/ en-us Â鶹ÒùÔº internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Â鶹ÒùÔºics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Even the best products won't meet expectations if they are packed poorly—packaging matters. The same goes for drug delivery. Osaka Metropolitan University researchers have uncovered the critical role played by solvents in how effectively drugs can be loaded into metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), a promising class of drug carriers. /news/2025-06-optimal-solvents-boost-mof-carrier.html Bio & Medicine Nanomaterials Fri, 13 Jun 2025 10:16:03 EDT news669028561 To reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change, the world urgently needs clean and renewable energy sources. Hydrogen is one such clean energy source that has zero carbon content and stores much more energy by weight than gasoline. /news/2025-06-tunable-nanosheet-catalyst-cheaper-green.html Nanomaterials Thu, 12 Jun 2025 15:02:18 EDT news668959331 Breathalyzers are a frequently used tool to measure the amount of ethanol in someone's breath, which relates to their blood alcohol content. However, alcoholic beverages contaminated by methanol (sometimes called wood alcohol) are hard to identify and toxic if ingested. /news/2025-06-methanol-poisoning-easily-breathalyzer-sensor.html Analytical Chemistry Materials Science Wed, 11 Jun 2025 08:00:04 EDT news668748040 Quantum materials exhibit remarkable emergent properties when they are excited by external sources. Functional applications of these properties rely heavily on their tunability in real time. However, these excited states decay rapidly once the excitation is removed, limiting their practical applications. /news/2025-06-quantum-state-lifetimes-laser-triggered.html Optics & Photonics Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Thu, 05 Jun 2025 13:08:01 EDT news668347675 One of Earth's most common nanomaterials is facilitating breakthroughs in tackling climate change: clay. In a new study, researchers at Purdue University, in collaboration with experts from Sandia National Laboratories, have potentially uncovered a game-changing method for using clay to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) directly from the air to help mitigate climate change. /news/2025-06-clay-based-nanomaterials-solution-capture.html Nanomaterials Wed, 04 Jun 2025 14:06:04 EDT news668264761 The clean energy transition requires new means to transport energy that are less reliant on burning fossil fuels. This requires new materials to catalyze reactions to store and extract energy from chemical energy carriers without combustion. /news/2025-05-tool-stable-metal-frameworks-energy.html Analytical Chemistry Materials Science Wed, 21 May 2025 14:54:04 EDT news667058042 As core components for generating coherent tunable radiation sources in all-solid-state lasers, second-order nonlinear optical (NLO) crystals have demonstrated significant technical advantages in many fields. Metal chalcogenides with tetrahedral cluster (Tn) as the structural unit are regarded as candidate systems for NLO materials of the mid- and far-infrared bands due to their potential strong second-harmonic-generation (SHG) response and wide infrared transmission range. /news/2025-05-inorganic-polycations-widening-infrared-transparency.html Analytical Chemistry Materials Science Wed, 21 May 2025 14:37:03 EDT news667057022 Propane dehydrogenation is a key industrial route to producing propylene without relying on oil. However, its current production processes rely heavily on precious-metal catalysts such as Pt-based materials. Developing efficient alternatives using Earth-abundant metals has remained a challenge. /news/2025-05-cobalt-catalyst-rivals-platinum-key.html Analytical Chemistry Materials Science Tue, 20 May 2025 15:29:03 EDT news666973742 Determining how strong your drink is doesn't need to be either guesswork or lab work. New research has made it as simple as checking your messages—and more colorful, too. The study is published in the journal Small Science. /news/2025-05-sensor-alcohol-smartphone-snap.html Bio & Medicine Nanomaterials Tue, 20 May 2025 10:53:04 EDT news666957182 Artificial light, once a luxury, has become central to modern life, with its evolution spanning from fire to LEDs. Now, researchers have developed a new class of efficient light-emitting materials as promising candidates to be applied to lighten the darkness. They demonstrated easily accessible aluminum-based organometallic complexes that have the potential to be applied in optoelectronic devices. /news/2025-05-subtle-ligand-modifications-aluminum-complexes.html Analytical Chemistry Materials Science Fri, 16 May 2025 13:55:04 EDT news666622501 Capturing carbon dioxide (COâ‚‚) from industrial processes is a necessary step to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions and minimize the severe impacts of climate change. A new report from the University of Nottingham explains that sponge-like pellets may hold the key to preventing COâ‚‚ from entering the atmosphere, supporting future net zero ambitions. /news/2025-05-sponge-pellets-carbon-dioxide-atmosphere.html Materials Science Tue, 13 May 2025 11:53:04 EDT news666355982 As industries seek innovative solutions for carbon capture, scientists have turned to advanced materials that efficiently trap and store carbon dioxide (COâ‚‚) from industrial emissions. /news/2025-05-carbon-physical-probing-material.html Analytical Chemistry Materials Science Tue, 13 May 2025 11:20:04 EDT news666353430 A collaborative research effort between UNIST and the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) has led to the successful synthesis of three novel porous materials by leveraging a data-driven structure prediction algorithm. These newly developed materials, modeled after zeolites, represent metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) with exceptional selectivity in gas separation, particularly for carbon dioxide (COâ‚‚). /news/2025-04-driven-algorithm-yields-unique-zifs.html Analytical Chemistry Materials Science Tue, 29 Apr 2025 10:26:02 EDT news665141161 A research team has developed a highly stable and efficient water oxidation catalyst, marking a major advancement in the field of green hydrogen production via water splitting technology. /news/2025-04-scientists-strategy-oxidation-catalysis.html Analytical Chemistry Fri, 25 Apr 2025 12:25:03 EDT news664802701 In a new Nature Â鶹ÒùÔºics study, researchers have provided evidence of universal conformal invariance in living biological cells. They show that a universal feature in the collective behavior emerges in groups of living cells. /news/2025-04-scientists-evidence-universal-conformal-invariance.html General Â鶹ÒùÔºics Fri, 11 Apr 2025 06:30:03 EDT news663499272 Complex materials such as organic semiconductors or the microporous metal-organic frameworks known as MOFs are already being used for numerous applications such as OLED displays, solar cells, gas storage and water extraction. Nevertheless, they still harbor a few secrets. One of these has so far been a detailed understanding of how they transport thermal energy. /news/2025-03-machine-uncovers-hidden-mechanisms-semiconductors.html Condensed Matter Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:06:03 EDT news661694761 A novel porous material capable of separating deuterium (D2) from hydrogen (H2) at a temperature of 120 K (-153°C) has been introduced. Notably, this temperature exceeds the liquefaction point of natural gas, which is 111 K (-162°C), by more than 10°C, thus facilitating large-scale industrial applications. This advancement presents an attractive pathway for the economical production of D2 by leveraging the existing infrastructure of liquefied natural gas (LNG) production pipelines. /news/2025-03-porous-material-deuterium-elevated-temperatures.html Analytical Chemistry Materials Science Wed, 19 Mar 2025 11:49:31 EDT news661603767 Researchers from Kyoto University have achieved a significant advancement in materials science by developing the world's first three-dimensional van der Waals open frameworks (WaaFs). This innovation challenges the conventional belief that van der Waals interactions are too weak for open framework materials, demonstrating their potential for stable and highly porous materials. /news/2025-03-3d-van-der-waals-frameworks.html Analytical Chemistry Materials Science Tue, 18 Mar 2025 06:00:06 EDT news661420253 Researchers have developed metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) that efficiently produce hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) using small temperature differences, offering a sustainable approach to chemical production. /news/2025-03-harnessing-metal-frameworks-enable-efficient.html Analytical Chemistry Materials Science Thu, 06 Mar 2025 10:27:04 EST news660479222 A small team of materials scientists and chemical engineers at Qingdao University, in China, has developed a self-powered, three-component biosensor that can kill bacteria in water samples. The study is published in the journal Advanced Functional Materials. /news/2025-03-powered-biosensor-bacteria-samples.html Biochemistry Materials Science Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:40:01 EST news660306637 Finding the right lubricant for the right purpose is a task that is often extremely important in industry. Not only to reduce friction, overheating and wear, but also to save energy. At TU Wien, the research groups of Prof Carsten Gachot (Tribology, Mechanical Engineering) and Prof Dominik Eder (Chemistry) are therefore working together to develop innovative, improved lubricants. /news/2025-02-solid-state-lubricant-atomically-thin.html Nanomaterials Tue, 18 Feb 2025 12:43:00 EST news659104970 A research team affiliated with UNIST has successfully developed a new porous material for the efficient separation of deuterium, a primary fuel for nuclear fusion. The team, jointly led by Professors Wonyoung Cho and Hyunchul Oh in the Department of Chemistry at UNIST, published the results in Angewandte Chemie International Edition. /news/2025-02-high-entropy-mof-enables-efficient.html Analytical Chemistry Materials Science Tue, 18 Feb 2025 11:47:02 EST news659101621 Researchers at the University of Tsukuba have developed a new material that harnesses the power of enzymes more effectively. These materials have improved the reaction efficiency and long-term stability of enzymes in electrochemical biosensors used in health care and other applications. Furthermore, the researchers significantly enhanced device performance. /news/2025-01-biosensors-material-effectively-harnesses-power.html Biochemistry Materials Science Fri, 24 Jan 2025 09:07:49 EST news656932066 Polymer-grade propylene (>99.5%) is an important raw material in the chemical industry. Producing propylene inevitably generates propane as a byproduct in the product steam. And producing polymer-grade propylene requires the critical step of separating propylene from propane. Due to extremely similar physical and chemical properties of the two molecules, this step is energy-intensive. /news/2025-01-nature-mof-membrane-durable-solution.html Analytical Chemistry Materials Science Wed, 15 Jan 2025 14:15:04 EST news656172902 Chinese scientists proposed a novel imine-to-olefin transformation strategy to synthesize single-crystal sp² carbon-linked covalent organic frameworks (sp²c-COFs). /news/2025-01-scientists-crystal-sp-carbon-linked.html Polymers Analytical Chemistry Mon, 06 Jan 2025 11:12:03 EST news655384321 Efficient gas separation is vital in various industries, from medical applications to energy production. However, isolating oxygen from mixtures presents a significant technological challenge. Because many gases, including argon and oxygen, share similar physical properties, separating them is difficult. /news/2024-12-mof-combines-adsorption-dissolution-energy.html Analytical Chemistry Materials Science Thu, 19 Dec 2024 07:59:03 EST news653817541 The University of Liverpool has reported a significant advancement in engineering biology and clean energy. A team of researchers has developed an innovative light-driven hybrid nanoreactor that merges natural efficiency with cutting-edge synthetic precision to produce hydrogen—a clean and sustainable energy source. /news/2024-12-driven-hybrid-nanoreactor-effective-hydrogen.html Nanophysics Nanomaterials Tue, 17 Dec 2024 11:07:03 EST news653656021 Detection of nitric oxide (NO) is important for monitoring air quality because the NO released in the combustion of fossil fuels contributes to acid rain and smog. In medicine, NO is an important messenger molecule and serves as a biomarker for asthma. /news/2024-12-ultrasensitive-nitric-oxide-2d-metalorganic.html Analytical Chemistry Materials Science Thu, 12 Dec 2024 09:37:03 EST news653218621 Scientists from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG) have developed a surface material that repels water droplets almost completely. Using an entirely innovative process, they changed metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)—artificially designed materials with novel properties—by grafting hydrocarbon chains. /news/2024-12-scientists-material-repellency.html Analytical Chemistry Materials Science Thu, 12 Dec 2024 09:09:04 EST news653216939 Screens for TVs, smartphones or other displays could be made with a new kind of organic LED material developed by an international team, co-led by University of Michigan engineers. The material maintains sharp color and contrast while replacing the heavy metal with a new hybrid material. /news/2024-12-material-faster-phosphorescence-display-tech.html Analytical Chemistry Materials Science Mon, 09 Dec 2024 14:39:57 EST news652977584