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Electric Field’s Dueling Effects through Dehydration and Ion Separation in Driving NaCl Nucleation at Charged Nanoconfined Interfaces | Journal of the American Chemical Society pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Electric Field’s Dueling Effects through Dehydration and Ion Separation in Driving NaCl Nucleation at Charged Nanoconfined Interfaces
Investigating nucleation in charged nanoconfined environments under electric fields is crucial for many scientific and engineering applications. Here we study the nucleation of NaCl from aqueous solut...
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January 15, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Electric Field’s Dueling Effects through Dehydration and Ion Separation in Driving NaCl Nucleation at Charged Nanoconfined Interfaces | Journal of the American Chemical Society pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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A common mineral, α-alumina, may have facilitated the formation of life's first molecules by acting as a template for amino acid chains, significantly enhancing their assembly on early Earth. doi.org/g9fgzv
Common mineral may have sparked life's first molecules
A common mineral, α-alumina, found abundantly in Earth's crust, may have played a critical role in initiating the chemical reactions necessary for life to begin.
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April 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
A common mineral, α-alumina, may have facilitated the formation of life's first molecules by acting as a template for amino acid chains, significantly enhancing their assembly on early Earth. doi.org/g9fgzv
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On the role of α-alumina in the origin of life: Surface-driven assembly of amino acids | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
On the role of α-alumina in the origin of life: Surface-driven assembly of amino acids | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
On the role of α-alumina in the origin of life: Surface-driven assembly of amino acids
The alumina surface notably promotes adsorption and stabilizes aggregation of amino acids, driving the origin of life.
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August 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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On the role of α-alumina in the origin of life: Surface-driven assembly of amino acids | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
On the role of α-alumina in the origin of life: Surface-driven assembly of amino acids | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Suemin Lee, Ruiyu Wang, Lukas Herron, Pratyush Tiwary: Exponentially Tilted Thermodynamic Maps (expTM): Predicting Phase Transitions Across Temperature, Pressure, and Chemical Potential https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.15080 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2503.15080 https://arxiv.org/html/2503.15080
March 20, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Suemin Lee, Ruiyu Wang, Lukas Herron, Pratyush Tiwary: Exponentially Tilted Thermodynamic Maps (expTM): Predicting Phase Transitions Across Temperature, Pressure, and Chemical Potential https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.15080 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2503.15080 https://arxiv.org/html/2503.15080
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A new method using iron or blue light enables rapid, low-toxicity synthesis of carbohydrates for antibiotics, offering a potential alternative to precious metals in drug development. doi.org/g9gcb5
Iron and blue light enable rapid, low-toxicity creation of carbohydrates for new antibiotics
Researchers at the University of Oklahoma have made a discovery that could potentially revolutionize treatments for antibiotic-resistant infections, cancer and other challenging gram-negative pathogens without relying on precious metals.
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April 23, 2025 at 2:47 AM
A new method using iron or blue light enables rapid, low-toxicity synthesis of carbohydrates for antibiotics, offering a potential alternative to precious metals in drug development. doi.org/g9gcb5