Written by Adeel Abbas Solar-powered synthesis gas could recycle carbon dioxide into fuels and useful chemicals. The professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Michigan, who led the study, said it will reduce CO2 emissions. syngas is usually derived from fossil fuels with the help of electricity and is composed of hydrogen and…

Written by Adeel Abbas Ronald Koder is an associate professor of physics at the City College of New York and he and his team at the Koder Lab are working on a new way to detect a deadly nerve agent in real-time. An incredibly deadly chemical warfare agent that has been used in assassinations by some…

Written by Adeel Abbas The charge storage mechanisms of NiBTA, a recently discovered material that can enable advanced fast-charging batteries, were unveiled by Skoltech researchers with the help of their colleagues from Moscow State University. Their report is published in a scientific journal. Electric vehicles that suffer from the “range anxiety” issue require fast-charging batteries.…

Written by Adeel Abbas After the body’s own messenger substances are activated, most cells are able to defend themselves. This happens with the help of proteins that recognize invading virus components. The myxoviruses resistance Protein B is one of these. It can prevent many viruses. It was unclear how it did this. As part of…

Written by Adeel Abbas A team of researchers in China and the U.S. developed a new type of aerogel that can be used in flexible thermal insulation material applications. The group describes how they made their aerogel in their paper published in the journal Nature. aerogels made with ceramic materials work well as thermal insulators,…

An international team of researchers, led by scientists at the University of Manchester, has developed a fast and economical method of converting methane, or natural gas, into liquid Methanol. The method uses visible light to drive the conversion under continuous flow. The researchers used the VISION instrument at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to observe how…

Laser cutting techniques use high-energy beams to melt materials. Scientists have developed a more precise technique using low-power visible light. The cold photo-carving process uses less energy than traditional laser cutting techniques. Professor Tomislav Friščić says that sculpting down to a resolution of nanometers is possible with our approach because light can be focused more…

One can see the reflected image of a left hand when holding a right hand in front of a mirror. The left- and right-handed versions of the organic molecule come in mirror-image pairs. The Greek word for hand is a hallmark of organic compounds. Life almost always chooses to use one of the two mirror-image…

Written by Adeel Abbas Four RIKEN organic chemists have recently invented a method for synthesizing the isomers of a certain group of aromatic compounds. This promises to make it possible to manufacture chemicals for drugs, fertilizers, and polymers without the need to perform costly separation procedures. When making chemical compounds, it’s a bad idea to place…

Written by Adeel Abbas Scientists have recently discovered a new approach that has increased the number of useable kidney donors. This method is based on highly selective spectroscopic analysis in order to detect kidney injury. The results from this study can be used to diagnose kidney problems. This study was conducted at the University of…