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Rewriting the Periodic Table at High Pressure

August 15, 2019

A new study adds an entirely new dimension to the table, offering a new set of principles for material research

A Material Way to Make Mars Habitable

July 16, 2019

Silica aerogel could warm the Martian surface similar to the way greenhouse gases keep Earth warm

'Nanoemulsion' Gels Offer New Way to Deliver Drugs through the Skin

June 25, 2019

Novel materials made with FDA-approved components could deliver large payloads of active ingredients

Engineers Use Tiki Torches in Study of Soot, Diesel Filters

July 27, 2018

Chemical engineers testing methods to improve efficiency of diesel engines while maintaining performance are getting help fro...

Engineered Polymer Membranes Could Be New Option for Water Treatment

May 8, 2018

Engineers studied self-assembled block polymer membranes, which allow for both customizable and uniform pore sizes, as a...

Researchers Developing Renewable Energy Approach for Producing Ammonia

April 5, 2018

The new process utilizes a plasma in combination with non-noble metal catalysts to generate ammonia at much milder conditions...

Chemists Follow Molecules down ‘Nanowells,’ Track Catalytic Reactions in Nanoconfinement

January 31, 2018

Previous studies of such reactions have been limited to theoretical work with simplified models and experiments following a c...

Bright and Shining Molecules for OLEDs and New Drugs

November 13, 2017

An effective method for synthesizing thiophene-containing fluorophores

Discovery Could Reduce Nuclear Waste with Improved Method to Chemically Engineer Molecules

September 18, 2017

Indiana University scientists report new, highly accurate method to predict effectiveness of molecules that extract toxic ele...

New Fluorescent Dyes Could Advance Biological Imaging

September 5, 2017

The work offers scientists a way to adjust the properties of existing dyes deliberately, making them bolder, brighter, and mo...

Scientists Use Brewery Waste to Grow Yeast Needed for Beer Making

August 29, 2017

Spent grain amounts to as much as 85 percent of a brewery's waste

Researchers Discover New Chemical Process That Could Reduce Nitrogen Oxides From Diesel Exhaust

August 18, 2017

Research team focused on copper-exchanged zeolites, a particular class of catalysts used to promote the conversion of NO...

Researchers Invent 'Perfect' Soap Molecule

October 27, 2016

Invention could dramatically reduce the number of chemicals in cleaning products and their impact on the environment...

Asphalt-Based Carbon-Capture Material Advances

September 13, 2016

Rice University scientists improve method to pull greenhouse gas from natural gas streams

World's Most Powerful X-Ray Takes a 'Sledgehammer' to Molecules

September 12, 2016

Their findings reverse what has been accepted thinking in crystallography for more than 100 years

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