Carbon Dioxide-Eating Microbes Could Produce New Bioplastics, Chemicals
Scientists have found a way to produce environmentally-friendly gasoline, ammonia, biodiesel fuels and biodegradable plastics using carbon dioxide (CO₂)-consuming, light-powered nanobio-hybrid organisms. Researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder have developed living microbial factories that can eat and convert CO₂ into useful products by using light-activated quantum dots that fire specific enzymes within microbial cells.…
Imaging Technique Investigates Why Membranes Clog During Wastewater Treatments
New Catalyst Extracts Electrical Energy From Ethanol
A new core-shell catalyst could overcome some of the ethanol oxidation hurdles and break the carbon-carbon bonds at the right time to draw energy from ethanol. Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory and the University of Arkansas have created a new catalyst that can steer the electro-oxidation down a chemical pathway…
Researchers Develop New Technique to Produce Amino Acid Chains in the Lab
The process of chaining together the amino acids needed to build the new protein molecules for drug and biomaterial development is often very long and complex for scientists. However, a research team from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has created a faster, easier and cheaper technique to produce new amino acid chains called polypeptides,…
Using a Deep Learning System to Identify Brain Aneurysms
Researchers Turn to Microgrids to Improve Energy System Efficiency
Scientists Rinse Soils Clean of Dangerous Heavy Metals
New Process Allows Metal Additive Manufacturing Without Melting
Researchers Gain Greater Insight into Bacteria Aboard the ISS
Scientists are working to better understand how—and which—bacteria thrive aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Researchers from the University of Montreal and McGill University created a new genomic methodology that can analyze how a bacterial ecosystem works under the harsh environments aboard the ISS. The novel method revealed a complex bacterial ecosystem at work…
Discovery Could Lead to More Accurate Earthquake Warning Systems
Better Insight into Disordered Polymers Could Yield New Materials
Technology Harnesses Industrial Waste Heat, Converts to Electricity
Using Nanoparticles to Remove Micro-Contaminants From Water
There may be a new way to efficiently remove micro-contaminants from water. Researchers from ETH Zurich have created a new approach to removing chemical substances from water using multiferroic nanoparticles that induce the decomposition of chemical residues in contaminated water. A variety of chemical substances including cosmetics, medications, contraceptive pills, plant fertilizers and detergents are…
Pasta-Shaped Bacteria Might Be Present on Mars
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researchers are one step closer to understanding how life could potentially survive on Mars. The researcher team found that bacterium called Sulfurihydrogenibium yellowstonense or Sulfuri for short, controls the formation of ancient rock on Earth that looks like pasta and thrives in harsh environments that are similar to what is…
R&D 100 Award-Winning Adhesive Lowers Vehicle Weight
Enter the 2019 R&D 100 Awards! The Dow BETAFORCE 9050M composite bonding adhesives for automotive mass production was a 2018 R&D 100 Award winner. All of the R&D 100 Awardees were announced at the R&D 100 Awards Gala held in Orlando, Florida on Nov. 16, 2018. The R&D 100 Awards have served as the most prestigious…
Changes in Climate Coincides With Tree Lifespan, Carbon Storage
Wearable Patch Provides Personal Temperature Control
A battery-powered, wearable personalized temperature control system could help save energy on air conditioning and heating. A research team from the University of California San Diego has created a wearable, soft and stretchable patch that can cool or warm a user’s skin to a preferable temperature and keep it there as the temperature around the…
New Analysis Shows the Moon Shrinking
AI Helps Researchers Discover the Hidden Secrets of the Ocean Floor
Researchers are hoping to utilize new deep learning techniques coupled with robotics to learn more about the animals that inhabit the seafloor miles upon miles under the surface. A team from the University of Plymouth are testing how a computer vision (CV) system could accurately identify several animals from images taken on the seabed using…
Innovation Tracks High Energy Cosmic Particles to Help Locate Hidden Nuclear Weapons
Enter the 2019 R&D 100 Awards! Silicon Strip Cosmic Muon Detectors were a 2018 R&D 100 Award winner. All of the R&D 100 Awardees were announced at the R&D 100 Awards Gala held in Orlando, Florida on Nov. 16, 2018. The R&D 100 Awards have served as the most prestigious innovation awards program for the past 57 years,…
New CRISPR Libraries Open Door to Novel Drug Discovery
Enter the 2019 R&D 100 Awards! The Invitrogen LentiArray CRISPR Libraries are a 2018 R&D 100 Award winner. All of the R&D 100 Awardees were announced at the R&D 100 Awards Gala held in Orlando, Florida on Nov. 16, 2018. The R&D 100 Awards have served as the most prestigious innovation awards program for the past…
Shape-Shifting Robots Show Promise as Drug-Delivery System
Simulation Technique Optimizes Car Part Design
Researchers in Japan have developed a new simulation technique that may improve how car doors and other automotive parts are made. A team from Kanazawa University have simulated the industrial process for stamping features into metal sheets without causing the sheets to tear, twist or bend, while optimizing the stamping press and reducing the costs…
New Ingredients Could Take Solar Panels to Higher Energy Efficiencies
Scientists are working toward creating a new and improved solar panel, which offers a more affordable and efficient way to generate renewable energy. A team of researchers from the University of Toledo, the University of Colorado and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has found a way to increase solar…