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Eco-Friendly Breakthrough: New Polymers Made From Plant Cellulose

Cellulose, widely sourced from plant matter, can be transformed into molecules for the creation of a novel category of recyclable polymers, offering a sustainable alternative...

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Saving Millions of Dollars – Cutting-Edge Reactor Substantially Reduces Costs...

A new way to make an important ingredient for plastics, adhesives, carpet fibers, household cleaners, and more from natural gas could reduce manufacturing costs in...

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The Future of Farming – Chemists Discover Safe Pesticide for Organic Agriculture

Researchers have discovered that rose essential oil stimulates defense genes in tomatoes and draws in predators of herbivores, thereby protecting the plants. Plants-derived essential oils...

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Unlocking TNA: Researchers Develop Artificial Building Blocks of Life

Groundbreaking research has led to the creation of threofuranosyl nucleic acid (TNA), offering enhanced stability and therapeutic potential, with applications in drug delivery and diagnostics....

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The Dawn of Green Chemistry: Researchers Unveil Tenfold Increase in Reaction...

Anyone who wants to produce medication, plastics or fertilizer using conventional methods needs heat for chemical reactions – but not so with photochemistry, where light...

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Sunlight to Methanol: Revolutionary CO2 Conversion Achieved With Copper and...

Researchers have successfully transformed CO2 into methanol by shining sunlight on single atoms of copper deposited on a light-activated material, a discovery that paves the...

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Revolutionary Silicon Spikes Destroy 96% of Viruses on Contact

An international research team led by RMIT University has designed and manufactured a virus-killing surface that could help control disease spread in hospitals, labs, and...

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Lightweight, Flexible, and Efficient: Unlocking the Secrets of Electron...

Understanding how electrons behave and the surface structure of triphenylene thin film molecules on graphite substrates changes under light irradiation. The field of organic electronics...

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Electro-Fenton Magic Makes Methane the New Eco Fuel Hero

A team from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics made a breakthrough in converting methane to formic acid using oxygen at room temperature through a...

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Unlocking the Secrets of Thermoelectric Materials for Future Energy

Thermoelectric materials, crucial for converting thermal to electrical energy and reducing waste, have broadened their utility beyond heat recovery to catalysis, driven by natural and...

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Carbon Alchemy: MIT’s Revolutionary CO2 Conversion Technology

A catalyst tethered by DNA boosts the efficiency of the electrochemical conversion of CO2 to CO, a building block for many chemical compounds. MIT chemical...

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Cheaper, Cleaner, Greener: Scientists Develop New Way To Produce Ammonia

Low temperature, regenerative method conserves energy and effectively generates common chemical. Among the many chemicals we use every day, ammonia is one of the worst...

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Mixology Science: Using Chemistry and a 300-Year-Old Technique To Reinvent a...

Milk washing, a centuries-old technique, improves the flavor and texture of drinks. Adding milk to an alcoholic drink and then curdling that milk is a...

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Molecular Memory Breakthrough: Entering a New Era of Data Storage

Some molecules respond to external light pulses by changing their structure and holding certain states that can be switched from one to another. These are...

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From Chaos to Life: Unraveling Nature’s Ancient Molecular Kitchen

Life is complicated. What is true for our everyday existence also holds for the many complex processes that take place inside cells. Proteins are continuously...

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Decoding the Origin of Life: Scientists Solve Early Earth RNA Puzzle

Recent research illustrates how RNA molecules’ chemical characteristics might have played a crucial role in the development of complex life forms. How did complex life...

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Japanese Scientists Unveil Game-Changing Material for Magnesium Batteries

Scientists at Tohoku University have achieved a significant breakthrough in battery technology by creating a new cathode material for rechargeable magnesium batteries (RMBs). This material...

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Revolutionizing Clean Energy: Transforming Rare Earth Element Extraction

Scientists have developed an innovative method to separate lanthanides, crucial for clean energy technologies, by combining substances that attract either lighter or heavier elements. This...

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Microbial Magic: Genetic Tweaks Unlock Superior Bioplastics

Engineered bacteria can produce a plastic modifier that makes renewably sourced plastic more processable, more fracture-resistant and highly biodegradable even in sea water. The Kobe...

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The Future of Solar Cells and More – Japanese Chemists Develop Glowing,...

A research team at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) has succeeded in developing a self-healing material that is also capable of emitting...

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The Power of Waste: A New Innovative Approach To Improve the Energy...

Scientists at McGill University have developed a novel method to enhance the energy efficiency of carbon conversion, utilizing waste material from pulp and paper production....

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Powering the Future: Unbiased PEC Cells Achieve Unprecedented Efficiency

Over the last decade, the photoelectrochemical (PEC) process for overall water-splitting (OWS) has seen comprehensive development, particularly in the areas of new catalysts, methods of...

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Researchers Develop Simple Way To Harvest More “Blue Energy” From Waves

As any surfer will tell you, waves pack a powerful punch. We’re now making strides toward harnessing the ocean’s relentless movements for energy, thanks to...

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A Molecular Moonlander: PPh3’s Movement Challenges Conventional Science

Nanoscale insight into molecular motion on surfaces. Researchers utilized neutron spectroscopy data from ILL to gain groundbreaking insights into molecular motion at the nanoscale, offering...

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