A new method for creating one of chemistry’s most widely used class of compounds could revolutionize industrial processes, making them cheaper, simpler, and more environmentally…
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Comparison of four oxidation-based cleaners suggests the devices produce their own pollutants and vary in effectiveness. Consumer-grade air cleaners that promise to reduce indoor levels…
Fluorescence microscopy image of a tumor sample where elevated levels of hydrogen peroxide have been discovered. Credit: Image courtesy of the researchers A screening method…
Gold. Credit: Robert von Bonsdorff/Aalto University Study shows new chloride-based process recovers 84% of gold compared to the 64% recovered with traditional methods. Gold is…
Researchers propose faster method for recording data to DNADNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is a molecule composed of two long strands of nucleotides that coil around…
Capturing and burying carbon is one of the most promising ways to blunt the pace of climate change University of Texas and ExxonMobil researchers found…
Scientists working in the lab of Ben Shen, PhD, at Scripps Research, Florida have found a new family of sulfur-installing enzymes by mining the genomes…
The mucus layer on the underside of a snail foot is one example of a soft material that yields to stress up to a certain…
Engineers have designed a relatively low-cost, energy-efficient approach to treating water contaminated with heavy metals. Engineers have designed a relatively low-cost, energy-efficient approach to treating…
Scientists from Brookhaven National Laboratory discovered a mutation that makes normal Arabidopsis plants (left) deficient in sterol (right). They did extensive genetic and biochemical experiments…
Cost effective: Empa scientist Sabyasachi Gaan uses steam from a commercial pressure cooker to flame retard samples of cotton fabric. Credit: Empa A new chemical…
Study builds on previous work using ‘chemical looping.’ Scientists have found a new chemical process to turn a stinky, toxic gas into a clean-burning fuel.…
This diagram illustrates the new process for enhancing reaction rates in an electrocatalytic process. The catalyst layer, made of gold or platinum, is shown as…
The basis of the new material is polyethylene, which is already used for insulation in existing HVDC cables. Now, by adding very small amounts –…
Suono Bio, co-founded by MIT alumnus Carl Schoellhammer and two MIT professors, uses ultrasound waves to deliver drugs to the gastrointestinal tract, leveraging research made…
A new study finds that viscoelastic bubbles that are neither perfectly liquid nor oil resemble blooming flowers when they pop, as shown in this photo…
Chemists voting on the oxidation states of metal-organic frameworks. Credit: David Abbasi Pérez Chemical elements make up pretty much everything in the physical world. As…
MIT researchers have found a way to achieve high yields of ethanol with different types of cellulosic feedstocks, including switchgrass, wheat straw, and corn stover.…
Artistic rendering of the propane dehydrogenation process taking place on the novel single atom alloy catalyst, as predicted by theory. The picture shows the transition…
Gamma-cyclodextrin’s water-soluble, doughnut-shaped structure allows it to trap other molecules and makes it useful in the production of pharmaceuticals, food, and household products. Credit: Figure…