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Platinum can act as a catalyst for wastewater treatment

Making wastewater potable has a unique set of challenges, one of which is removing persistent chemicals and byproducts. Aldehydes, a byproduct of…
July 20, 2022
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Supercomputer model of lung receptor cells

Researchers simulate coronavirus invasion and infection, find cooperative host cells

A team of scientists, supported in part by an award from the U.S. National Science Foundation, used supercomputers at the Texas Advanced Computing…
May 31, 2022
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Nanomaterial could enhance diabetes treatment

Conventional treatments for diabetes can increase the risk of neurological problems, an under-researched side effect. U.S. National Science Foundation…
May 3, 2022
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Chemists synthesize novel neuroactive compound found in rainforest

Scripps Research Institute chemists working on an initiative supported in part by the U.S. National Science Foundation have developed a method to…
April 18, 2022
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Recent research analyzes the chemical composition of fracking wastewater

The composition of fracking wastewater and the ramifications of recycling or reusing wastewater produced by the fracking process have not been closely…
March 16, 2022
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Chemists theorize that cyanide gas reactions on early Earth enabled life.

Cyanide gas and the chemistry of evolving life

Billions of years ago, cyanide, a fast-acting poison known for its ability to extinguish life, may have caused the chemical reactions that enabled…
March 7, 2022
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Chemists have created a synthetic version of a rare extract from poppy plants.

Researchers create synthetic version of scarce compound found in poppies

Chemists at Rice University, partially funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation, have developed a synthetic version of a rare molecule extracted…
December 16, 2021
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Scientists use a two-step process to create hydrocarbons using glucose and E. coli.

Biochemists turn glucose into hydrocarbons found in gasoline

Biochemists at the University at Buffalo and the University of California, Berkeley, funded in part by the U.S. National Science Foundation, report in…
December 14, 2021
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Scientists have developed a way to generate pharmaceutical reactions using iron as a catalyst.

Low-cost iron catalyst produces less expensive pharmaceutical compounds

Cross-coupling reactions -- the joining of fragments of molecules with the aid of a metal catalyst -- are a critical part of pharmaceutical production…
December 8, 2021
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Iron corroding and degrading into thin layers of calcium carbonate and iron carbonate.

Chemists develop surface analysis technique to observe early-stage iron corrosion

Using a new technique, chemists at Michigan Technological University, supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation, successfully increased the…
November 8, 2021