Promoting Public health: Toward a vaccine for methamphetamine abuse
Today’s solution addresses the development of a potential vaccine to fight methamphetamine abuse. Methamphetamine abuse costs the United States more t...
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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 environmentally friendly energy source. Their report on the device — 1,000 times thinner than a sheet of paper — appears in the journal Nano Letters.
Providing Safe Foods: Safety of nanoparticles in food crops is still unclear
Today’s solution sounds a warning bell about the much-anticipated new era of nanoagriculture — using nanotechnology to boost the productivity of plant...
Developing New Materials: Using banana peels to purify water
A study in the American Chemical Society’s journal, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, reports that minced banana peel performs better tha...
Our Sustainable Future: A “green grid” for delivering solar and wind-based electricity
Today’s solution addresses the development of a “green grid” to more efficiently deliver solar and wind-based electricity.
Promoting Public Health: Toward new medication for chronic brain diseases
A needle-in-the-haystack search through nearly 390,000 chemical compounds has led scientists to a substance that can sneak through the protective barr...
Developing New Sources of Energy: Self-powered nanogenerator uses body movements to generate electricity, transmit data wirelessly
Today’s solution is A first-of-its-kind nanogenerator that can produce electricity using energy from a gentle breeze, movements of a person walking an...
Our Sustainable Future: “Green” cars made from pineapples and bananas
Today’s solution explains how manufacturers building hybrids that have excellent gas mileage, can create stronger, lighter, and more sustainable mater...
Combating Disease: New rapid diagnostic test for MRSA Superbugs
Today’s solution is a new blood test that can quickly tell whether patients are infected with an antibiotic-resistant bacterium that’s become a global...
Our Sustainable Future: A greener process for a key ingredient used to make paint, diapers, and other products
A study published in the American Chemical Society’s journal, ACS Catalysis, reports that scientists have developed a new catalyst that provides an en...
Our Sustainable Future: Biodegradable plastic from milk and clay
With continuing concern about plastic waste accumulating in municipal landfills, and reliance on imported oil to make plastics, scientists have create...