It’s time to use a plant to drive a chemical reaction that has never occurred before in this universe. Chemists use light to power this reaction. The ideal photocatalysts for this process are suitable for the visible light spectrum, but in the real world, we may need to use photocatalysts that absorb a wider range…

A Nature Catalysis study conducted at the University of Chicago showed an innovative new system for artificial photosynthesis that is more productive than previous artificial systems by an order of magnitude. Artificial Photosynthesis would be useful for producing methane for use as a fuel and for generating electricity. Artificial photosynthesis would be useful for producing…

Written by Adeel Abbas Many people love beer, but they hate the bitter taste of hops in beer. Learn about the history of beer to discover if it’s right for you or not. The best hoppy beer is especially good for your liver and even has a name: “Hop Venom. The ACS Chemical Neuroscience study…

In Italy, there are more than 300 specific forms of pasta. A 55-year-old “pasta law” governs production and manufacture. That doesn’t mean that the staple isn’t being innovated. Now, Italian researchers have cooked up a new process for extending the shelf life of fresh pasta by 30 days, using a novel packaging process that also involves applying…

Food safety and the environment are issues in the food industry around the world. In 2021, 80% of domestic plastic waste originated from food-filled packages. There has been an increase in the environmental problem due to the excessive use of plastic. A variety of applications in the food industry have been made possible by the…

An international team of scientists has discovered planet formation in a star system younger than 500,000 years old. The find, published today in Nature, is a marked departure from previously accepted theories of planet formation and indicates that stars and planets grow up together like siblings. The disk lifetime based on a survey of nearby young…

In the USA hot water is getting into some rivers due to rise in heat waves. A new analysis shows that the heat waves in the river and stream are on the rise. Similar to marine heat waves, riverine heat waves occur when water temperatures climb above their normal range for five or more days.…

The impact of asteroids colliding with Earth created materials with a range of complex carbon structures, which could be used for future engineering applications according to an international study. The team of researchers has found that diamonds formed during a high-energy shock wave from an asteroid collision around 50,000 years ago have unique and exceptional…

A team of researchers from IBM Research Europe, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, and the University of Regensburg has changed the bonds between atoms for the first time. The group describes their method in a paper that was published in Science. A piece about the work done by the team has been published in the…

Written by Adeel Abbas The materials scientists and colleagues at the nonprofit scientific research institute UCLA have developed a new material and manufacturing process for creating artificial muscles that are stronger and more flexible than their biological counterparts. “Creating an artificial muscle to enable work and detect force and touch has been one of the grand…