News – Pagina 12
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EnglishVegan spider silk
Researchers have developed a sustainable and plant-based alternative material for disposable plastics, imitating the structure of spider silk with soya proteins.
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EnglishConcentrated sunlight helps CO2 conversion
With plasmonic nanoparticles and somewhat concentrated sunlight, you can convert CO2 to CO much more efficiently without having to use high temperatures.
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EnglishCopper pyramids catalyse ethylene glycol production
Australian researchers have discovered that copper atoms in pyramid-like structures selectively convert CO and CO2 into ethylene glycol (C2H6O2).
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Electrochemical gardening
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.
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Mobile replication machinery comes to a halt
Certain sequences on the genome can stop the motile start proteins of DNA replication.