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Copper pyramids catalyse ethylene glycol production

2021-06-01T10:54:00Z

Australian researchers have discovered that copper atoms in pyramid-like structures selectively convert CO and CO₂ into ethylene glycol (C₂H₆O₂).

International

Electrochemical gardening

2021-04-20T12:38:00Z

On a zinc disc-electrode, you can plant a micro-garden by corroding it in a sulfuric acid solution, without the need of a green thumb.

International

Mobile replication machinery comes to a halt

2021-04-20T12:17:00Z

Certain sequences on the genome can stop the motile start proteins of DNA replication.