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Study Shows Consumers' Move Toward Biobased Chemicals and Products

Usually, when oil prices fall, biobased chemical firms struggle. But these days, alternatives to petroleum-based products are undergoing a renaissance.

9 Jul 2020

New Peptide Nanoparticles Could be Used for Novel Biomedical Applications

The discovery of green fluorescent protein, which is made by a jellyfish, transformed cell biology.

9 Jul 2020

Researchers Produce First-Ever Porous, Nitrogen-Containing Graphene Ribbons

Graphene consists of a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a honeycomb structure.

9 Jul 2020

New Method to Recover Nutrients from Shrimp Processing Water

The seafood industry requires large amounts of water for food processing. Before used water is discharged, some organic matter, including protein, is typically removed.

9 Jul 2020

Researchers Observe How Indium Oxide Grows on Graphene

Graphene consists of a single layer of carbon atoms. Exceptional electronic, thermal, mechanical and optical properties have made graphene one of the most studied materials at the moment.

9 Jul 2020

New Center to Advance Materials Science Research for Critical Innovations

A new center at the University of Delaware will advance research to transform the way materials are made.

9 Jul 2020

Study Could Help Optimize Dismantling of Nuclear Facilities

Recent years have seen a move into a phase to decommission and dismantle nuclear power stations and facilities, above all in Europe.

9 Jul 2020

New Process to Manufacture and Integrate Artificial Atoms

MIT researchers have developed a process to manufacture and integrate "artificial atoms," created by atomic-scale defects in microscopically thin slices of diamond, with photonic circuitry, producing the largest quantum chip of its type.

9 Jul 2020

Newly Designed Materials can Control, Mold Balloons into Predefined Shapes

Balloon shaping isn't just for kids anymore. A team of researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has designed materials that can control and mold a balloon into pre-programmed shapes.

9 Jul 2020

New Algorithm Offers In-Depth Insights into Particle Collisions

The Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, Switzerland became famous around the world in 2012 with the detection of the Higgs boson.

9 Jul 2020

Researchers Use Femtochemistry to Control Crystal Structure on Solid's Surface

The goal of "Femtochemistry" is to film and control chemical reactions with short flashes of light.

9 Jul 2020

Separate a Wide Variety of Polar Analytes with New Raptor Polar X Columns

Analyzing polar compounds using liquid chromatography has historically been a challenge.

From Restek Corporation 9 Jul 2020

“Catch and Kill” Air Filter Kills Coronavirus

A research team at the University of Houston (UH) collaborated with their colleagues to design a “catch and kill” air filter that has the ability to trap the virus that causes COVID-19 and kill it immediately.

8 Jul 2020

Study Reveals Source of Thermodynamic Instability in Inorganic Perovskites

Instability in inorganic perovskites has attracted a great deal of interest for its potential to produce highly efficient solar cells. Now, scientists working in the Cava Group from the Department of Chemistry at Princeton University have revealed the reasons behind this instability.

8 Jul 2020

LabVantage Adds Fully Integrated Scientific Data Management System (SDMS) to its Industry-Leading LIMS Platform

LabVantage Solutions, Inc., the leading provider of laboratory informatics solutions and services including purpose-built LIMS solutions that allow labs to go live faster and at a lower total cost, today announced that the newly-released 8.5 edition of its industry-leading LabVantage platform offers a fully integrated Scientific Data Management System (SDMS).

From LabVantage Solutions, Inc. 8 Jul 2020