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Electrochemical properties of biomolecular condensates could help in development of cancer or ALS treatments
Much of cell behavior is governed by the actions of biomolecular condensates: building block molecules that glom together and scatter apart as needed. Biomolecular condensates constantly shift their phase, sometimes becoming ...
Biochemistry
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Automated method increases the efficiency of bioactive natural product discovery
From caffeine to penicillin, natural products have become a mainstay in modern society, and are used for numerous applications, such as medicine and pesticides. There are tens of thousands of untapped natural products, but ...
Biochemistry
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Eco-friendly rare earth element separation: A bioinspired solution to an industry challenge
From smartphones to wind turbines, rare earth elements (REEs) are an essential part of the hardware in many advanced technologies. These elements, which include the lanthanides along with scandium and yttrium, are the backbone ...
Analytical Chemistry
15 hours ago
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Real-time tracking reveals aromaticity-driven molecular shape changes
Scientists have achieved the first real-time visualization of how excited-state aromaticity emerges within just hundreds of femtoseconds and then triggers a molecule to change from bent to planar structure in a few picoseconds.
Analytical Chemistry
14 hours ago
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Neutron imaging reveals optimization potential for CO₂ conversion
The environmentally harmful greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, or CO₂ for short, can be converted into valuable chemical products such as carbon monoxide (CO) or ethanol by means of electrochemical reduction—electrolysis. ...
Analytical Chemistry
14 hours ago
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Chemists discover new method to transform carbon dioxide to formate
The world's demand for alternative fuels and sustainable chemical products has prompted many scientists to look in the same direction for answers: converting carbon dioxide (CO2) into carbon monoxide (CO).
Analytical Chemistry
16 hours ago
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Mosquito pain receptors found to be less sensitive during extreme heat, which could nullify some natural bug sprays
Hotter temperatures may render natural insect repellents less effective against mosquitoes, according to a new study. Researchers found that a pain receptor called TRPA1 becomes less sensitive in mosquitoes when exposed to ...
Biochemistry
17 hours ago
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Pressurized electrolyzer achieves high-current NH₃ synthesis from nitrogen oxide
Electrocatalytic nitric oxide reduction reaction (NORR) offers a promising route for sustainable ammonia (NH3) synthesis and for removing NO pollutants. However, achieving NH3 production from NO with ampere-level current ...
Analytical Chemistry
12 hours ago
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How do researchers determine how toxic a chemical is? A toxicologist explains alternatives to animal testing
A vast number of chemicals are registered for production and use around the world. But only a portion have been thoroughly evaluated for their toxicity due to time, cost, ethical concerns and regulatory limitations.
Analytical Chemistry
14 hours ago
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Photosynthesis research offers support for low-valence paradigm
A new Yale study aims to settle a longstanding question about photosynthesis, the process by which plants convert sunlight into fuel, with oxygen as a byproduct.
Biochemistry
17 hours ago
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Incorporating Gd into Fe-doped nickel oxide markedly enhances oxygen evolution reaction activity
Producing clean hydrogen energy usually involves the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), which has the unfortunate drawback of being sluggish and inefficient. Catalysts can fast-track this process, but it is no easy task finding ...
Analytical Chemistry
21 hours ago
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Supramolecular organic framework achieves high-efficiency iodine capture from seawater
Iodine is a crucial element in various industries, but it is one of the least abundant nonmetallic elements on Earth. Although seawater holds around 70% of the world's iodine reserves, its low concentrations—approximately ...
Analytical Chemistry
13 hours ago
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Scientists break down plastic using a simple, inexpensive catalyst and air
Harnessing moisture from air, Northwestern University chemists have developed a simple new method for breaking down plastic waste.
Materials Science
Mar 11, 2025
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Scientists discover new heavy-metal molecule 'berkelocene'
A research team led by the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has discovered "berkelocene," the first organometallic molecule to be characterized containing the heavy element berkelium.
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 11, 2025
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New theory on dense gases and liquids could aid carbon capture
The transport of dense gases and liquids is becoming increasingly relevant in relation to carbon capture. Research published in The Journal of Chemical Physics is helping us understand more about how this can be done most ...
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 11, 2025
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First images capture cholesterol crystal formation in the body
A pair of University of Houston professors, known for their contributions to crystal engineering with specific breakthroughs in the design of therapeutics to prevent crystallization in human diseases, are discovering how ...
Biochemistry
Mar 11, 2025
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Drug building blocks pave path to new sepsis treatments
The immune system can typically ramp up the body's defenses to clear out an invading threat without issue. Glitches can happen, however, with sepsis occurring when the mustered army of cells also attacks the body's own tissues ...
Biochemistry
Mar 11, 2025
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Molecular motors in action: Visualizing α-cyclodextrin movement along polymer chains
Imagine a microscopic locomotive moving back and forth along a track, propelling itself without any external force. At the molecular level, this concept forms the foundation of molecular motors—intricate systems that could ...
Polymers
Mar 11, 2025
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Self-optimizing catalysts facilitate water-splitting for the green production of hydrogen
Hydrogen is a much-debated option in terms of CO₂-neutral energy production. Electrolyzer units that split water into its constituent oxygen and storable hydrogen are supplied with electricity from renewable resources, ...
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 11, 2025
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Catalyst uses just water and oxygen for greener and simpler industrial chemical production
Researchers have developed a simple, sustainable and economic way to make the common household and industrial chemical, hydrogen peroxide. The novel method also opens potential pathways to the production of other chemicals ...
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 11, 2025
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