Symbiotic CO₂ Sequestration

Bioengineered microbial community working together to store carbon

14-Dec-2022 - Photosynthesis is a valuable natural system for sequestering carbon dioxide. However, simply forming biomass does not fully exploit this system. A Chinese team of researchers, whose study is published in the journal Angewandte Chemie, has now genetically engineered a microbial community which ...

Distinguish sugars with eye-catching and stretchy rainbow film

02-Dec-2022 - Rainbows and sugar may conjure up images of a certain leprechaun-branded breakfast cereal. But now, researchers in ACS Nano report a kaleidoscope-like film for telling different sweeteners apart that displayed multiple colors when stretched by hand. When evenly stretched with a simple apparatus, ...

Biomimetic chemistry: Carbohydrate capture

27-Aug-2018 - LMU chemist Professor Ivan Huc, who heads a research group devoted to the study of Biomimetic Supramolecular Chemistry, has designed and synthesized a molecular structure which features a helical binding pocket that is made-to-measure for the recognition and capture of xylobiose, a member of the ...

Cotton candy made of graphene

Ingredients: Sucrose and lasers

11-Jul-2017 - Nanotechnologists from Rice University and China's Tianjin University have used 3-D laser printing to fabricate centimeter-sized objects of atomically thin graphene. The research could yield industrially useful quantities of bulk graphene and is described in a new study. "This study is a first of ...

Using 3-D laser printing to print graphene foam

22-Jun-2017 - Nanotechnologists from Rice University and China's Tianjin University have used 3-D laser printing to fabricate centimeter-sized objects of atomically thin graphene. The research could yield industrially useful quantities of bulk graphene and is described in a new study. "This study is a first of ...

Sugar-based carbon hollow spheres that mimic moth eyes

07-Jan-2016 - Antireflective coatings are used to cut surface glare in everything from eyeglasses and camera lenses to solar cells, TV screens and LED devices. Now researchers from Research Institute for Nuclear Problems of Belarusian State University in Belarus and Institut Jean Lamour-Université de Lorraine ...

Researchers create light emitting diodes from food and beverage waste

15-Oct-2015 - LEDs are a type of device that can efficiently convert electricity to light. Unlike fluorescent and incandescent bulbs, which direct 80% of the energy consumed to producing heat, LEDs direct 80% of the energy consumed to producing light. This is made possible by the fact that LEDs do not require ...

Biesterfeld Spezialchemie expands cooperation with the Tereos Group

09-Sep-2013 - Biesterfeld Spezialchemie GmbH takes over the distribution of sucrose based pharmaceutical excipients of Tereos Sucres in Germany and Austria.Tereos Sucres is a leading sugar manufacturer who consciously meets the requirements of the pharmaceutical industry. Their product portfolio includes ...