Genetically Re-engineered Microorganisms to Convert Waste Into High-Value Chemicals

CHEMISTRY 05.04.2021 00:08 AM

Scientists have bioengineered bacteria that would convert waste into high-value chemicals, such as itaconic acid for the polymer industry and wastewater treatment.

Acidity of Molecules Measured Using New Technique; Will Help Determine Substance's Chemical Behavior

04.29.2021 22:52 PM

Scientists from the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) developed a new technique to measure the acidity of molecules to further understand the chemical behavior of a substance.

World's Oldest Water Found in Canada Sheds Light on the Beginning of Life

04.28.2021 00:35 AM

A geologist found the world's oldest water at a depth of 2.4 kilometers in Kidd Creek Mine in Canada that sheds light on water and life on Earth.

Pesticides Exposure Increases Susceptibility to COVID-19, Study Finds

04.27.2021 01:05 AM

A new study in human lung cells found a link between exposure to organophosphate pesticides and susceptibility to COVID-19, suggesting implications for veterans who were exposed to it during wartime.

New Non-Toxic Hydrogels Can Remove Graffiti from Street Art Without Destroying It

04.26.2021 08:06 AM

Italian chemists created new non-toxic hydrogels that can erase graffiti from street art without destroying the latter. This makes restoration less difficult and safer.

Lobster Underbellies Inspired MIT Engineers to Make Better Hydrogel for Artificial Tendons

04.26.2021 05:48 AM

MIT engineers used the architecture of lobster underbellies to make a tough and stretchy hydrogel for artificial tendons, ligaments, and cartilage.

American Honey Still Contains Nuclear Fallout From Bomb Tests Decades Ago

04.22.2021 03:37 AM

Decades after the Cold War era, American honey still has traces of radioactive fallout from the nuclear tests during that time. But levels of the radioactive isotope found are below the levels to be considered harmful.

First True Biodegradable Plastic Disintegrates in Heat, Water in Just a Few Weeks

04.22.2021 01:02 AM

Scientists have developed the first true biodegradable plastic that breaks down in just a few weeks when exposed to heat and water. One plastic they developed even disintegrated in just two days.

Japan’s Fukushima Wastewater Will Slowly Be Released to the Pacific Ocean Over the Next Decades

04.13.2021 08:56 AM

Japan announced on Tuesday, April 13, that it has approved the plan to release over one million tons of Fukushima wastewater into the Pacific Ocean over several decades.

Heavy Water Tastes Sweet: Could This Be a New Sweetener But Without the Calories?

04.11.2021 21:49 PM

Humans can taste the difference between heavy water to ordinary water. Experts think that it could be an alternative to give the sensation of sweetness without the calories.

Dangerous Algal Toxin Named 'Very Fast Death Factor' Now Also Found in Air

04.07.2021 00:18 AM

Scientists found that the algae bloom toxin anatoxin-a (ATX), otherwise known as the Very Fast Death Factor, can also be found in air and not just in water.

Mummies on Parade: Egypt Dismisses Myth on Pharaoh's Curse for Recent Unfortunate Incidents

04.05.2021 01:11 AM

On April 3, 22 royal Egyptian mummies were paraded in the streets of Cairo to relocate them from the old museum to the new one in al-Fustat.

Carbon-ring Chemicals Essential to Life Found in Space for the First Time

03.22.2021 21:21 PM

Astronomers have just been able to find PAHs, aromatic carbon rings, in space for the first time signaling that the precursors of life could be reacting with other molecules in the vacuums of space.

Ocean Oil Spills Photooxidizes Much Faster Than Previously Thought

03.15.2021 09:30 AM

The oil left in the oceans from oil spills is photo oxidized and turned into more persistent compounds in a span of hours to days, much faster than previously thought.

Scientists Propose New Method for Finding Rare Earth Deposits

03.15.2021 08:30 AM

A team of geologists and materials scientists from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Erlangen, Germany, has found a new way of finding previously untapped rare earth deposits.