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- App-controlled revolution for drug production
A radical new method of producing drug molecules, which uses downloadable blueprints to easily and reliably synthesise organic chemicals via a programmable 'chemputer', could be set to democratise ... - Innovative method for confining metallic nanoparticles in clay nanotubes for catalytic applications
Co-author Katsuhiko Ariga of WPI-MANA, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba shares his insights into the composite 'green' nanomaterials published in Science and Technology of Advanced... - Metallic nano-particles light up another path towards eco-friendly catalysts
Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology produced subnano-sized metallic particles that are very effective as catalysts for the oxidation of hydrocarbons. These catalysts can be as much as 50 ti... - Growing Polymer Pelts
Polymer pelts made of the finest of fibers are suitable for many different applications, from coatings that adhere well and are easy to remove to highly sensitive biological detectors. Researchers ... - Revision of the International System of Units
On 16 Nov 2018, the final day of the 26th meeting of the General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) at the Palais des Congres in Versailles, a landmark decision was taken and the BIPM Member... - New method "Key-and-lock recognition" of proteins
A new method of selectively binding proteins to nanoparticles has been described by a team of German and Chinese researchers headed by Prof. Bart Jan Ravoo, a chemist at the "Center for Soft Nanosc... - Why certain compounds have the potential to convert light into electrical energy
Transition-metal complexes - that is a cumbersome word for a class of molecules with important properties: An element from the group of transition metals sits in the centre. The outer electrons of ... - Cobalt - a potential bottleneck in the transition to electric mobility
The coming electric vehicle boom will significantly increase the demand for cobalt in the EU and globally. As a result, demand is expected to exceed supply already in 2020 and the EU must take step... - Nanotubes built from protein crystals: Breakthrough in biomolecular engineering
Researchers at Tokyo Tech have succeeded in constructing protein nanotubes from tiny scaffolds made by cross-linking of engineered protein crystals. The achievement could accelerate the development... - Optimizing of alloy materials: Diffusion processes in nano particles decoded
Aluminium alloys have unique material properties and are indispensable materials in aircraft manufacturing and space technology. With the help of high-resolution electron tomography, researchers at... - Carbon fibers from greenhouse gas
In collaboration with fellow researchers, chemists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a process that, according to initial calculations, can facilitate economically removing... - RNA Microchips - a new chapter in ribonucleic acid synthesis
Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is, along with DNA and protein, one of the three primary biological macromolecules and was probably the first to arise in early life forms. In the "RNA world" hypothesis, RNA... - Producing chemicals from renewable raw materials
Most detergents, cosmetics, and clothes, to name just a few products, are manufactured using petroleum, making such everyday items anything but eco-friendly. It is now possible to produce the bio-b... - Time-resolved X-ray crystallography simplified
An international collaboration has developed a new method to observe the molecular foundations of biology, with the help of beamline P14 at EMBL Hamburg. The new 'hit-and-return' method simplifies ... - Searching for undeclared carbon tetrachloride in the atmosphere
35,000 tons of undeclared carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) are released into our atmosphere every year - although applications in which this substance is released into the environment have been official... - Improve understanding of chemical reactions in water electrolysis
Extracting hydrogen using water electrolysis, that is separating water into oxygen and hydrogen using electric current, could contribute to making energy generated from renewable sources more effic... - Inexpensive chip-based device may transform spectrometry
Spectrometers - devices that distinguish different wavelengths of light and are used to determine the chemical composition of everything from laboratory materials to distant stars - are large devic... - Increase starch accumulation in algae
Results from a collaborative study by Tokyo Tech and Tohoku University, Japan, raise prospects for large-scale production of algae-derived starch, a valuable bioresource for biofuels and other rene... - Top scientists apply Brexit pressure
35 Nobel Laureates and Fields Medalists, including Venki Ramakrishnan, President of the Royal Society, have written to Prime Minister May and President Juncker calling for a Brexit deal on science ... - Cheap and environmentally friendly chemical conversion of CO2
Prof. Walter Leitner, director of the Molecular Catalysis Department at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion (MPI CEC) and his team developed a new manganese catalyst capable of ... - Water splitting electrocatalysts with in situ fast surface reconstruction
The development of efficient bifunctional electrodes with extraordinary mass activity and robust stability is a challenging goal for the hydrogen production via water splitting. Surface reconstruct... - Crystals that clean natural gas
Removing the troublesome impurities of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and carbon dioxide (CO2) from natural gas could become simpler and more effective using a metal-organic framework (MOF) developed at KA...