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Analyses reveal how a microbe breaks down lignin, providing a better understanding useful to making biofuels.
Evidence suggests that biorefineries can accept various feedstocks without negatively impacting the amount of ethanol produced per acre.
New, easily prepared starting material opens access to learning more about a difficult-to-control element in nuclear waste.
New design coats molecular components and dramatically improves stability under tough, oxidizing conditions.
A new chemical process converts a component of wasted wood pulp and other biomass into high-value pressure-sensitive adhesives.
Scientists revise understanding of the limits of bonding for very electron-rich heavy elements.
A large-scale soil project uncovered genetic information from bacteria with the capacity to make specialized molecules that could lead to new pharmaceuticals.
Experimental warming treatments show how peatland forests may respond to future environmental change.
New studies identify key molecular characteristics to potentially separate rare earth metals cleanly and efficiently with light.
Scientists unlock mystery that could help reduce emissions of fine particles from combustion engines and other sources.
Precise positioning of oxygens could help engineer faster, more efficient energy-relevant chemical transformations.
Scientists improve our understanding of the relationship between fundamental forces by re-creating the earliest moments of the universe.
