Chemistry
New Plasmonic Nanobiosensor Spots Fuel Adulteration at Record Sensitivity
Fuel adulteration is one of those quiet crimes that most motorists never see but almost everyone eventually pays for. When...
Shrimp feed and humic acid foul aquaculture membranes differently, study finds
On any given day inside a modern land-based shrimp farm, the same water may pass through a filtration membrane dozens...
β-Sitosterol from Ipomoea carnea Jacq. As a promising anti-inflammatory agent: Evidence from in silico modeling and in vitro validation
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Graded membranes point to a sustainable route for refining complex petroleum
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Round-robin tests quantify catalyst activity and deactivation in CO2 hydrogenation modelling
In the race to harness artificial intelligence for discovering better catalysts, a sobering new study has emerged that quantifies just...
Researchers reveal guiding principles for electrochemical synthesis of multimetallic nanocrystals
For much of the past three decades, coaxing nanocrystals made of more than one metal into existence has been closer...
How microbes strip halogens from organic pollutants
Deep in contaminated soil and groundwater, some of the most stubborn synthetic chemicals on Earth are being quietly dismantled by...
Quantum Dot Catalysts Boost Solar-Powered Hydrogen Fuel Production
A spoonful of catalyst, a flask of water and a beam of simulated sunlight: it is the simplest recipe imaginable...
Rice husk nanocomposite breaks down toxic benzene and toluene using visible light
Every year, the world’s rice mills strip away enormous tonnages of husk, a silica- and carbon-rich agricultural residue that is...
Temperature drives quality loss and fungal shifts in stored paddy rice
Cold Silos, Slow Clocks: Eight-Month Experiment Reveals How Temperature Rewrites the Chemistry and Fungal Fate of Stored Rice Rice is...
Emerging contaminants found in Vietnam’s water sources and urban systems, review shows
From Canal to Tap: The Hidden Chemical Tide Moving Through Vietnam’s Urban Water In the canal networks that drain Hanoi’s...
Teak sawdust cellulose reinforced PMMA composites and DFT study of MMA trimer
In the furniture workshops of Dhaka, teak wood is sawn into planks, leaving behind drifts of fine sawdust that are...
Mild metal-free method enables direct alpha-heteroarylation of amides and esters
Zinc Powder, Room Temperature, No Palladium: Chemists Awaken a 130-Year-Old Reaction to Build Drug Molecules Every year the pharmaceutical industry...
Cyclopropanol doubles as caged warhead for selective electrochemical bioconjugation
Switched On by Electricity: “Caged” Cyclopropanol Warhead Lets Chemists Label Proteins Inside Living Cells at Will Inside every living cell,...
How pH Shapes Interfacial Water’s Role in Platinum Hydrogen Oxidation
Platinum has long been regarded as the benchmark catalyst for the hydrogen oxidation reaction, the electrochemical process that converts hydrogen...
Engineering Anionic Sublattices in Perovskite Heterostructures Advances Tandem Solar Cells
Solar technology has spent years chasing a difficult combination: higher efficiency without sacrificing durability. A new perovskite design could bring...
Review Examines Pharmaceutical Contamination in Edible Plants Grown on Waste-Amended Soils
Medicines Are Turning Up in Food Crops Fertilized With Wastewater, Manure and Biosolids As cities search for ways to conserve...
Base-Free Au/CuO Catalyst Converts 1,2-Propanediol to Methyl Lactate
A catalyst made from gold and copper oxide could offer a cleaner route to methyl lactate, a versatile chemical used...
Review Examines Organic, Biodegradable Reinforcements in PBS-Based Green Composites
A biodegradable plastic built from the same chemical family used in many everyday polymers could be transformed by an unexpected...
Microwave Chemistry Yields Promising Spiro-Benzothiazole Drug Leads in 20 Minutes
A simple mineral catalyst and microwave energy have helped researchers produce a collection of complex drug-like molecules in minutes, while...