Catalytic converters cut down on toxic car emissions, and, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, they’re one of the greatest environmental inventions of all…
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Being more efficient, traditional LED lightbulbs require much less electricity to operate. But they are not problem free. LED lightbulbs offer considerable advantages over other…
These polymers, seen here under UV light, are composed of the exact same components. The only difference is their chain length. Credit: Suiying Ye /…
MIT chemists have determined the structure of the complex that forms when gaseous dinitrogen, or N2, binds to an iron-sulfur cluster, offering clues as to…
The high temporal and spatial resolution Raman imaging technique opens opportunities to answer millennia-old questions regarding cement chemistry. This high-resolution Raman image shows the hydration…
MIT chemical engineers have devised a new way to formulate hydrophobic drugs by turning them into a nanoemulsion, which can be poured into a mold…
Most high-value chemicals are currently produced using fossil fuels – industrial chemistry’s use of petroleum accounts for 14% of all greenhouse gas emissions. An exciting…
A porous coordination polymer incorporated with amino acid directionally aligned in its pores preferentially adsorbs carbon dioxide to purify acetylene from a gaseous mixture. Credit:…
A new chemical probe glows in the presence of a bacterial enzyme that contributes to antibiotic resistance. Credit: The University of Texas at Austin In…
Model airplane assembled with silk-based glue. Credit: Marco Lo Presti, Tufts University Silk proteins formed fibers, crosslinks, and iron complexes similar to those used by…
Researchers achieved for the first time low-temperature high-efficiency hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol, with a long working life over sulfur vacancy-rich few-layered MoS2, as well…
Catching the elusive intermediate. Credit: ICIQ ICIQ scientists from the Lloret-Fillol group have, for the first time, isolated and fully characterized an elusive intermediate in…
Marion Höfling examines a single crystal after successful mechanical deformation. Credit: Jurij Koruza Electroceramics such as capacitors are essential components in electronic devices. Intervening in…
Hydrogen gas bubbles evolve from water at a thin layer of gallium oxynitride formed on gallium nitride surfaces. This work demonstrates the chemical transformation of…
An example of a next-generation solar cell prototype material. Credit: Shutterstock Scientists Take a Bite Out of Solar Efficiency Challenge With Sandwich Model The design…
With a new suite of tools, scientists discovered exactly how tiny plate-like catalyst particles carry out a key step in that conversion – the evolution…
MIT scientists have found that ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, stay in the atmosphere for a shorter amount of time than previously estimated, which suggests that…
Blocked blood vessels in the brains of stroke patients prevent oxygen-rich blood from getting to cells, causing severe damage. Plants and some microbes produce oxygen…
A real catalyst (background image) and a schematic of a catalytic step (foreground image). Reacting molecules (at left) acquire energy to climb the energy barrier…
The NanoGear molecule belongs to the class of rotaxanes and consists of three components: a ring that can slide along an axle that bears a…