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50 year quest ends with creation of silicon aromatic once thought impossible
3+ hour, 13+ min ago (269+ words) So what exactly did the team accomplish? They successfully synthesized pentasilacyclopentadienide, a compound that chemists have tried to create for decades. While the name may sound obscure, the achievement is significant. The researchers replaced the carbon atoms in an aromatic…...
New calcium-ion battery design delivers high performance without lithium
1+ week, 4+ day ago (294+ words) To address these problems, a team led by Prof. Yoonseob KIM, Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at HKUST, engineered redox covalent organic frameworks to function as QSSEs. These carbonyl-rich materials achieved strong ionic conductivity (0.46 mS…...
James Webb reveals extraordinary organic molecules in an ultra luminous infrared galaxy
1+ week, 5+ day ago (265+ words) JWST Instruments Probe Dusty Galactic Core "We found an unexpected chemical complexity, with abundances far higher than predicted by current theoretical models," explains lead author Dr. Ismael Garc'a Bernete formerly of Oxford University and now a researcher at CAB. "This…...
Scientists finally solve a 100-year-old mystery in the air we breathe
2+ week, 2+ day ago (550+ words) Each day, people inhale millions of microscopic particles, including soot, dust, pollen, microplastics, viruses, and engineered nanoparticles. Some of these particles are so small that they can penetrate deep into the lungs and even enter the bloodstream. Exposure has been…...
Scientists create smart synthetic skin that can hide images and change shape
2+ week, 4+ day ago (600+ words) The findings were published in Nature Communications, where the study was also selected for Editors' Highlights. Inspired by Octopus Skin and Living Systems Sun, the project's principal investigator, said the concept was inspired by cephalopods such as octopuses, which can…...
An invisible chemical rain is falling across the planet
2+ week, 4+ day ago (984+ words) Chemicals introduced to shield the ozone layer are now tied to an unexpected environmental consequence. A new study shows that these substances have helped spread large amounts of a long-lasting and potentially harmful forever chemical across the planet. Pollution That…...
New catalyst turns carbon dioxide into clean fuel source
3+ week, 8+ hour ago (561+ words) A new study from scientists at Yale University and the University of Missouri shows that catalysts made with manganese can efficiently convert carbon dioxide into formate. Manganese is widely available and low cost, making it an attractive alternative to expensive…...
A strange in-between state of matter is finally observed
4+ week, 1+ day ago (807+ words) When ice turns into water, the change happens almost instantly. As soon as the temperature reaches the melting point, the rigid structure of ice collapses into liquid water. This rapid switch from solid to liquid is typical for familiar three-dimensional…...
New catalyst makes plastic upcycling 10x more efficient than platinum
1+ mon, 10+ hour ago (757+ words) Why Atomic Structure Matters According to Sinhara Perera, a chemical engineering PhD student in Porosoff's lab, one of the main challenges lies in how tungsten carbide atoms arrange themselves. Tungsten carbide's atoms can form many different configurations, known as phases,…...
Scientists just overturned a 100-year-old rule of chemistry, and the results are “impossible”
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (736+ words) Organic chemistry relies on long established rules that describe how atoms connect, how chemical bonds form, and how molecules take shape. These principles guide how scientists understand reactions and predict molecular behavior. While many of these rules are treated as…...