products ranging from beef to seafood. But beyond just the taste and texture, how do these products compare to the r...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-based-steaks-cold-lacking-protein.html
Tohoku University researchers have unveiled a new means of predicting how to synthesize new materials via the ion-exchange. Based on computer simulations, the method significantly reduces the tim...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-discovery-materials-ion-exchange-method.html
Until now, the generation and storage of electricity from solar energy has been dependent on various devices, leading to conversion losses. That may change soon, as chemists at Friedrich-Alexande...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-hydrocarbon-molecule-supplier-energy-storage.html