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Converting Carbon into Molecules Useful in Medicinal Chemistry

A chemistry collaboration led to a creative way to put carbon dioxide to good – and even healthy – use: by incorporating it, via electrosynthesis, into a series of organic molecules that are vital to pharmaceutical development.

10 Jan 2023

Thermal Fatigue Damage Mechanism of Strengthened Tungsten Composites

A research group has recently performed an investigation into the relationship between microstructure evolution and property degradation of two representative second-phase dispersion-strengthened tungsten materials following electron beam thermal loading.

9 Jan 2023

Machine Learning Helps Discover Two Modes of Keyhole Oscillation

New breakthroughs have been made by a research group headed by Tao Sun associate professor of materials science and engineering at the University of Virginia.

9 Jan 2023

New Design Could Help Lithium-Sulfur Batteries Reach Their Full Potential

In daily human life, batteries tend to play a major role everywhere, right from cell phones and smart watches to the growing number of electric vehicles.

9 Jan 2023

Rice Scientists Develop Photochemical Process to Simplify Drug, Chemical Synthesis

Inexpensive iron salts are a key to simplifying the manufacture of essential precursors for drugs and other chemicals, according to scientists at Rice University.

9 Jan 2023

Researchers Analyze How Light Breaks Down a Nonbiodegradable Plastic

A team of researchers led by Young-Shin Jun at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis found that nanoplastics facilitate formation of manganese oxide on polystyrene nanoparticles.

9 Jan 2023

Washing, Cleaning can be Done with Purified Water in Future Instead of Detergents

Could washing our clothes without detergent become a thing of the past? Even though the research is in its early stages, an investigation as to whether washing or cleaning can be done with purified water instead of detergent solution looks promising.

9 Jan 2023

Electrically Insulative, Toughened Epoxy Meets NASA Low Outgassing Specifications

Master Bond Supreme 42HT-2ND Black is a two-part, non-drip epoxy system designed for bonding, sealing and coating applications. It is capable of withstanding temperatures up to 450 °F (232 °C), and provides a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 130-135 °C.

From Master Bond Inc. 9 Jan 2023

Quality control of semiconductor wafer pretreatment processes with online NIRS

Semiconductors are the fundamental components of modern electronic goods. Cleanliness is crucial inside of a semiconductor fabrication facility, considering the scale of the working surfaces (nanometers).