Pictured are rare earth oxides of neodymium, praseodymium, and dysprosium – all critical components for magnets – that have been processed with sulfidation technology. The…
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Consuming lead can cause health problems for anyone, but children are particularly vulnerable because the element can interfere with their growth and development. While water…
Schematic of the bridging of the cold quantum world and high-temperature metal extraction with machine learning. Credit: Rodrigo Ortiz de la Morena and Jose A.…
Illustration of G-Quadruplexes. Credit: Federica Raguseo A special form of four-stranded DNADNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is a molecule composed of two long strands of nucleotides…
Chemical engineers have created a coating for microbes that could make it easier to deploy them to treat gastrointestinal disease. Credits: Felice Frankel Chemical engineers…
This flexible nicotine sensor attaches to skin, continuously measuring the wearer’s exposure. Credit: ACS Sensors 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.1c01633 Some studies have shown that nicotine, an…
Biochemist studies when enzymes in our cells go wrong and misbehave in human disease. University of Delaware researcher awarded NIH grant to study why eraser…
360 million metric tonnes of new plastic was produced in 2018. Here’s where it all went, and why the world must transform plastic use from…
As cannabis is legalized in more areas, it has become increasingly popular as a medicinal and recreational drug. This plant produces a pungent, skunk-like odor…
A red paint sample taken from a 1,000-year-old mask excavated from a Sicán tomb in Peru contains human blood and bird egg proteins, in addition…
Surface science methodology reveals relaxation and failure mechanisms of energy storage devices. Credit: DICP Long cycle life and high safety are required for energy storage…
Excitons in two-dimensional perovskites rapidly dissociate into free carriers beneficial for photovoltaic applications, just as bees holding electrons and holes meet and separate in the…
MIT chemists have come up with a way to control the unwanted blinking of quantum dots, depicted here as yellow spheres, without requiring any modification…
Electrocatalyst converts CO2 into multicarbon products. A new electrocatalyst called [email protected] converts carbon dioxide (CO2 ) into liquid fuels. As reported by a team of…
Researchers use multi-anvil press to turn fullerene C60 into diamond glass, similar to the process of converting graphite to diamond in high-pressure apparatus. Credit: Image…
A new bleaching gel whitened tooth samples by six shades, using a low level of hydrogen peroxide (12%). Credit: Adapted from ACS Applied Materials &…
A research team at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has identified a new way to convert ammonia to nitrogen gas through a process that could be…
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…
Virtual reality technology enabled scientists to look “inside” the Covid-19 virus and develop a novel molecule that can inhibit its main protease enzyme. Credit: Jill…