A kilogram of iron sulfate costs pennies. A kilogram of platinum costs tens of thousands of dollars. Both metals can help ...

Researchers at Goethe University Frankfurt have discovered a surprising role for formic acid in the human gut: The small molecule acts as a kind of “taxi” for electrons – both within bacteria and, ...

ABSTRACT: This study reports a facile and novel synthesis of a graphite/reduced graphene oxide (graphite/rGO) hybrid material derived entirely from waste palm kernel shell (PKS). To the best of our ...

Ant pupae that are fatally sick don’t hide their condition; instead, they release a special scent that warns the rest of the colony. This signal prompts worker ants to open the pupae’s cocoons and ...

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. The formate bioeconomy envisions production of formic acid from CO 2 via ...

Tomatoes, one of the world's most important horticultural crops, often struggle to grow in saline soils that limit yields and quality. A new study identifies the amino acid permease gene SlAAP6 as a ...

Rolls of brightly colored plastic. After it is used and discarded, polylactic acid could be used as a feedstock for making the amino acid alanine. Credit: Shutterstock One of the simpler amino acids, ...

This scheme reveals the distinct morphologies of synthesized Bi-based catalysts and highlights essential strategies to improve performance. Bismuth nanosheets (Bi NSs) exhibit high activity and ...

Glycocholic acid, as a key conjugated component in bile acids, exhibits various pharmacological effects such as anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities. Nevertheless, current research on ...