Researchers from Berkeley Lab’s Molecular Foundry help shape new water-purification technology with atomic precision Adapted from UC Berkeley news release by Robert Sanders Desalination – the removal of salt – is only one step in the process of producing drinkable water,…
Rare-earth metals are critical to the high-tech society we live in as an essential component of mobile phones, computers and many other everyday devices. But increasing demand and limited global supply means we must urgently find a way to recover…
Devices that mimic the natural process of photosynthesis, in which plants use sunlight to turn water and carbon dioxide into energy, could one day help us tackle a number of environmental issues. Scientists have now demonstrated a new type of…
Scientists have isolated and harnessed that rarest of things – an organic blue food coloring found in nature – and figured out a way to produce it at scale. The discovery, made by an international team of scientists working across…
INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY OF THE CZECH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (IOCB PRAGUE) Ordinary pure water has no distinct taste, but how about heavy water – does it taste sweet, as anecdotal evidence going back to 1930s may have…
Source: University of Michigan Summary: We are made of stardust, the saying goes, and a pair of studies finds that may be more true than we previously thought. We are made of stardust, the saying goes, and a pair of…
