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Bone proteomics could reveal how long a corpse has been underwater American Chemical Society | April 29, 2020
Examining certain proteins in bones could help determine how long they’ve been underwater, as in this illustration

A new way to cool down electronic devices, recover waste heat American Chemical Society | April 23, 2020
A hydrogel can cool off electronics and generate electricity from their waste heat

Video: Spider combs tame unruly nanofibers American Chemical Society | April 23, 2020
Drawing inspiration from spider’s back legs, researchers have developed a new nonstick surface for nanomaterials

Chocolate ‘fingerprints’ could confirm label claims American Chemical Society | April 20, 2020
Researchers are developing a way to determine the country of origin of chocolate samples

A nanocomposite material (purple) conducts electrons released by exoelectrogenic bacteria (green) to generate electricity.

Cold-brew coffee’s antioxidant profile differs from that of hot joe

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New electrically activated material could improve braille readers American Chemical Society | March 31, 2020
A new material could improve current braille displays by increasing the amount of information conveyed, while making them more durable and less costly

VIDEO: Can soap really ‘kill’ the coronavirus? American Chemical Society | March 23, 2020

Revamping optical fibers to transmit even more data American Chemical Society | March 19, 2020
As telecom demands grow, optical fibers will need to level up

Fish scales could make wearable electronics more sustainable American Chemical Society | March 18, 2020
This film derived from fish scales could someday be used in flexible electronic devices

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Expanding the plasmonic painter’s palette American Chemical Society | March 10, 2020
An image of two colorful parrots was created by mixing red, blue and green structural colors

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Micromotors get supercharged with three ‘engines’ American Chemical Society | March 10, 2020
For the first time, a micromotor (shown below) was powered by “engines” that respond to three different stimuli: catalytic (bubbles), light and magnetic. Scale bar, 10 μm


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New Israeli-made device captures and filters rainwater for drinking, cooking and bathing in off-the-grid communities

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‘Flapping wings’ powered by the sun (video) American Chemical Society | February 20, 2020
This tiny wing could someday be used in robots or devices to harvest solar energy

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Fireproof, lightweight solid electrolyte for safer lithium-ion batteries American Chemical Society | February 12, 2020
A new solid state electrolyte could make lithium-ion batteries fireproof and lightweight

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Food packaging that’s good enough to eat American Chemical Society | February 3, 2020
The Time Is Now for Edible Packaging

Elbit Systems manages to extinguish fires from great heights, allowing for safe, round-the-clock firefighting operations

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Chemophobia in Europe and Elsewhere Jack Dini | January 22, 2020


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Residues in fingerprints hold clues to their age American Chemical Society | January 22, 2020
Levels of an unsaturated triacylglycerol decline in fingerprints from an individual from day 0 (top) to day 1 (middle) and day 3 (bottom).

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Toward safer disposal of printed circuit boards American Chemical Society | January 20, 2020
Researchers have developed a new, safer method to dispose of printed circuit boards

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A new ‘cool’ blue American Chemical Society | January 20, 2020
A new class of blue hibonite pigments has improved properties over existing colorants, such as cobalt blue

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Cell Phones and Driving Jack Dini | January 2, 2020
Overall, the studies concluded that speaking on both hand-held and hands-free phones negatively impacted driving performance, and drivers who engaged in conversation with their passengers experienced similar negative effects

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A self-healing sweat sensor (video) American Chemical Society | December 18, 2019
A newly developed headband can measure electrolyte levels in sweat and can heal itself when cut or scratched during exercise.

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Atomic-scale manufacturing method could enable ultra-efficient computers American Chemical Society | December 16, 2019
Researchers rewrote the binary data in the first line of a 24-bit memory array (top image, red arrow) using molecules of hydrogen to encode the letter “M”

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Making tiny antennas for wearable electronics American Chemical Society | December 11, 2019
Radio-frequency antennas get scaled down for wearable electronics, with the thickness of about 1/100 of a human hair

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Brewing beer that tastes fresh longer American Chemical Society | December 11, 2019
Researchers have engineered lager yeast to make molecules that protect beer from becoming stale


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The good side of carbon monoxide American Chemical Society | November 30, 2019
Carbon monoxide can be deadly. But researchers want to use it for good

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