Supercritical carbon dioxide offers a greener route to drying wood
A review in Results in Chemistry examines how supercritical carbon dioxide could dewater pine wood and extract resin with less ...
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Silver-doped nanohydroxyapatite shows antibacterial promise in lab tests
Silver-doped nanohydroxyapatite nanoparticles inhibited test bacteria at far lower concentrations than the undoped material while showing cytotoxicity statistically comparable to ...
Almond-Shell Biochar Turns Iron Into a Near-Perfect CO2-to-CO Catalyst
Iron catalysts supported on almond-shell biochar converted up to 87 percent of CO2 into carbon monoxide at 750 degrees Celsius ...
Ionic Liquids Boost Zirconium Disulfide Nanosheet Yield
Researchers achieved an 82.5 percent exfoliation yield for zirconium disulfide nanosheets using aqueous ionic liquids, enhancing their electrocatalytic activity for ...
Armored cells: A mineral shell lets whole-cell biocatalysts run 14 cycles for greener nicotinic acid
A porous mineral shell allowed engineered bacteria to produce nicotinic acid across 14 reaction cycles in a laboratory study.
Engineered enzymes flip a molecular switch to control ester bond placement
Researchers engineered aldehyde dehydrogenases into oxidative ester synthases whose regioselectivity for primary or secondary alcohols is controlled by imidazole acting ...
Baker’s yeast turns benzaldehyde into a chiral building block in student lab
A laboratory study shows baker's yeast catalyzes the acyloin condensation of benzaldehyde to (R)-PAC, with quantitative proton NMR revealing that ...
Pistachio shells turned into glowing carbon dots with antioxidant and antibacterial power in five minutes
A microwave-assisted method converts pistachio shell waste into fluorescent carbon dots that show antioxidant activity, selective toxicity toward neuroblastoma cells, ...
Plants, Algae and Bacteria Offer a Greener Route to Metal Nanomaterials
A new review argues that biomolecules from plants, algae and bacteria can replace toxic solvents and energy-intensive processes in the ...
Deep Eutectic Solvents Pull Five Times More Phenolics From Brewery Waste Than Methanol
A Czech research team reports that ultrasound-assisted extraction with acidic deep eutectic solvents recovered up to five times more phenolic ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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