The disinfectants we trust to protect us from microbes may also inadvertently help those microbes evolve to become more ...

But on its own, ammonium nitrate is not considered an explosive. As the probe widens into the Delhi car blast, which killed at least nine people on Monday, one of the theories is that it might have ...

We live for long weekends, and increasingly, we’re traveling for them too. “Micro-cations” are the latest travel trend, where people prioritize short, four-day jaunts as a way to maximize their ...

Three zwitterions with identical quaternary ammonium cations but distinct anionic groups, i.e. carboxylate, sulfonate and phosphate, show distinct impact in aqueous zinc ion batteries. The zwitterion ...

Background: Alkyl ester quaternary ammonium compounds (ester quats) are used extensively in fabric rinse conditioners. It is important to document in the literature the outcome of historical studies ...

A joint study conducted by the Henan University of Technology (Zhengzhou, China) and the Food Laboratory of Zhongyuan (Henan Province, China) developed and evaluated what the researchers deemed a ...

ChemNOR (Chemical Heuristic Evaluation of Molecules Networking for Optimized Reactivity) is a Dart package that finds relevant chemical compounds using AI (Gemini) and PubChem. Also you can use it to ...

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. A set of IL-forming ion combinations has been studied to gain a deeper understanding ...

State key Laboratory of NBC Protection for Civilian, Beijing, China Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients-Ionic liquids (API-ILs) can increase drug solubility and bioavailability of solid drugs without ...

(Nanowerk News) A groundbreaking research breakthrough in solar energy has propelled the development of the world’s most efficient quantum dot (QD) solar cell, marking a significant leap towards the ...