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Magnetic sensors attract attention

When we smell an aroma or taste a flavor, we convert a chemical stimulus—adsorption of a particular molecule—into an information signal. Researchers are seeking to reproduce such interactions, in a si...

Life Sciences |

Crisis of Illicit Alcohol in Central and Eastern Europe

While illegal alcohol consumption in western Europe (WE) is relatively low, the report finds the level of noncommercial alcohol in CEE is so high that it renders statistics on official alcohol sales n...

Studies and Analyses |

Acrylic glass made of sugar - new enzyme could revolutionise production of plastics

In a bacterial strain, scientists at the University of Duisburg-Essen and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) have found an enzyme which could be used for the biotechnological produc...

Materials Sciences |

Bacteria manage perfume oil production from grass

Studying the root of the tropical Vetiver grass through interdisciplinary research, the microbiologists Pietro Alifano and Luigi Del Giudice, the plant biologist Massimo Maffei and their colleagues fo...

Life Sciences |

Ruthenium in a Clinch

Amines are needed for the production of pharmaceuticals, fine chemicals, agrochemicals, plastics, dyes, pigments, and additives. Most important are compounds with a terminal amino group (–NH2), known ...

Life Sciences |

New Ways to Use Biomass

Alternatives to fossil fuels and natural gas as carbon sources and fuel are in demand. Biomass could play a more significant part in the future. Researchers in the USA and China have now developed a n...

Life Sciences |

New process derives 'green gasoline' from plant sugars

That's because the new fuels are identical at the molecular level to their petroleum-based counterparts. The only difference is where they come from.Funded by the National Science Foundat...

Power and Electrical Engineering |

Scientists peel away the mystery behind gold's catalytic prowess

Few materials have exercised as much of a hold on the human imagination, or on human history, as has gold.But for all of its popular uses – money, medals, jewelry and more – gold's potent...

Life Sciences |

Future For Clean Energy Lies In "Big Bang" Of Evolution

Amid mounting agreement that future clean, “carbon-neutral”, energy will rely on efficient conversion of the sun’s light energy into fuels and electric power, attention is focusing on one of the most ...

Ecology, The Environment and Conservation |

What do analytical chemicals do?

Several industries, from pharmaceutical and chemical to food and others, require enantiomerically pure compounds for the development of their products. Enantiomers are non superposing specular images ...

Life Sciences |

Material Durability And Weather

The deterioration of a particular material depends on how and to what extend it interacts with its surrounding. Thus, durability is definitely one of the main concerns in designing as it directly rela...

Materials Sciences |

Copper-oxygen adduct complexes

The new copper-oxygen adduct complexes according to the present invention are thermally stable at room temperature (and above), for the first time, as well as in oxygen-containing atmosphere, i.e. sta...

Technology Offerings |

Alternative sweeteners are increasing by 8% a year

Vicente Micol is the study co-ordinator from the Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de la UMH (Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the Miguel Hernández University). He has explained ...

Studies and Analyses |

Researcher at University of Basque Country devises fuel cells that are more efficient, thanks to a new catalyst

Over the past decades climate change and its consequences for life on our planet have given rise to a growing scientific interest in the development of alternative energies. The fossil fuels that curr...

Power and Electrical Engineering |