Turning PET Bottle Waste Into Acid Catalysts for Biodiesel
Researchers in Brazil converted discarded PET bottles into sulfonated porous carbon catalysts that achieve 88% oleic acid esterification under mild ...
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Black Gram Skins Turned Into High-Performance Supercapacitor Electrodes
Researchers in India have converted Vigna mungo seed skin, a waste byproduct of black gram milling, into KOH-activated porous carbon ...
Yolk-Shell Silicon Anode Reinforced with Bimetallic MOF-Derived Carbon Boosts Battery Durability
Researchers at Dalian University of Technology have created a yolk-shell silicon-carbon anode reinforced with nickel-cobalt MOF-derived porous carbon that retains ...
Iron Atoms in Porous Carbon Push Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes to New Heights
Researchers report a one-step pyrolysis of iron-modified ZIF-8 that yields Fe-N4-doped porous carbon anodes delivering 1180 mAh per gram after ...
Metal–Organic Framework Composites Push Supercapacitor Electrodes Toward New Limits
A comprehensive review shows how metal–organic framework composites and derivatives are overcoming conductivity and stability limits to power the next ...
Iron Boosts Heavy-Metal Capture but Undermines CO₂ Uptake in Biochar
An interpretable machine-learning study quantifies how iron loading in biochar improves heavy-metal removal while steadily eroding CO₂ capture capacity, mapping ...
Onion Peel and Rusty Magnetism: A Two-Minute Nanocatalyst That Strips Dye From Water
Egyptian researchers have created a magnetically recoverable nanocatalyst, built from MOF-derived porous carbon and onion-peel-synthesized silver nanoparticles, that removes about ...
Engineered Porous Carbon Traps Cancer-Causing Benzene From Air and Cigarette Smoke
Chinese researchers have engineered a ZIF-8/cellulose acetate composite porous carbon with a tailored hierarchical pore structure that captures 235.0 mg/g ...
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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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