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Newswise: Pore power: high-speed droplet production in microfluidic devices
Released: 6-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
Pore power: high-speed droplet production in microfluidic devices
Chiba University

Over the past two decades, microfluidic devices, which use technology to produce micrometer-sized droplets, have become crucial to various applications.

Newswise: Large-scale Production Technology for Green Ammonia, Essential for Achieving Carbon Neutrality
Released: 6-Feb-2024 9:00 AM EST
Large-scale Production Technology for Green Ammonia, Essential for Achieving Carbon Neutrality
National Research Council of Science and Technology

Dr. Yoon Hyung Chul and his colleagues at the Clean Fuel Research Laboratory of the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) develop an advanced catalyst for ammonia synthesis.

Newswise: Zero-index metamaterials and the future
Released: 6-Feb-2024 7:05 AM EST
Zero-index metamaterials and the future
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Zero-index metamaterials (ZIMs) have the potential to revolutionize electromagnetic and microwave applications.

Newswise: Ammonia attracts the shipping industry, but researchers warn of its risks
Released: 5-Feb-2024 10:05 PM EST
Ammonia attracts the shipping industry, but researchers warn of its risks
Chalmers University of Technology

Switching to ammonia as a marine fuel, with the goal of decarbonisation, can instead create entirely new problems.

   
Newswise:Video Embedded new-ion-cooling-technique-could-simplify-quantum-computing-devices
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Released: 5-Feb-2024 8:05 PM EST
New Ion Cooling Technique Could Simplify Quantum Computing Devices
Georgia Institute of Technology

A new cooling technique that utilizes a single species of trapped ion for both computing and cooling could simplify the use of quantum charge-coupled devices (QCCDs), potentially moving quantum computing closer to practical applications.

Newswise: Watching the Enzymes that Convert Plant Fiber into Simple Sugars
Released: 5-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
Watching the Enzymes that Convert Plant Fiber into Simple Sugars
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Research from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), and UC Davis sheds new light on how to access the sugars locked up in plants to produce petroleum-free fuels, chemicals, and medicines.

Newswise: Researchers from Pusan National University employ artificial intelligence to unlock the secrets of magnesium alloy anisotropy
Released: 1-Feb-2024 10:05 PM EST
Researchers from Pusan National University employ artificial intelligence to unlock the secrets of magnesium alloy anisotropy
Pusan National University

Magnesium (Mg) alloys have been popularly used for designing aerospace and automotive parts owing to their high strength-to-weight ratio.

Newswise: Engineers unmask nanoplastics in oceans for the first time, revealing their true shapes and chemistry
Released: 1-Feb-2024 10:45 AM EST
Engineers unmask nanoplastics in oceans for the first time, revealing their true shapes and chemistry
University of Notre Dame

In a new study, engineers at the University of Notre Dame have presented clear images of nanoplastics in ocean water off the coasts of China, South Korea and the United States, and in the Gulf of Mexico.

Newswise: Researchers uncover potential non-opioid treatment for chronic pain
Released: 31-Jan-2024 5:05 PM EST
Researchers uncover potential non-opioid treatment for chronic pain
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)

Among the most difficult types of pain to alleviate is neuropathic pain, pain that is usually caused by damage to nerves in various body tissues, including skin, muscle and joints.

Newswise: The use of biofuels may reduce black smoke emissions of cars by 90%
Released: 31-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
The use of biofuels may reduce black smoke emissions of cars by 90%
University of Malaga

The UMA participates in an international study with the Future Power Systems Group of the University of Birmingham (UK) that investigates how to reduce pollutant emissions from vehicles without affecting engine performance.

Newswise: New study reports that Greenland is a methane sink rather than a source
Released: 31-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
New study reports that Greenland is a methane sink rather than a source
University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Science

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have concluded that the methane uptake in dry landscapes exceeds methane emissions from wet areas across the ice-free part of Greenland.

Released: 30-Jan-2024 9:30 AM EST
Tomato juice’s antimicrobial properties can kill salmonella
American Society for Microbiology (ASM)

Tomato juice can kill Salmonella Typhi and other bacteria that can harm people's digestive and urinary tract health, according to research published this week in Microbiology Spectrum, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology.

   
Released: 29-Jan-2024 4:05 PM EST
How to shift gears in a molecular motor
Linkoping University

Scientists have long strived to develop artificial molecular motors that can convert energy into directed motion.

Released: 29-Jan-2024 4:05 PM EST
Spatial model predicts bumblebee exposure to pesticide use
Emory University

It has long been known that agricultural pesticides are one of the greatest threats to bees and other essential pollinators.

Newswise: Soap bark discovery offers a sustainability booster for the global vaccine market
Released: 26-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
Soap bark discovery offers a sustainability booster for the global vaccine market
John Innes Centre

A valuable molecule sourced from the soapbark tree and used as a key ingredient in vaccines, has been replicated in an alternative plant host for the first time, opening unprecedented opportunities for the vaccine industry.

   
Newswise: Autonomous synthesis robot uses AI to speed up chemical discovery
Released: 25-Jan-2024 3:05 PM EST
Autonomous synthesis robot uses AI to speed up chemical discovery
Universiteit van Amsterdam

Chemists of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) have developed an autonomous chemical synthesis robot with an integrated AI-driven machine learning unit.

Newswise: UAlbany Chemists Developing New Technique to Help Fight Illegal Logging and Deforestation
Released: 25-Jan-2024 2:45 PM EST
UAlbany Chemists Developing New Technique to Help Fight Illegal Logging and Deforestation
University at Albany, State University of New York

The technique yields a chemical fingerprint that is unique to each tree species, allowing authorities to quickly determine whether the harvested wood is from a protected species.

Released: 25-Jan-2024 10:00 AM EST
Press registration opens for ACS Spring 2024
American Chemical Society (ACS)

Journalists who register for the American Chemical Society’s (ACS’) upcoming hybrid meeting and exposition — ACS Spring 2024 — will have access to nearly 12,000 presentations on topics including agriculture and food, energy and fuels, health and medicine, sustainability, and more.

   


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