Flash Heat, Clean Water: Turning ‘Forever Chemicals’ into Graphene
Researchers have developed a novel process that uses intense heat to obliterate dangerous “forever chemicals” while simultaneously converting the waste…
Category: Chemistry
Engineers create new spray for fire-resistant clothing
Australian engineers develop a water-based spray that makes cotton clothing markedly more fire resistant, delaying ignition and greatly reducing heat transfer
Protein-Enhanced Ice Captures Methane 30 Times Faster, Paving the Way for Solid Gas Storage
A new method that uses the building blocks of proteins to modify ice can trap methane gas in a solid,…
Soil fungus creates durable hydrogels for potential biomedical use
Researchers have discovered that a common soil fungus, Marquandomyces marquandii, naturally grows into a highly durable and water-absorbent hydrogel, a…
Scientists decode metal-organic chemistry for predictive materials design
A breakthrough in computational chemistry is removing the expensive and time-consuming guesswork from materials science. Researchers have developed a new…
Enzyme Solves 30-Year Puzzle: How Bacteria Turn Toxic Styrene Oxide into Value
Researchers have uncovered the precise molecular machinery that allows a bacterial enzyme to neutralize a toxic industrial byproduct, transforming it…
Soy to the Rescue: High-Performance Bioplastics from Protein and Food Waste
Scientists are advancing soy-based bioplastics, with NDSU’s SPI crosslinked to boost strength and ETH Zurich scaling 500 L of soy whey into 27 kg of film
Force field simulations lower purification and waste treatment costs
Force field simulations are speeding purification and waste treatment, enabling virtual design of membranes and sorbents to cut costs and environmental impact
Researchers develop functional new bio-based plastic alternatives
A consortium of researchers in Germany has developed a new, high-performance bioplastic derived from a byproduct of the paper and…
Data-driven tool CATNIP broadens access to greener chemistry
Researchers at the University of Michigan and Carnegie Mellon University have launched a new computational tool designed to make sustainable…