Industrial processes for chemical separations, including natural gas purification and the production of oxygen and nitrogen for medical or industrial uses, are collectively responsible for about 15 percent of the world’s energy use.
Chemists at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) have developed an organic catalyst that can drive reactions using pyruvate – a key biomolecule in many metabolic pathways – that are difficult and complicated to achieve using conventional industrial techniques.
Researchers have uncovered a new avenue for overcoming the performance decline that occurs with repeated cycling in the cathodes of next-generation batteries. This discovery could find applications in batteries for transportation and the electric grid.
Aromatic polyimides have increasingly become the focus of research in electronics due to their favorable properties for manufacturing a variety of materials which are crucial for next-generation devices.
By Reginald Davey
25 Mar 2022
A team of researchers from Poland and Germany has fabricated magnesium alloy foams for use in tissue engineering and producing bone implants that are bioresorbable. Their findings have been published in the Journal of Magnesium and Alloys.
By Reginald Davey
25 Mar 2022
A team of researchers from the Arctic University of Norway’s Faculty of Engineering Science and Technology in Narvik have investigated various modification strategies to improve the performance of anodes for use in microbial fuel cells.
By Reginald Davey
24 Mar 2022
Although human eyes are said to be the windows on the world, it is the fingertips that enable man to touch with it.
Climate warming and the looming depletion of fossil resources are driving up demand for electric automobiles. The price of lithium, which is required to power electric vehicles, is also rising as a result of the rising demand. Evaporation or filtration procedures are used to extract lithium from salt lake brines—however, a considerable proportion of magnesium dissolved in the brine has made lithium mining difficult.
Handbags that are fashioned from “leather” made from a fungus, are going to be the trend in the forthcoming days.
In an article recently published in the journal Materials, researchers discussed the development and characteristics of the composite films of pea starch and e-polylysine.
By Surbhi Jain
24 Mar 2022
Stanford chemical engineers have developed high-brightness, stretchy color displays after uncovering a groundbreaking method of creating an elastic light-emitting polymer.
In an article recently published in the journal ACS Applied Energy Materials, researchers discussed the utility of gadolinium fluoride (GdF3) as an electron-selective contact material for the development of solar cells with a high thickness tolerance.
By Surbhi Jain
24 Mar 2022
In a review recently published in the open-access journal Materials, researchers discussed the recent advances in copper-doped titanium implants.
By Surbhi Jain
24 Mar 2022
Shimadzu Scientific Instruments introduces the IRXross™ Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectrophotometer. This mid-level FTIR model achieves upper-end performance including high-level S/N ratio, resolution, measurement speed and ease of use.
Chula Master in Engineering student's research on turning the cellulose in eucalyptus pulp into plastic substitutes with added antiseptic property hopes to help lower cost, and branch out into various environmental and human-friendly products.