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ETH researchers analysed various possibilities for reducing the net CO2 emissions of the chemical industry to zero. Their conclusion? The chemical industry can in fact have a carbon-neutral future.... - Atomic force microscopy reveals high heterogeneity in bacterial membrane vesicles
Researchers at Kanazawa University and Tsukuba University report in Nanoscale that the physical properties of extracellular bacterial membrane vesicles are significantly diverse. The properties fo... - Reduced off-odor of plastic recyclates via separate collection of packaging waste
More than 60 odorous substances were identified using combined chemo-analytical methods. The information gained provides a targeted strategy for avoiding off-odors. The results of this collaborativ... - Using chemistry to unlock the difference between cold- and hot-brew coffee
Cold brew may be the hottest trend in coffee-making, but not a lot is known about how this process alters the drink's chemical characteristics. Scientists now report that the content of potentially... - An all-organic proton battery energized for sustainable energy storage
Sustainable energy storage is in great demand. Researchers at Uppsala University have therefore developed an all-organic proton battery that can be charged in a matter of seconds. The battery c... - Reducing the off-odour of plastic recyclates
Plastic recyclates produced from waste packaging have to meet high sensory requirements for them to be used for new products. Plastic recyclates often have off-odours, some of which have yet to be ... - A funnel of light
Physicists of the University of Würzburg, in a joint collaboration with colleagues from the University of Rostock, have developed a light funnel apparatus. It could serve as a new platform for hype... - Absolute Structure from Scanning Electron Microscopy
Non-centrosymmetry is a fascinating topic because crystalline materials with chiral crystal structures exist in two enantiomorphic forms i.e. with different absolute structures which are in many re... - Activating palladium catalysis by light
In the production of compounds, chemists have the fundamental goal of finding strategies that are most selective and avoid waste products. Breakthroughs in this area serve, among other things, to d... - High-speed microscope captures fleeting brain signals
Electrical and chemical signals flash through our brains constantly as we move through the world, but it would take a high-speed camera and a window into the brain to capture their fleeting paths. ... - Aerogels made from scrap rubber tyres
A team of NUS researchers has achieved a major technological breakthrough by converting waste rubber tyres into super-light aerogels that have a wide range of applications. This is the first time t... - New form of cell division driven by protein waves
The Biological Physics group led by Professor Carsten Beta at the University of Potsdam has, in cooperation with Spanish scientists, discovered a new form of cell division caused by intracellular p... - Predicting reaction results: Machines learn chemistry
Everyday life without artificial intelligence is barely conceivable in today's world. Countless applications in areas such as autonomous driving, foreign language translations or medical diagnostic... - Presence of plastic in a new species in one of the deepest places on earth
The amphipod - known in informal speech as a "hopper" - was discovered by researchers from Newcastle University in the Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench between Japan and the Philippines. The resea... - Temperature-responsive polymer points the way to sustainable plastics
A polymer that can be broken down into its molecular building blocks, which can then be recombined by either heating or cooling-but by different mechanisms in each case-has been developed by RIKEN ... - Atomic fingerprint identifies emission sources of uranium
Uranium is not always the same: depending on whether this chemical element is released by the civil nuclear industry or as fallout from nuclear weapon tests, the ratio of the two anthropogenic, i.e... - A new way of making chiral catalysts
Scientists at the University of Southampton have discovered a new way to create one hand of a chiral molecule by using a mechanical bond as a catalyst. Chiral molecules are two molecules that ar... - Tracking down the mystery of matter
Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have measured a property of the neutron more precisely than ever before. In the process they found out that the elementary particle has a significantl... - 'Smart water' may aid oil recovery
Scientists at Rice University's Brown School of Engineering show that microscopic saltwater droplets emulsify crude oil when each has the right composition. Understanding how they combine is import... - Determining the molecular structures of proteins using cryo-electron microscopy
Researchers have used cryo-electron microscopy to elucidate for the first time the structure and function of a very small enzyme embedded in cell membranes. This enzyme builds complex sugar trees t... - Short film of a magnetic nano-vortex
For the first time, researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have recorded a "3D film" of magnetic processes on the nanometer scale. This reveals a variety of dynamics inside the material, in... - How cells disentangle clumped proteins
A Dutch-German team including researchers from Heidelberg University explored and describe a molecular machine which pulls on exposed loops of the protein chains and extracts them from the protein ... - Electricity 'out of thin air'
Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a device that uses a natural protein to create electricity from moisture in the air, a new technology they say could have signif... - Electroactive substances for organic redox-flow batteries
Renewable energy sources like solar cells (photovoltaics) and wind turbines require large-scale energy storage systems to balance out fluctuations in energy generation. Redox-flow batteries (RFBs) ... - In the right place at the right time - activation chain of protein degradation deciphered
Proteins are molecular work horses in the cell that perform specific tasks, but it is essential that the timing of protein activities is exquisitely controlled. When proteins have fulfilled their t...