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Japanese chemists discover fluorescent compound that could boost device screens efficiency

RIKEN chemists in Japan have discovered a fluorescent organic compound that avoids "Hund’s rule," a quantum-mechanical principle that has limited the energy efficiency of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) for nearly a century, and which could lead to major advances in OLED technology.

University of Michigan researchers find pathway to better battery chemistry

Researchers at the University of Michigan have learned why flow batteries, using the metal cerium in a sulfuric acid electrolyte, fall short on voltage, a discovery that could pave the way for better battery chemistry in the future.

Purifying Water with Just A Few Atoms

Due to their considerable efficiency, catalysts made of just a few atoms show great promise in the field of water treatment.

Color Coding Aids Evaluation of New Solar Tech Materials

To develop more efficient next-generation materials for solar energy harvesting, researchers must learn to control the way molecules interact – their “coherence” when they absorb light.

‘Magic’ Solvent Creates Stronger Thin Films

A new all-dry polymerization technique uses reactive vapors to create thin films with enhanced properties, such as mechanical strength, kinetics and morphology.

Biosensor Could Lead to New Drugs, Sensory Organs On A Chip

A synthetic biosensor found in cell membranes and provides an electronic readout of activity.

Nanoparticles Perform Ultralong Distance Communication

New class of materials has ‘no counterpart or analogue in nature’

Concern Over Unregulated High Street Health Checks That May Be Putting Extra Pressure On The NHS

An investigation by the British Medical Journal (BMJ), highlights companies are offering private blood tests for a range of conditions and deficiencies, with some making misleading claims, not backed by evidence, and leaving an already overworked NHS to follow up “abnormal results".

Symbiotic Fungi Transform Terpenes From Spruce Resin Into Attractants For Bark Beetles

When metabolizing spruce bark, the insect’s fungal partners release volatile compounds that bark beetles recognize through specialized olfactory sensory neurons

A Molecular Close-Up

Weizmann Institute scientists present a new method for imaging individual electrons

Chemists Create Nanomachines By Breaking Them Apart

"Every act of creation," Picasso famously noted, "is first an act of destruction." Taking this concept literally, researchers in Canada have now discovered that "breaking" molecular nanomachines basic to life can create new ones that work even better.

PFAS Can Suppress White Blood Cell’s Ability to Destroy Invaders

In a new study, researchers found that the PFAS chemical GenX suppresses the neutrophil respiratory burst – the method white blood cells known as neutrophils use to kill invading pathogens.

U-M Team Recycles Previously Unrecyclable Plastic

PVC makes up a vast amount of plastics we use on a daily basis. Much of the plastic used in hospital equipment—tubing, blood bags, masks and more—is PVC,

‘Transformer’ Pinwheels Offer New Twist On Nano-Engineered Materials

Producing chirality, a property found throughout nature, through large-scale self-assembly could lead to applications in sensing, machine perception and more

A Robust Self-Healing Polymer Made From A Common Chemical

A polymer that heals itself has been made from a readily available building block

One Catalyst Generates Four Nitrogen-Containing Products At High Selectivities

A new approach to electrocatalysis allows researchers to selectively produce various nitrogen-containing compounds

A Cleaner, Better Way To Produce Single-Photon Emitters

A vapor-phase reaction makes carbon nanotubes now even more attractive as single-photon emitters for quantum technologies

Electrochemistry Converts Carbon to Useful Molecules

A chemistry collaboration led to a creative way to put carbon dioxide to good – and even healthy – use

In Cells, UV-Emitting Nail Polish Dryers Damage DNA and Cause Mutations

The ultraviolet nail polish drying devices used to cure gel manicures may pose more of a public health concern than previously thought.

Building Better Enzymes – by Breaking Them Down

In a major step toward greener industry, Weizmann Institute scientists create a computational method for generating enzymes with unprecedented efficiency