LLMs for Materials and Chemistry: 34 Real-World Examples

Scientists confirm vitamin B1 hypothesis from 1958

New study explains how plants are communicating and how this can be used as programmable interface.

New Method for Detecting Nanoplastics in Body Fluids

New membranes for desalination. Fast and selective ion transport in ultrahigh-charge-density membranes

New study reveals that different processing methods significantly affect the biochemical composition of plant-based foods

A team of international scientists has invented a substitute for synthetic chemicals, called PFAS (perfluoroalkyl substances), which are widely used in everyday products despite being hazardous to health and the environment.

A synthetic analogue of LSD, with lower hallucinogenic potential, could open new options to treat schizophrenia.

Scientists have found a super-fast way to destroy toxic 'forever chemicals' in water filters

Researchers resurrect extinct gene in plants with major implications for drug development, including cancer treatments and antibiotics

Improved platinum-cerium catalysts with hydrogen boost performance. Clean carbon monoxide 9x faster. Make propylene 2.3x more efficiently

New study explains how plants are communicating and how this can be used as programmable interface.

New research identifies 9 elements in the chemistry of romantic attraction: Positive interaction (64%), Mutuality (48%), Comfort (41%), Compatibility (40%), Similarity (36%)…

Two studies on mice reveal that immune molecules called cytokines directly influence brain circuits regulating mood, anxiety, and social behavior, offering potential new treatment strategies for autism and anxiety disorders by targeting immune signals instead of brain chemistry.

Oxford Chemistry researchers have developed a method to destroy fluorine-containing PFAS (sometimes labelled ‘forever chemicals’) while recovering their fluorine content for future use

Harnessing Renewable Energy to Combat Climate Change: A Carbon-Neutral Solution Using Sabatier Reactors and Electrolysis

Researchers Engineer Bacteria To Produce Plastics

‘Microlightning’ in water droplets may have sparked life on Earth: « The findings provide evidence that microlightning may have helped create the building blocks necessary for early life on the planet

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Microlightning may have helped create the building blocks necessary for early life on Earth study shows- this microlightning can excite, dissociate, or ionize the surrounding ground-state molecules, causing chemical reactions to occur in the gas surrounding water microdroplets

Is it worth changing my major to Computer Science in 2025, coming from Chemistry?

Artificial photosynthesis directed toward organic synthesis

Scientists found a faster way to brew sour beer—with peas

Photothermal Plastic Recycling | How Dr. Erin Stache and Hanning Jiang Use Carbon Black to Efficiently Depolymerise Polystyrene

Scientists create hydrogen with no direct CO2 emissions at source

Scientists found a new archaeal protein (aRDF) that links 30S ribosome subunits, blocking active ribosome formation and regulating protein production under stress

Researchers have developed a reactor that pulls carbon dioxide directly from the air and converts it into sustainable fuel, using sunlight as the power source

Researchers have achieved a total synthesis of ibogaine and ibogaine analogs

Photosynthetic organisms use quantum mechanical processes to harness the energy of the sun

Machine learning helps improve vibrational sum-frequency generation spectroscopy to uncover molecular fingerprints at the ice surface

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