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An insightful paper providing evidence that lipoproteins incorporate themselves into lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) rather than just adhering the surface as people previously thought. This may inform the design of better LNP delivery systems in the future. Abstract. The protein corona influences the in vivo biodistribution of ionizable lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) in nucleic acid delivery, yet […]

Nature Communications, Published online: 01 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-77276-8 Quinone-based conductive materials promote extracellular electron transfer and methanogenesis during anaerobic digestion, in which the material mediates the transfer of electrons produced from exoelectrogens to electrotrophic methanogens, but the underlying mechanism remains elusive. Here, the authors estab…

A breakthrough in green chemistry could soon offer farmers a new tool in the fight against crop-damaging bacteria. Researchers have developed a cost-effective method to produce copper nanoparticles using an extract from the fruit of the Ziziphus maur

A pre-commercial plant is now providing operational data for eventual scaleup and industrial integration of a technology that generates refinery-grade crude oils from biogenic waste, such as agricultural and forestry waste and sewage sludge. The demonstration plant, built and operated by the Fraunhofer Institute UMSICHT, runs a process known as Thermo-Catalytic Reforming, which combines intermedi…

Nature Communications, Published online: 31 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-75533-4 PEC H2O2 production usually suffers from low selectivity and poor stability. This study shows a Zn-TiO2/BVO/WO3∥Ru:CuO/Nb-CBO bipolar system that enables efficient and stable H2O2 synthesis under sunlight, achieving a combined Faradaic efficiency of 163.37%.

Nature Catalysis, Published online: 31 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41929-026-01604-w The mechanism of cation enhancement in electrocatalytic CO2 reduction has been widely debated but spectroscopic evidence under operating conditions is lacking. Now operando X-ray and surface-enhanced infrared spectroscopy are combined with theory to reveal that desolvated Cs+ cations enable CO2 activation at substa…

[x-mol.net] This work demonstrates a surface-enhanced raman spectroscopy (SERS) approach based on laser deposition of Au plasmonic nanoparticles onto several relevant mineral surfaces. A pulsed 1064 nm wavelength laser is […] The post Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of Planetary Materials Using Laser Deposited Plasmonic Gold Nanoparticles appeared first on Astrobiology .

Rapid and sensitive determination of nitrate (NO3−) is crucial as NO3− contamination in aquatic environments poses increasing risks to ecosystem stability and drinking water safety. Herein, an electrochemical NO3− sensor was reported based on cuprous oxide (Cu2O) nanoparticles integrated with carboxylated multiwalled carbon nanotubes (cMWCNTs) on indium tin oxide (ITO) electrode. The sensing inte…