With the firing of a virtual starting gun, theoretical chemists around the world cracked their knuckles, filled their coffee pots, and fired up their high-performance computers.
Participants in the latest Blind Test of Crystal Structure…
Category: 6. Chemistry
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Acceptable levels of (epi)genetic engineering | Business
Genetic engineering is difficult. And the consequences can be unpredictable. It’s therefore unsurprising that commercial efforts have often met with significant public and political resistance.
In food crops, methods that introduce genes…
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Scientists Turn Discarded Wood Waste Into Valuable Chemicals
A new enzyme can turn lignin waste into valuable chemicals using green, hydrogen peroxide-based processing, offering a cleaner, sustainable alternative to petroleum-based methods. Approximately 98% of lignin, a by-product of forestry derived from…
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Deduction of full factorial design of HPLC technique for the simultaneous analysis of meloxicam and esomeprazole in their laboratory prepared tablets
1 Bekker, A., Kloepping, C. & Collingwood, S. Meloxicam in the management of post-operative pain: narrative review. J. Anaesthesiol. Clin. Pharmacol. 34, 450. https://doi.org/10.4103/joacp.JOACP_133_18 (2018).
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Nanocrystalline iron oxide and sulfide by the thermal decomposition of cyclohexylammonium hexaisothiocyanatoferrate(III) 2.5H2O
3.1. Elemental analysis
Table 1 displays the calculated and experimentally found elemental contents, as weight%, of the new hybrid organic-inorganic salt, where the similarity between the calculated and the found results of each element confirmed…
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The presence and absence effect of the template on optical nonlinearity responses of magnetic moleculary imprinted polymer
Preparation and characterization of MMIP
Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy was employed to characterize the chemical composition and functional groups of the synthesized materials. FTIR spectra were recorded in the range of…
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Fe3O4@SiO2-LY-C-D-Pd as a new, effective, and magnetically recoverable catalyst for the synthesis of 1H-tetrazoles and asymmetric biphenyls
Materials and characterization
The materials and solvents used in this study were obtained from Sigma-Aldrich, Fluka, or Merck and utilized directly without further purification.
Preparation of Fe3O4@SiO2-LY-C-D-Pd
The synthesis process began with…
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New radiocarbon dates of human tooth enamel reveal a late appearance of farming life in the indus Valley
The dating and duration of Mehrgarh Period I
The new radiocarbon dates provide indisputable evidence that Period I dates to a timeframe between 5250 and 4650 cal. BCE. These results are incompatible with Jarrige’s hypothesis that Period I…
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Researchers may have solved decades-old mystery behind benzodiazepine side effects
Benzodiazepines like Valium and Xanax are often prescribed to treat anxiety, insomnia and seizures. While these drugs can be effective as a short-term treatment, researchers are trying to better understand the impact of benzodiazepines after…
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The value of good software extends beyond its cost | Opinion
It’s commonly joked about that some of the best scientific software looks like it comes from the 1990s. In fact, plenty of academic labs have computers running ancient operating systems because those are the only ones compatible with their…
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