Scientists from Romania have evaluated the use of bacteria to improve mortar in construction applications, investigating several different strains. Their findings have been published in the journal Materials.
By Reginald Davey
21 Oct 2022
Spectrometers are widely used throughout industry and research to detect and analyse light. Spectrometers measure the spectrum of light – its strength at different wavelengths, like the colours in a rainbow – and are an essential tool for identifying and analysing specimens and materials.
The Haber-Bosch process, which is widely used to produce ammonia (NH3)—the basis for synthetic nitrogen fertilizers—by blending hydrogen (H2) and nitrogen (N2) over catalysts at high pressures and temperatures—is among the most significant scientific discoveries that have helped to improve crop yields and boost global food production.
The substitution of petrochemical materials with those obtained from renewable raw materials is an important step towards increasing sustainability. Materials derived from plant cellulose are promising candidates for this application area.
A new high-profile scientific review article in Nature Reviews Chemistry discusses how carbon dioxide (CO2) converts from a gas to a solid in ultrathin films of water on underground rock surfaces. These solid minerals, known as carbonates, are both stable and common.
Imagine a typical recycling plant. Now imagine that the plant is a chemistry lab, and the crushed soda cans and waist-high stacks of junk mail have been replaced by microscopic structures worth tens of thousands of dollars per gram.
Hydrogen gas could someday replace fossil fuels as a "clean" energy source, producing only water and energy.
The materials used to power electronics must also get thinner as they get smaller and smaller. In light of this, finding materials that can keep unique electrical properties at an ultrathin size is one of the fundamental difficulties researchers confront when creating the next generation of energy-efficient devices.
Keeping the electricity grid up and running through summer heat waves and winter deep freezes is an ongoing balancing act. Power lines that stretch for miles are vulnerable to wind and fire.
In an article recently published in the open-access journal Scientific Reports, researchers discussed the development of laboratory tools that could measure bulk materials under difficult circumstances through 3D printing.
By Surbhi Jain
20 Oct 2022
This research characterizes hydrogen-bonded hydrogels, highlighting the role of network structure in enhancing mechanical properties and functional performance.
By Reginald Davey
20 Oct 2022
A paper recently published in the journal Energies demonstrated the feasibility of using double cathode modification layers to fabricate organic solar cells (OSCs) with high stability and efficiency.
By Samudrapom Dam
20 Oct 2022
In an effort to better comprehend the disease that is one of the major causes of mortality worldwide, researchers at Penn State successfully 3D bioprinted breast cancerous tumors and treated them.
Researchers from the Van ’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences of the University of Amsterdam offer a method that enables the transition of photocatalysis from the laboratory to the industry in a paper published in Nature Communications.
Alcohols are used to remove impurities on the surface of semiconductors or electronics during the manufacturing process, and wastewater containing alcohols is treated using reverse osmosis, ozone, and biological decomposition.