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Researchers create safer nonstick surface, cutting use of 'forever chemicals'
A new material developed by researchers from University of Toronto Engineering could offer a safer alternative to the nonstick chemicals commonly used in cookware and other applications.
Materials Science
14 hours ago
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Newly discovered millipede compounds affect ant brains, could inspire pain treatments
Chemist Emily Mevers and her team recently discovered a new set of complex structures in millipede secretions that can modulate specific neuroreceptors in ant brains.
Biochemistry
Jul 25, 2025
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SpectroTAP: Researchers develop new technology to study catalysts
From laundry detergents and self-cleaning ovens to the manufacturing of fuels, plastics and medications, catalysts play a vital role in everyday products and industry.
Materials Science
Jul 25, 2025
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Template-guided chemistry: Researchers efficiently synthesize functionalized oligophenylene cages
Template-assisted synthesis dramatically improves the yield of functionalized oligophenylene cages, report researchers from Japan.
Materials Science
Jul 25, 2025
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Curved molecules store sunlight as chemical energy and release heat on demand
Curved molecules that absorb sunlight, store the energy, and re-release it as heat are pushing the boundaries in solar thermal storage technology.
Nature-inspired process makes wood tougher than steel for structural use
A research team led by the University of the Basque Country (EHU), together with Wuhan University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (China), was inspired by naturally occurring processes that give rise to fossilized wood ...
Materials Science
Jul 24, 2025
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Electron beam irradiation decomposes Teflon-like fluoroplastics efficiently
Plastics like Teflon are famously durable—and infamously difficult to recycle. But a breakthrough from researchers at the National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST) may offer a powerful new solution.
Materials Science
Jul 24, 2025
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Machine-learning application makes advanced chemical predictions easier and faster, no deep programming skills required
One of the shared, fundamental goals of most chemistry researchers is the need to predict a molecule's properties, such as its boiling or melting point. Once researchers can pinpoint that prediction, they're able to move ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 24, 2025
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Sulfur integration in nanostructures boosts catalytic efficiency in hydrogenation reactions
Despite natural evidence indicating sulfur's importance and efficiency as a catalyst for critical redox reactions, including hydrogenation (addition of hydrogen to molecule) and dehydrogenation (its opposite), chemists have ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 24, 2025
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New AI system forecasts practical applications for newly synthesized materials
Every year, thousands of new materials are created, yet many never reach their full potential because their applications aren't immediately obvious—a challenge University of Toronto researchers aim to address using artificial ...
Materials Science
Jul 24, 2025
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New enzyme technology to boost flavor production efficiency
Researchers have developed a highly efficient and reusable biocatalyst with promising applications in the food and cosmetics industries.
Biochemistry
Jul 24, 2025
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Engineered enzyme efficiently recycles PET bottles and blended fibers at moderate temperatures
A research team has successfully engineered a novel PET hydrolase enzyme, PET2-21M, achieving a remarkable improvement in the biodegradation of bottle-grade polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastics. High activity towards ...
Polymers
Jul 24, 2025
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Researchers testing environmentally friendly tin extraction
A mineral that is difficult to crack meets a raw material that is increasingly in demand in the electronics and semiconductor industry: In multi-stage smelting and refining processes, raw tin is processed from a concentrate ...
Materials Science
Jul 24, 2025
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Researchers visualize crystal phase changes particle by particle in new simulations
The secret to how steel hardens and shape-memory alloys snap into place lies in rapid, atomic-scale shifts that scientists have struggled to observe in materials. Now, Cornell researchers are revealing how these transformations ...
Materials Science
Jul 23, 2025
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Novel material efficiently removes 'forever chemicals'
University of Utah researchers have developed a material that addresses an urgent environmental challenge: the real-time detection and efficient removal of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), a toxic and persistent member of the ...
Materials Science
Jul 23, 2025
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Unexpected electron transfer from hydrogen to metals reshapes understanding of key chemical reactions
Speeding up chemical reactions is key to improving industrial processes or mitigating unwanted or harmful waste. Realizing these improvements requires that chemists design around documented reaction pathways. Now, a team ...
Materials Science
Jul 23, 2025
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This temporary tattoo could detect an unwanted drug in your drink
Researchers reporting in ACS Sensors have created a temporary tattoo sticker that has a hidden, but possibly lifesaving, purpose: detecting the presence of one drug used to "spike" alcoholic beverages and facilitate sexual ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 23, 2025
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Researchers achieve record hydrogen isotope separation via isotopologue-driven dynamics
A research team led by Linda Zhang at Tohoku University has developed a novel metal-organic framework (MOF) that enables record-breaking separation of hydrogen isotopes, achieving a D2/H2 selectivity of 32.5 at 60 K.
Materials Science
Jul 23, 2025
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Fully π-conjugated carbon nanobelts: Synthetic breakthroughs and electronic innovation
Chemists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have synthesized a new class of carbon nanostructures: fully π-conjugated, pentagon-embedded non-alternant carbon nanobelts (CNBs). This achievement addresses a long-standing ...
Materials Science
Jul 23, 2025
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Green ammonia revolution: New electrolyte strategy boosts sustainable fertilizer production
A joint international research team has, for the first time, revealed the crucial link between the structure of the solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) and the efficiency of lithium-mediated nitrogen reduction to ammonia, ...
Materials Science
Jul 23, 2025
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