Acid vapor prevents salt buildup in CO2 reactors, enabling longer, more efficient operation. A team of researchers at Rice University has found a surprisingly simple way to greatly improve the stability of electrochemical devices that convert…
Category: 6. Chemistry
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Scientists Boost CO₂ Conversion With a Surprisingly Simple Hack
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Modified bacteria convert plastic waste into pain reliever
Dealing with plastic waste is a real headache. But with a little help, bacteria can turn plastic into a painkiller.
Genetically engineered Escherichia coli bacteria converted a broken-down plastic bottle into the active ingredient in…
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UK approves regulations for gene-edited crops under Precision Breeding Act while EU struggles with outdated legislation
The UK parliament has signed into law rules for its Precision Breeding Act (2023), bringing the sale of gene-edited products to consumers closer. However, the new law applies to England only.
Precision breeding refers to altering an animal’s or…
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Major Israeli research institute loses around 45 labs to Iranian missile strike | News
The Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel – a prominent research institution that is home to about 2500 scientists, students, technicians and scientific support staff – was devastated by Iranian missiles on 15 June.
The planetary…
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The young female astronomer who worked out what the sun is made of | Feature
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Cecilia Payne’s groundbreaking discovery: In 1925, Cecilia Payne, a Harvard PhD candidate, deduced that the sun and stars are primarily composed of hydrogen, challenging the prevailing belief that stellar composition…
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K36-based inhibitor analogs as potential therapeutics against SARS-CoV-2 main protease (Mpro): a computational investigation
Docking studies
Based on initial cavity detection analysis, the docking process demonstrated that Mpro has more than one active site. The largest pocket (where K36 binds) is composed from twenty (20) amino acids (namely: Thr25, Thr26, Leu27,…
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Eco-friendly spectrofluorimetric determination of remdesivir in the presence of its metabolite in human plasma for therapeutic monitoring in COVID-19 patients
Given the urgent need for a sensitive and selective method to quantify REM in intravenous formulations and plasma, both for monitoring its stability and for therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) during COVID-19 treatment protocols, it was essential…
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Green and white analytical approach for parallel quantification of gabapentin and methylcobalamin in medicinal products using inventive RP-HPLC technique
MET and GAB are determined simultaneously using HPLC methodologies, as well as the method’s white and green metrics as well as its efficacy as a pure dosage form.
Greenness and whiteness metrics were used to evaluate the sustainability of the…
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Eco-friendly spectrophotometric quantification of the potential combination of mirabegron and tamsulosin
Alexandre, E. C. et al. Mirabegron relaxes urethral smooth muscle by a dual mechanism involving β3-adrenoceptor activation and α1‐adrenoceptor Blockade. Br. J. Pharmacol. 173, 415–428. https://doi.org/10.1111/bph.13367 (2016).
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Rice University breakthrough keeps CO₂ electrolyzers running 50x longer
A team of researchers at Rice University have discovered a surprisingly simple method for vastly improving the stability of electrochemical devices that convert carbon dioxide into useful fuels and chemicals, and it involves nothing more than…
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