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New catalyst turns pollutant into fuel

Haotian Wang, Assistant professor at Rice University has an efficient plan to convert the greenhouse gas into useful products in a greenway. Along with his...

A toast to the proteins in dinosaur bones

A new study at Yale suggested that burnt toast and dinosaur bones have a common trait- both consist of chemicals that transform original proteins into something new...

Do kitchen items shed antimicrobial nanoparticles after use?

Silver nanoparticles measuring between one and 100 nanometers (billionth of a meter) in size are being incorporated outside the United States into a variety...

The science behind face massage rollers

Facial massagers are everywhere right now. Whether they're made of jade or rose quartz or some other fashionably colored crystal, these devices are far...

The next big Himalayan quakes: Doon valley, northwestern ranges stand vulnerable

No great earthquake has occurred in the Garhwal–Kumaun region of NW Himalaya in the past 500 years or more. But a new study suggests...

Transforming CO2 into industrial fuels

An individual at the Rowland Institute at Harvard, Haotian Wang and associates have built up an enhanced framework to utilize sustainable power to diminish...

Mangroves can help countries mitigate their carbon emissions, study

Geographers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have found that coastal vegetation such as mangroves, seagrasses, and salt marshes may be the most...

Bacteria from rotten pomegranate can be used for producing cellulose

Scientists at the Pune-based National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) have isolated a bacterial strain from rotten pomegranate which promises to help produce bacterial cellulose on...

Biomimetics: The chemical tricks of the blood

Hemoglobin (Hb or Hgb) is a protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen throughout the body. But it succeeds only when it forms...

Amazon forests failing to keep up with climate change

In a new study led by more than 30 institutions around the world, scientists assessed the impact of global warming on thousands of tree species across...

Long-lived wood products are significant carbon capturers

A new study by the University of Eastern Finland has suggested that the way we use wood mitigate climate change. It also supports the economy. Forests assume a...

Scientists capture photosynthesis in unprecedented detail

Scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have successfully captured a picture of steps in the reaction mechanisms in photosynthesis. To capture the image, scientists used SLAC’s...

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