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New catalyst produces methane out of carbon dioxide and water

A study opens up new ways to produce important chemical compounds.

The innovative research builds on Tour’s 2020 development of waste disposal and upcycling applications using flash Joule heating.

New synthesis technique promises faster, more sustainable manufacturing

The method could transform the synthesis of high-quality solid-state materials.

Christine Kriebisch and Prof. Job Boekhoven investigate how the first life evolved.

Mechanism that gave the first molecules their stability

A mechanism that could have enabled the first RNA molecules to stabilize in the primordial soup.

Synthetic cells

New synthetic, self-assembling cells made from DNA

Artificial cells that act like living cells.

Graphic representation of the liquid/air interface in a sodium chloride solutio

Water molecules at the surface of salt water are organized differently

Water molecule discovery contradicts textbook models.

Image showing A CityU research team achieved a significant breakthrough by inventing a new class of near-infrared-activated photo-oxidants.

CityU’s cutting-edge photo-oxidation therapy for cancer

Near-infrared light targets biomolecules in cancer treatment.

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Scientists use quantum devices to slow chemical reactions by a factor of 100 billion

What happens in nature in femtoseconds observed in milliseconds?

Samuel Perrett

Making molecules dance to our tune

A new era in understanding the reactions of protein molecules fundamental for life.

The cages of the host network of bipyramid particles

Nanoparticles can be used to create fire-ice structures

Engineers could use the structure to manipulate light in new ways.

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Scientists uncover a key chemical structure in pigment molecule

Newly revealed properties of melanin ‘ingredient’ could advance bioelectronics.

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Recycling previously unrecyclable plastic

A way to recycle PVC that does not require heat.

the rapid motions of solvent molecules

Scientists captured the rapid motions of solvent molecules in light-driven electron transfer

Role of solvent molecules in light-driven electron transfer revealed.

New bioactive chemicals could be used as anti-cancer drugs

New bioactive chemicals could be used as anti-cancer drugs

Products found in nature – such as plants, bacteria, and marine organisms - have more three-dimensional shapes than synthetic molecules and higher oxygen and...

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A next-generation plastic that can be recycled again and again

Plastic pollution has increased in the past few decades. No doubt, plastic has several valuable uses- we have become addicted to single-use or disposable...

a, The lighter elements are now at the bottom and the filling of the electron shells occurs upwards. Just like the traditional representation, many properties (for example, atomic number) increase across the table as one proceeds from left to right, but in the inverted version, the same properties now increase as one moves from the bottom to the top, which is the way that most graphs are plotted. Also like the conventional table, the lanthanides and actinides still sit uncomfortably in an isolated block. b, In principle, this could be overcome by inverting the ‘long form’ of the table but, like the conventional long form, it is probably too elongated to be very useful to most chemists.

Should the Periodic Table be upside down?

Could turning the periodic table on its head make some important aspects easier to understand and enthuse more people to study chemistry? This question is...

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