Researchers boost CO2 catalyst efficiency
Researchers have developed a sustainable catalyst that increases its activity during use while converting carbon dioxide (CO2) into valuable products. This discovery offers a potential blueprint for designing next generation electrocatalysts.
Mitochondrial transplants to help hearts
Medical researchers reported on mito-chondria transfer in seriously ill children, at the AAAS meeting in Boston. Everyone is familiar with organ transplantations, but physician scientists created a buzz when they talked about how mitochondria transfer can repair the hearts of babies.
Airbus delays hydrogen take-off
Airbus has pushed back plans to fly a hydrogen-powered commercial aircraft by the middle of the next decade. The company has not offered a revised timeline. Airbus blamed slower than expected developments in technology for its decision.
Mushroom buildings on Mars: How fungi could create homes for future explorers
Buildings made using mushroom-based materials promise to help reduce emissions from the energy-guzzling construction sector. They have also attracted the interest of NASA – and could form some of the first dwellings on Mars. Anthony King reports
Using activated carbon from orange peel to reduce formaldehyde emissions
Researchers have used orange peel waste to produce activated carbon, which can then be used to reduce harmful formaldehyde emissions from particleboard production.
BASF increases 2024 EBITDA
At German chemical major BASF, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) before special items increased, compared with 2023, reaching €7.9bn in 2024; however, sales did fall slightly to €65.3bn in 2024, down from €68.9bn in 2023.
A new take on persistent bacteria and drug failure
A new study challenges the idea that persistent bacteria cause drug failure in many patients. A typical scenario is that a patient is infected by Salmonella and lab tests show they are susceptible to antibiotics. Yet when the patient is given a drug, the infection persists.