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A synthetic polymer (teal tube) conjugated to a protein. The purple sleeve on the polymer is a reporting group, the key to Konkolewicz and Page’s…
Boston College researchers used three different catalysts in one system to transform, in three steps, the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide to methanol, a liquid fuel…
The arrows point to titanium dioxide nanocrystals lighting up and blinking (left) and then fading (right). Credit: Tewodros Asefa and Eliska Mikmekova Unusual nanoparticles could…
Myosin with azoTP and ATP in its active site. Credit: UMass Amherst/Debold lab Synthesizing an alternative fuel for muscle could lead to medical advances. A…
Light-driven flip of alkene geometry. Credit: Ryan Gilmour Chemists at the University of Münster develop a bioinspired strategy for the controlled synthesis of polyenes. They…
Sure, you’ve got a product that says “kills germs” under your sink, but will it really destroy the new coronavirus on surfaces? Turns out that…
A replenishment oiler, left, refuels a naval ship at sea. The Porosoff research group at the University of Rochester has demonstrated that a potassium-promoted molybdenum…
In a study at SLAC and Stanford, theorists predicted that catalyst nanoparticles made of palladium and platinum (left) would become rounder during certain chemical reactions…
The integrated solar flow battery device contains both a solar cell to convert sunlight into electricity and chemicals that can store the electricity for later…
2-Chlorobenzalmalononitrile, better known as CS gas, is one of the most common tear gases used in the United States today, but did you know it’s…
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, demonstrated a novel fabrication method for affordable gas membranes that can remove carbon…
Levitation has long been a staple of magic tricks and movies. But in the lab, it’s no trick. Scientists can levitate droplets of liquid, though…
Research in a University of Oregon chemistry lab has advanced the effectiveness of the catalytic water dissociation reaction in bipolar membranes. A three-member team used…
Solvated electrons (green) in the gaps between ammonia molecules (blue and white) begin to coalesce into a pair as a solution moves toward becoming metallic.…
An artist’s illustration of the light-activated antenna-reactor catalyst Rice University engineers designed to break carbon-fluorine bonds in fluorocarbons. The aluminum portion of the particle (white…
The Matrix Assembly Cluster Source, a newly invented machine which has been used by Swansea University researchers to design a breakthrough water treatment method using…
KIST research team used plant-originated tannic acid to develop a flame-retardant carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP). Credit: Korea Institute of Science and Technology Non-toxic, flame-retardant composite…
Credit: Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory One of nature’s most important chemical reactions is now being captured in a breakthrough “molecular movie.” Using a unique…
Bombardier Beetle. Credit: Stevens Institute of Technology How the Beetle Got Its Bang If you want to see one of the wonders of the natural…