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Taking inspiration from trees, scientists have developed a battery made from a sliver of wood coated with tin that shows promise for becoming a tiny, long-lasting, efficient and environmenta...
Today’s solution addresses the development of a potential vaccine to fight methamphetamine abuse. Methamphetamine abuse costs the United Sta...
Today’s solution sounds a warning bell about the much-anticipated new era of nanoagriculture — using nanotechnology to boost the productivit...
A study in the American Chemical Society’s journal, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, reports that minced banana peel performs...
Today’s solution addresses the development of a “green grid” to more efficiently deliver solar and wind-based electricity.
A needle-in-the-haystack search through nearly 390,000 chemical compounds has led scientists to a substance that can sneak through the prote...
Today’s solution is A first-of-its-kind nanogenerator that can produce electricity using energy from a gentle breeze, movements of a person...
Today’s solution explains how manufacturers building hybrids that have excellent gas mileage, can create stronger, lighter, and more sustain...
Today’s solution is a new blood test that can quickly tell whether patients are infected with an antibiotic-resistant bacterium that’s becom...
A study published in the American Chemical Society’s journal, ACS Catalysis, reports that scientists have developed a new catalyst that prov...
With continuing concern about plastic waste accumulating in municipal landfills, and reliance on imported oil to make plastics, scientists h...
Scientists are reporting evidence that black rice — a little-known variety of the grain that is the staple food for one-third of the world p...
Scientists are reporting development and successful initial tests of an inexpensive new filtering technology that kills up to 98 percent of...
A new study published in the American Chemical Society’s Environmental Science and Technology journal provides a compelling new reason not t...
New research suggests that just five minutes of outdoor activities, such as exercising in a park, working in a backyard garden or walking on...
Bricks, blocks, and steel I-beams — step aside. That’s because scientists are reporting that a new genre of construction materials, made fro...
Existing technology can produce biodiesel fuel from municipal sewage sludge that is within a few cents a gallon of being competitive with co...
Scientists are reporting development of a “smart” roof coating, made from waste cooking oil from fast food restaurants, that can “read” a th...
Where does dust come from? Scientists in Arizona are reporting a surprising answer to that question, which has puzzled and perplexed generat...
Scientists are reporting the discovery of the potential basis for a urine test to diagnose community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), a difficult-t...
Scientists in Wisconsin are reporting discovery of a way to lower the cost of converting wood, corn stalks and leaves, switch grass, and oth...
The United States could completely stop emissions of carbon dioxide from coal-fired electric power plants? A crucial step for controlling gl...
Scientists are reporting discovery of a more sustainable way of disposing of plastics that contain bisphenol A (BPA) — without releasing tha...
For years, women in China’s Xuan Wei County in Yunnan Province — women who never smoked cigarettes — have been plagued by lung cancer. The m...
High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), that ubiquitous sweetener in soda, fruit drinks and processed foods, may pose another problem besides addin...
Scientists are making progress toward development of an “artificial leaf” that mimics a real leaf’s chemical magic with photosynthesis — but...
The first dry powder inhalable vaccine for measles is moving toward clinical trials next year in India, where the disease still sickens mill...
Mention rosemary, thyme, clove, and mint and most people think of a delicious meal. These well-known spices are emerging as organic agricult...
Scientists have copied the natural glue secreted by a tiny sea creature called the sandcastle worm in an effort to develop a long-sought med...
If you live in the city and you like fresh veggies, herbs and flowers, how about planting a garden on your roof? “Green” roofs, those increa...
Experts estimate that people dump more than 200 million gallons of used oil each year into sewers, streams and backyards, resulting in a pro...
DNA is the blueprint for every organism that ever swam, flew, crawled or walked on earth. Now, four billion years of evolution later, a few...
Today’s topic is research on new ways to detect and possibly treat poisoning from ricin, a potential bioterrorist agent. Intro theme and mus...
Today’s topic is research on creating a sustainable future. This discovery could render today’s landfill-bound batteries obsolete. Imagine i...
In this episode, scientists from DARPA investigate whether a lethal new kind of explosive threatens America's security. Intro theme and musi...
When you think carbohydrates, spaghetti, rice and freshly baked loaves of bread usually come to mind. A group of scientists in Germany led b...
Today’s topic is research on global climate change. This discovery could help control the amount of carbon dioxide — the No. 1 greenhouse ga...
Making grapefruit juice safer for people who take certain prescription drugs Intro theme and music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Life expectancy in the 20th Century rose by about 30 years. Advances in protecting the public health were responsible for about 25 of those...
Blueberries, raspberries and grapes bursting with flavor. A luscious, silky morsel of chocolate melting into a mouthful’s rush of pure pleas...
Every Thanksgiving, family and friends gather to celebrate round dinner tables heaped high with roast turkey and other traditional dishes. T...
Join Global Challenges as it investigates a suite of new fuels and energy sources that may help to power society in the years ahead. Scienti...
Amid growing concern about high gasoline prices, global warming, and limited resources of petroleum, scientists and engineers around the wor...
Despite the revolutionary medical advances in the 20th Century, great challenges lie ahead in our fight against disease. Heart disease, canc...
How chemistry helps protect personal safety and national security. Intro theme and music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Neurowaxx and D...
How some of the world's leading chemists are meeting the challenge of sustainability. Intro theme and music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.co...
Confronting global climate change by reducing emissions of greenhouse gases. Intro theme and music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), DJ Rk...
Confronting global climate change by reducing emissions of greenhouse gases. Intro theme and music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Neuro...
How chemists are using desalination to provide a thirsty world with clean drinking water. Intro theme and music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetec...
How chemists are providing a thirsty world with clean drinking water. Intro theme and music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), teru and Neu...
A study published in the American Chemical Society’s journal, Environmental Science and Technology, offers new insights into how people can...