From paper towels to cups to plastic bottles products made from recycled materials permeate our lives One notable exception is building materials Why can't we recycle concrete from our deteriorating infrastructure for use as material ... - Read More
Researchers at the University of Minnesota have engineered a new synthetic biopathway that can more efficiently and cost effectively turn agricultural waste like corn stover and orange peels into a variety of useful products ranging ... - Read More
Released 8 Feb 2016 10 00 AM ESTSource Newsroom University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering more news from this source Add to Favorites Contact Information Available for logged in reporters only Citations Nature ... - Read More
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a characteristic essential for future applications Aussignargues said “The engineered protein was also more stable than its natural counterpart which was a big surprise ” he said “You can treat it with things that normally ... - Read More
A thin coating of graphene nanoribbons in epoxy developed at Rice University has proven effective at melting ice on a helicopter blade The coating by the Rice lab of chemist James Tour may be an ... - Read More
Released 14 Dec 2015 1 05 PM ESTSource Newsroom ITMO University Add to Favorites Contact Information Available for logged in reporters only Citations ACS Applied Materials & amp InterfacesDec 16 2015 A team of chemists ... - Read More
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scientists were able to get a clear image of the channel and how protons moved through it causing the fusion of the virus with the host membranes “We can actually see the protons move ” ... - Read More
it began trapping light at a much faster rate In technical terms it transitioned from an indirect band gap material to a direct band gap one Light with photo energy can penetrate indirect band gap ... - Read More
A Tufts University chemist has discovered a way to select specific surfaces of single crystal ice for study a long sought breakthrough that could help researchers answer essential questions about climate and the environment The ... - Read More
Since bee colonies started declining at alarming rates over the past few decades some scientists have identified a group of pesticides called neonicotinoids that are commonly used on crops as a potential contributor Now one ... - Read More
Released 22 Oct 2015 2 05 PM EDTSource Newsroom University of Alabama more news from this source Add to Favorites Contact Information Available for logged in reporters only Citations Angewandte Chemie Oct 16 2015Oct 28 ... - Read More
but the tubes went on to burst unable to control the pressure that powered their growth The upshot was that pollen without MSL8 didn’t fertilize eggs as well Eric Hamilton a fourth year PhD candidate ... - Read More
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that’s pretty sensitive and might work with patient samples ” Next the researchers plan to produce kits for free distribution “We’re giving people the components so they can build the devices themselves ” says Hamad ... - Read More
keeping them cool and durable The researchers present their work today at the 250th National Meeting & amp Exposition of the American Chemical Society ACS ACS the world’s largest scientific society is holding the meeting ... - Read More
While climatologists are carefully watching carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere another group of scientists is exploring a massive storehouse of carbon that has the potential to significantly affect the climate change picture University of ... - Read More
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