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Korean team turns mixed plastic waste into high-purity hydrogen
3+ hour, 9+ min ago (12+ words) CHOSUNBIZ Chosunbiz...
Seoul National University mimics lizard capillaries to harvest and purify water
16+ hour, 37+ min ago (511+ words) SNU team unveils horned lizard'inspired capillary pump for clean water from polluted soil Lizards that live in the desert do not roam around searching for water. Even if they stay still, water in the soil beneath their feet reaches their…...
KAIST membrane separates crude at room temperature, cutting refinery emissions
1+ week, 5+ day ago (323+ words) A domestic research team has developed a membrane separation technology that filters crude oil at room temperature without boiling it at high heat. The result shows potential to supplement or partly replace the distillation process that has served as the…...
Swiss team turns cheese, tofu waste into low-energy carbon capture beads
2+ week, 6+ day ago (14+ words) Swiss team turns cheese, tofu waste into beads that capture carbon efficiently - CHOSUNBIZ Chosunbiz...
Korea University team turns rice paper into gold-snagging adsorbent
3+ week, 18+ hour ago (274+ words) Eco-friendly rice paper film selectively captures gold from e-waste streams An adsorbent technology that can selectively recover gold from wastewater using low-cost food material rice paper has been developed. The National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) said on the 15th that…...
Unist team uses nickel catalyst to reprogram boron placement, boosting drug design
3+ week, 1+ day ago (275+ words) A research team at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) has developed a chemical synthesis method that, without expensive precious-metal catalysts, can selectively attach boron at desired positions within a molecule using only nickel. The result is seen…...
Korea'Stanford team slashes platinum to boost hydrogen catalyst performance
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (12+ words) CHOSUNBIZ Chosunbiz...
Microbial lamp shines 25 minutes, enables pollution sensing and exploration
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (342+ words) Acid-triggered bioluminescent hydrogel glows for weeks and doubles as a low-energy ocean pollution sensor " Using microalgae that shine when shaken The neon that lit the beach was produced by Pyrocystis lunula, a single-celled organism that lives in the sea. The…...
KAIST produces BTEX from biomass using microbes and chemical reaction
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (30+ words) A domestic research team has succeeded in producing benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and para-xylene (BTEX), which are used in PET bottles, Styrofoam, and nylon, from glucose obtained from biomass such. .....
U. S. team develops clear nail polish that lets nails control touchscreens
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (34+ words) There is welcome news for people who found it inconvenient to press smartphone screens because of long nails. U. S. researchers are developing a clear nail polish that, when applied to the nail, helps. .....