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Chemistry World June 21, 2013 Emma Shiells |
Seawater-driven micromachines Seawater can be used as fuel to propel micromotors say scientists in the US. This finding eliminates the need for external fuels by enabling the micromotors to harvest energy from their surrounding environment.  |
Chemistry World July 29, 2010 Phillip Broadwith |
Bubble powered microengines push forward Microscopic jet engines powered by an enzyme that makes bubbles of oxygen from hydrogen peroxide fuel have been developed by chemists in Germany.  |
Chemistry World November 1, 2010 Laura Howes |
Molecular motors find reverse gear Ben Feringa's group at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands been working with molecular motors for years, making small organic molecules that rotate when exposed to light. However, until now these motors have only had a forward gear.  |
Chemistry World December 9, 2013 Jon Cartwright |
Micromotors clean polluted water Researchers in Germany have invented micromotors that can propel themselves through water while degrading organic pollutants.  |
Chemistry World November 27, 2011 James Mitchell Crow |
Artificial enzymes close in on nature A synthetic metalloprotein that approaches the catalytic performance of a natural enzyme, despite its stripped-down structure, has been developed by a team of chemists in the US.  |
Chemistry World September 11, 2012 Holly Sheahan |
Micromotors with built in compasses A collaboration between scientists in Germany and Singapore has produced a micromotor that can be controlled by a magnetic field.  |
Chemistry World April 29, 2015 James Urquhart |
Micromotor catalyst powers up hydrogen production Self-propelled micromotors have for the first time catalyzed a reaction that efficiently releases pure hydrogen from a hydrogen-containing salt solution.  |
Chemistry World July 25, 2008 Simon Hadlington |
Structure of hydrogen splitting enzyme revealed Scientists in Germany have brought the prospect of generating cheap electricity from hydrogen a step closer by taking a snapshot of an elusive enzyme that can split the gas as efficiently as a platinum catalyst.  |
Chemistry World February 17, 2013 Simon Hadlington |
Enzyme nano-parcels sober up drunken mice Scientists in the US and China have invented a way to encapsulate teams of enzymes in a thin polymer shell. This enables the enzymes to carry out a series of sequential reactions within an enclosed space -- as happens in nature.  |
Chemistry World March 6, 2008 Simon Hadlington |
Synthetic Enzymes Designed by Computer Scientists in the US have designed and built an artificial enzyme from scratch.  |
Chemistry World October 12, 2015 Carla Pegoraro |
Stencilling self-propulsion engines Researchers in the US have designed and made millimeter-sized motors in the shape of fish that could be produced on an enormous scale and used to purify water.  |
Chemistry World March 4, 2013 Harriet Brewerton |
Co-factoring on a chip makes biocatalysis easy Stephan Mohr and colleagues have designed an efficient microfluidic biocatalysis device that uses and regenerates an artificial mediator, dimethyl viologen, which is cheaper than co-factors used currently.  |
Fast Company August 8, 2011 Robert Safian |
From The Editor: The B Word Hope drives innovation and also fuels bubbles. In the tech world, the two cannot be separated. History has shown that even in the wake of the worst bubble collapse, great new ideas and businesses emerge.  |
Chemistry World August 13, 2009 Simon Hadlington |
Forcing enzyme activity New research has shown that physically stretching an enzyme can trigger its activity - even when the active site is not hidden in a 'cryptic' position. Mechanical force may play a more important role in biological molecular systems than previously realized.  |
Technology Research News October 22, 2003 |
Embedded rotors mix fluids Researchers have found that it is possible to change the way fluid flows through arrays of tiny rotary motors embedded in a membrane. Minuscule motor arrays could eventually be used to sort, mix and transport molecules for medicine, biology and bioengineering applications.  |
Chemistry World November 26, 2012 Laura Howes |
Protein coat prepares catalyst for cascades By protecting a transition metal catalyst with a protein coat, scientists have managed to couple up biocatalysts and chemical catalysts to perform a cascade reaction.  |
Chemistry World August 5, 2011 David Bradley |
Filming the roundabout production of cells' chemical fuel Japanese researchers have used a high-speed atomic force microscopy to shoot a movie of the tiny rotating enzyme that produces the chemical fuel for cells.  |
Chemistry World November 16, 2006 Simon Hadlington |
Gene-Reading Enzyme Catapulted by Scrunch Power Two teams of researchers have solved a conundrum that has baffled molecular biologists for 20 years -- how the enzyme responsible for `reading' genes can release itself from the portion of DNA to which it initially binds extremely tightly.  |
Chemistry World June 17, 2010 Andrew Turley |
Biocatalyst improves diabetes drug production Researchers have developed an enzyme that can produce a difficult to form chiral amine in a best-selling diabetes therapy.  |