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Joint 3R Symposium on research methods without animal testing from 19-21 September on VUB campus in Jette Infertility rates have increased around the world in recent decades, with male infertility in particular a major problem.

Adapted from a by Ali Sundermier at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.

Beyond the formulas and theories that can make chemistry daunting to many of us, SFU professor Vance Williams is attracting students and the general public by showcasing another side of chemistry-its beauty.

With applications in transportation, energy, health care and more, the center includes African universities and creates opportunities for overlooked talent in the U.S. The artistic illu

A strategy developed by a team of Johns Hopkins researchers could lead to more efficient methods for converting carbon dioxide into valuable chemicals and fuels Water could play a crucial role in reducing global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, according to Johns Hopkins engineers.

In a pioneering application of operando spectroscopy, researchers at The University of Manchester at Harwell (UoMaH), in collaboration colleagues at Diamond Light Source, University College London, Un

The Institute for Digital Molecular Design and Fabrication (DigiFAB) hosted a hackathon themed around large language models in science.

If you Google the phrase "hardest college class," chances are organic chemistry will be among the top search results.

Professor Steven Ballet, head of the Organic Chemistry research group at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, has received the international Evotec Award for Excellence in Molecular Design from the French Société de Chimie Thérapeutique.

A new center led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ÜBerkeley Lab) could accelerate the next revolution in microchips, the tiny silicon components used in everything from smartphones to smart speakers, life-saving medical devices, and electric cars.

UCLA chemists develop method for producing a form of the substance that acts more predictably, consistently Science + Technology UCLA chemists develop method for producing a form of the substance that acts more predictably, consistently In the fast-growing marketplace for recreational marijuana and related products, products containing cannabinoids called HHCs are gaining popularity.

Master's project series (7). Donato Kofel has quantified the positive and negative effects of trees on outdoor air quality in Geneva Canton.

Although many Americans dutifully deposit their plastic trash into the appropriate bins each week, many of those materials, including flexible films, multilayer materials and a lot of colored plastics, are not recyclable using conventional mechanical recycling methods. In the end, only about 9 percent of plastic in the United States is ever reused, often in low-value products.

A new paper suggests the same conditions that created the cracks could have been favorable to the emergence of microscopic life. Scientists aren't entirely sure how life began on Earth, but one prevailing theory posits that persistent cycles of wet and dry conditions on land helped assemble the complex chemical building blocks necessary for microbial life.

Janssen is using the prestigious European top grant, worth three million euros, to develop perovskite solar cells with efficiencies as high as 40%.

At Empa, Dorina Opris is researching how to synthesize complex electroactive polymers for robotic components, sensors or batteries - a promising project that the European Research Council (ERC) is currently funding with one of its prestigious ERC Consolidator Grants.

Three scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ÜBerkeley Lab) have been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science to receive funding through the Early Career Research Program (ECRP).

The team of students is working on a unique prototype that uses graphene membranes combined with a porous, sponge-like material to pull carbon from the atmosphere.

Network will find and investigate materials for applications in renewable energy, drug delivery, water purification and more Renewable energy, manufacturing, drug delivery and water filtration are some of the wide-ranging challenges researchers are aiming to make impacts in, following the launch of a new materials research network.

Sweat, like blood, can tell us a lot about a person's health. And conveniently, it's a lot less invasive to collect. This is the premise behind the wearable sweat sensors developed by Wei Gao, assistant professor of medical engineering, Heritage Medical Research Institute Investigator, and Ronald and JoAnne Willens Scholar.

By Birgit Baustädter At the TU Graz Science for Future Science Day, fuel cell researcher Merit Bodner will give one of the two keynote lectures.

A greener, faster and more effective way of recycling plastics is being developed by researchers at Cardiff University.

Assistant Professor Yayuan Liu is bringing new energy to the field of electrochemistry It's one of life's little annoyances: The electricity flickers and goes off, and your flashlight battery is dead. Batteries seem to work until they don't'and often stop working at inopportune moments. They are ubiquitous in our daily lives, powering everything from flashlights and smartphones to computers and electric cars.

Annemarie Huijser and Pantelis Bampoulis both receive an ENW-M grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).

The BACCARA research school focuses on interdisciplinarity in the training of young scientists The International Graduate School of Battery Chemistry, Characterization, Analysis, Recycling and Applic

Common drugs such as paracetamol and ibuprofen can be made from a chemical from pine trees instead of crude oil products. A team of scientists, from the University of Bath's Department of Chemistry and Institute for Sustainability have found a way to create two of the world's most common painkillers, paracetamol and ibuprofen, out of a compound found in pine trees, which is also a waste product from the paper industry.

A new chemical process that removes chlorine in drinking water has reached the final of a £4m innovation competition. Researchers from Cardiff University have teamed up with the water filtration systems specialists, Origin Aqua , to develop a product that disinfects water, kills viruses and bacteria and removes chlorine by-products.

Rather than contributing to emissions, the production of an essential fertilizer could consume carbon dioxide, and a U-M team will explore such a method.

Whether photovoltaics, geothermal energy, electrolysis for water splitting or a self-built wind turbine: At a four-day Science Camp at the TU Ilmenau, 20 students from the national Excellence School Network MINT-EC dealt with various aspects of energy supply from June 19 to 22. In small groups and supported by staff and student tutors, they explored from various technical perspectives how we can use our energy resources optimally and responsibly in the future.

The device emits a stream of single photos at room temperature and could provide a basis for optical quantum computers. Using novel materials that have been widely studied as potential new solar photovoltaics, researchers at MIT have shown that nanoparticles of these materials can emit a stream of single, identical photons.

Innovative production technologies are crucial to the chemical industry's net-zero endeavour - but they're not always enough, says Paolo Gabrielli. Chemical products, such as plastics, fertilisers and solvents pervade our modern lifestyle. The vast majority are derived from crude oil or natural gas - and producing them generates around 5 percent of global CO2 emissions.

Chitvan Killawala and Umer Bakali want to help protect firefighters from a potential threat. Their strategy to do so does not involve creating a better forcible-entry axe or a thicker face shield but deploying a device no bigger than a USB flash drive. The two University of Miami graduate students have developed a special sensor capable of detecting the real-time presence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the warm zone at structural fires.

Phosphorus is one of the building blocks of life and has never been discovered beyond Earth. Scientists from Germany, Japan and the USA have now proven that phosphorus salts can be found in an ocean under the ice of Saturn's moon Enceladus and have published their findings in the journal Nature. Among them is Bernd Abel from the Institute of Technical Chemistry at the University of Leipzig.

University of Bonn appoints two new Argelander Professors specializing in organoid biology Two new assistant professors at the University of Bonn are setting out to develop "mini-organs" in order to study metabolic and disease mechanisms. Elena Reckzeh is using these so-called organoids to identify new drug candidates, while Ana Ivonne Vazquez-Armendariz hopes that they can give her a better understanding of lung disease.

Two research teams at The University of Manchester have won a prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry Horizon Prize.