Chemistry News
New research from the Washington University in St. Louis has reported the first findings of a new form of fluorine, the isotope 13F. They found this as part of an experiment conducted at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory at Michigan State University (MSU). We all know the chemical reactivity of fluorine, which is pretty high. …
Einsteinium, as we know, is the 99th element in the periodic table. It is also a synthetic element which means humans can only create it and is not naturally occurring. Creating the element is complex, which is why it took around 69 years for researchers to make such measurements. The element is in the same …
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We know that not every part of a catalyst participates in a chemical reaction. But Stanford University material scientists led by Jennifer Dionne have found a way to get the unengaged parts of a catalyst to involve in the reaction using light and advanced fabrication and characterization techniques to endow catalysts with new abilities. In …
Researchers Find A Way To Control Chemical Catalysts With Sculpted Light Read More »
A research team led by University of Minnesota Professor K. Andre Mkhoyan has discovered transparent material which can also conduct electricity. It combines both touchscreen and smart windows. This is the first observation of metallic lines in a perovskite crystal. Perovskites exist in large quantities in the Earth’s center, and barium stannate (BaSnO3) is one …
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Most of us know that supplied drinking water is treated with chemicals but we don’t know that use of some chemicals like chlorine can form some toxic unregulated byproducts. Prof. Carsten Prasse from the Johns Hopkins Environmental Health and Engineering came up with a new approach for evaluating drinking water quality which could result in …
A Novel Method To Find Toxic Chemicals In Drinking Water Read More »
Scientists have found a new chemical bond, and this one seems to be significantly stronger than it has to be. This new bond reveals the divide between powerful covalent bonds, which bind molecules together, and weak hydrogen bonds, which form between molecules and can be broken by something as simple as stirring salt into a …
A New Type Of Surprisingly Strong Chemical Bond Discovered Read More »
The true nature of glass has been a mystery even till today. The true nature of glass is confusing and remains a mystery. Generally, when material changes its state from liquid to a solid-state, the molecules form a crystal pattern but this doesn’t occur with glass. In glass, the particles freeze completely before crystallization happens. …
Scientists Discover New State Of Matter: Liquid Glass Read More »
Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin and Penn State have solved a complex problem of producing clean water at lower costs. We all know that desalination membranes remove salt and chemicals from water. This process is crucial in cleaning the water and thus providing proper health to society. Even though the idea of …
New Breakthrough In Desalination Can Make Low-Cost Water Filtration A Reality Read More »
Every field of study gives us many new things to ponder on every day. Chemistry is one such field. Chemists at the University of Bonn (Germany) have synthesized extremely unusual compounds this time. Silicon is the central building block in this case. Usually, we have the arrangement of atoms around silicon in a tetrahedral arrangement, …
Chemists Synthesize Extremely Unusual ‘Flat’ Silicon Compounds Read More »
Clean and pure energy is something that we are in dire need. Hydrogen is one such sustainable source of energy that avoids toxic emissions and adds a lot of value to sectors in the economy including transportation, power generation, etc. Storing hydrogen and transporting it is heavy on expenses and is vulnerable to contamination. Thus, …
New Nanomaterial Can Help In Improving Hydrogen Fuel Production Read More »
New research led by a team at Virginia Tech College of Science solves a key, fundamental barrier in the electrochemical water splitting process where they have demonstrated a new technique to reassemble, revivify, and reuse a catalyst that allows for energy-efficient water splitting. This study was done at the lab of Feng Lin, an assistant …
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A team of researchers from Florida State University has developed a new X-ray detecting material. This material can be used to make flexible X-ray detectors that are less harmful to the environment and cost less than existing technologies. The team led by Biwu Ma, a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry basically created …
FSU Researchers Develop New and Better X-Ray Detection Technology Read More »
Currently, global warming is one of the most significant threats to our survival on this planet, prompting scientists to try and find innovative solutions to this problem. One of the most significant contributors to global warming is the molecule carbon dioxide; it works by making our atmosphere like the glass walls of a greenhouse. Therefore, one …
A team of chemists from Yale University found a new way to combine atmospheric nitrogen with benzene to make a chemical compound called Aniline which can be further processed and used in a lot of synthetic products. This move with nitrogen brings us one step closer to creating a range of useful products from dyes …
Yale Researchers Find A Way To Make New Nitrogen Products Read More »
Today, as we all know information is made up of zeroes and ones but did you know that one day artificial molecules could form the information unit of a new type of computer or be the basis for programmable substances. The information would be encoded in the spatial arrangement of the individual atoms. Yes, researchers …
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Researchers from Indiana University, Copenhagen University, and the University of Southern Mississippi have created the brightest fluorescent material which is the first of its kind on the planet. A major problem in fluorescent materials is the tendency of fluorescent dyes to fade and change colors when converted to a solid-state from a liquid By formulating …
Chemists Produce The Brightest Fluorescent Material Ever Made Read More »
In the current age, global warming is a crisis that needs to be addressed effectively. The emission of manmade carbon dioxide is a huge contributor to this issue. Every year, metric tons worth of carbon dioxide is released into the environment by anthropogenic means. This causes an increase in the global temperature and, if continued, …
Method to Convert Carbon Dioxide to Methanol Discovered by Chemists from Boston College Read More »
In a groundbreaking new study, a team of researchers from University of Minnesota have electrically converted the abundant and low-cost non-magnetic material iron sulfide, also known as “fool’s gold” or pyrite, into a magnetic material. This new study has been published in the peer-reviewed Science Advances Journal “Most people knowledgeable in magnetism would probably say …
Researchers Find A New Way Which Could Make Fool’s Gold Valuable Read More »
Scientists from the University of California, Irvine, and a few other institutions have designed plate-nanolattices (nanometer-sized carbon structures) that are stronger than diamonds as a ratio of strength to density. In a study published in Nature Communications, researchers report success in conceptualizing and fabricating the material, which consists of closely connected, closed-cell plates instead of …
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