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• A global anthropogenic emission inventory of full-volatility organic compounds
  Traditional global emission inventories classify primary organic emissions into non-volatile organic carbon and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). However, information about volatility distribution...
• A glass material that precisely separates gases
  Separating carbon dioxide molecules from gas mixtures requires materials with extremely fine pores. Researchers from Friedrich Schiller University Jena, in cooperation with the University of Leipzi...
• Switch of a nucleophilic amino acid into a versatile intermediate
  Chemical diversification of proteins is an important concept in the study of biological processes and the complex structures of the proteins themselves. Researchers of our institute have now publis...
• Lab 4.0: First industrial communication standard for laboratory and analytical devices
  As of December 14, 2023, the Laboratory & Analytical Device Standard (LADS) can be officially used and integrated within laboratory and analytical devices. After a four-year development phase, the ...
• Recycled water create more sustainable food production
  In many parts of the world, and also in Sweden, there is a shortage of drinking water. Drinking water is also used to irrigate crops and for various industrial processes. This is neither sustainabl...
• Unexpected chemistry reveals cosmic star factories' secrets
  A Chalmers-led team of scientists has studied two galaxies in the early universe, which contain extremely productive star factories. Using powerful telescopes to split the galaxies' light into indi...
• Shedding light on the synthesis of sugars before the origin of life
  Pentoses are essential carbohydrates in the metabolism of modern lifeforms, but their availability during early Earth is unclear since these molecules are unstable. A new study led by the Earth...
• Green hydrogen: Improving the stability of iridium catalysts with titanium oxides
  Anodes for the electrolytic splitting of water are usually iridium-based materials. In order to increase the stability of the iridium catalyst, a team at HZB and a group at HI-ERN have now produced...
• Competitor for diamonds: superhard multifunctional carbon nitrides
  In a groundbreaking piece of research, scientists have synthesised long-sought carbon nitrogen compounds and unlocked the potential of carbon nitrides as a new class of superhard multifunctional ma...
• Resource-efficient and climate-friendly with sodium-ion batteries
  The transition to a society without fossil fuels means that the need for batteries is increasing at a rapid pace. At the same time, the increase will mean a shortage of the metals lithium and cobal...
• Sustainable catalyst system for hydrogen production using light energy
  For hydrogen to be sustainably produced using sunlight, it's not just an efficient catalyst system that's needed - it must also be economical, readily available, and resource-efficient. A team led ...
• Catalyst for electronically controlled C-H functionalization
  The Chirik Group at the Princeton Department of Chemistry is chipping away at one of the great challenges of metal-catalyzed C-H functionalization with a new method that uses a cobalt catalyst to d...
• A novel microscope operates on the quantum state of single electrons
  Physicists at the University of Regensburg have found a way to manipulate the quantum state of individual electrons using a microscope with atomic resolution. The results of the study have now been...
• Wood materials make for reliable organic solar cells
  One of nature's most common organic materials - lignin - can be used to create stable and environmentally friendly organic solar cells. Researchers at Linköping University and the Royal Institute o...
• Using clay to combat PFAS
  PFAS filters available for industrial waste are usually made of activated carbon (PFAS = perfluorinated and polyfluorinated alkyl compounds). As this is comparatively expensive, researchers are loo...
• Breakthrough in the synthesis of artificial cells
  A groundbreaking study published in "Nature Chemistry" reveals a remarkable leap in the synthesis of artificial cells using synthetic materials, achieved by an international team led by Dr. Andrea ...
• Harvesting more solar energy with supercrystals
  Hydrogen is a building block for the energy transition. To obtain it with the help of solar energy, LMU researchers have developed new high-performance nanostructures. The material holds a world re...
• These factors determine carbon storage in soils
  Carbon sequestration in soils can contribute to mitigate climate change, and soil organic matter associated with minerals has the highest capacity to store carbon. A team of researchers, including ...
• Fighting global warming with tamarind polymers
  If South Mumbai is flooded in seven years, 20 million people will lose their homes. The number of cases of cancer in children will rise by 37 percent this year. The mountains of garbage in his home...
• New biodegradable polymers tracable without toxic contrast agents
  Polyphosphoesters, molecules containing phosphorus as central element, are easily traceable without the need for contrast agents, thanks to developments by researchers at the University of Twente ....