There are many reactions in biology that are catalyzed by enzymes but there are other reactions in industrial chemistry that use industrial catalysts which have primarily been platinum based. A paper in Nature https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-68432-1 promises a unique shaped catalyst that can split H-H bond and other reactions.
It is a unique structure and promises to lower the cost of catalysts but also radically change what is possible with catalysts.
On May 15th Dr McGeoch of Amherst University presented a paper about a test that was done to compare computers running conventional binary logic with computers using quantum computing chips. It is fascinating to see that the quantum computers have made the leap from just theory to actual machines. There were 3 tests done and…
For most people the concept of robotics is scary. It means automatic machines that take engineers to program and then they operate like automatons performing repeated functions over and over again till they are stopped. If you are in the way of the operations, then it means destruction to you! However, a new company “rethink…
The southeast countries and members of South Eastern Nations (ASEAN: Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand) have been working on unifying their health care systems as reported in Pharmaceutical technology in June 2013 with the link to the full article below. There are several interesting points to note in…
It used to be difficult to model compounds or proteins and they had to be done in specific programs. Now a good website is all you need to draw a complex compound, or in some cases you can just write the molecule name and it can come up with the three dimensional structure of the…
Cell and Gene therapy from China is cheap because all the COGS are lower. COGS, research and studies are planned for affordability right at the beginning. However, cheap does not mean that the quality is bad. However, the cost is not very very low because the companies need to move to profitability too. In China…
Carnegie Mellon researchers, Robert Xiao, Chris Harrison and Scott E Hudson have come up with a touchscreen system that can be used on any surface. They have used a projector coupled with a depth measuring system that enables any surface to be converted to a touch screen. More information here and the technology can be…
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