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- Deep dive into plastic monomers, additives, and processing aids https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.1c00976 62 comments
- Announcing monome-rs 1.0 https://blog.paul.cx/post/monome-rs-1.0/ 9 comments rust
- Scientists Close the Cycle on Recycling Mixed Plastics | A new catalytic process that breaks mixed plastics down into their monomers offers a promising strategy for recycling. https://www.technologynetworks.com/tn/news/scientists-close-the-cycle-on-recycling-mixed-plastics-380162 5 comments environment
- Researchers show that the protein involved in Parkinson’s disease, α-synuclein, can propagate to various cerebral regions through the lymphatic system and then aggregates. Targeting these early events (α-synuclein monomer and brain lymphatic system) may limit the progression of Parkinson https://www.tmd.ac.jp/english/press-release/20230817-1/ 9 comments science
- “Breakthrough polymer research promises to revolutionize recycling” via catalyst and solvent-free depolymerization. This chemical recycling method allows for the recovery of ultra-pure monomer at up to 250 °C lower than conventional methods of chemical recycling. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451929423003558 37 comments science
- Mono- and biallelic variant effects on disease at biobank scale https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05420-7 2 comments science
- A new method for building plastics results in a tough thermoplastic that can be easily broken down to its monomer components for reuse, a new study finds. The approach “will prove an important strategy in the development of the circular plastics economy." https://science.sciencemag.org/content/373/6556/783?amp%3Butm_medium=Twitter&%3Butm_source=Social 10 comments science
- Postgres full-text search app with UI based on the Monomer library https://github.com/fjvallarino/monomer 3 comments haskell
- New fully recyclable polymers from lipoic acid, a natural molecule. These polymers are easily depolymerized under mild conditions. Some 87 percent of the monomers can be recovered in their pure form and re-used to make new polymers of virgin quality. https://www.rug.nl/news/2021/02/molecule-from-nature-provides-fully-recyclable-polymers 5 comments science
- Forget 400 watts. JinkoSolar launches 580-W solar panel for utility-scale market. Efficiencies have been recorded at 21.6%. The Tiger Pro line features both mono- and bifacial modules. Mass production should commence in Q3. https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2020/05/forget-400-watts-jinkosolar-launches-580-w-solar-panel-for-utility-scale-market/ 12 comments energy
- Potentially toxic chemicals from LCDs in nearly half of household dust samples tested. Researchers are sounding the alarm about liquid crystal monomers--the chemical building blocks of everything from flat screen TVs to solar panels--and the potential threat they pose to humans and the environment. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-12/uos-ptc121019.php 96 comments science
- Next-generation plastics allow the recovery of monomers from common addfoitives, even in mixed waste streams with water as only byproduct. Recovered monomers can be re-manufactured into the same polymer formulation, without performance loss. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-019-0249-2 8 comments science
- Millions of tons of the world’s plastic waste could be turned into clean fuels and other products through chemical conversion, suggests new research, which found that the new process converts more than 90% of polyolefin waste into products like pure polymers, naphtha, fuels, or monomers. https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2019/q1/millions-of-tons-of-the-worlds-plastic-waste-could-be-turned-into-clean-fuels,-other-products-through-chemical-conversion.html 7 comments science
- Standardized MGU-H? Mono- or Bi-Turbo? E-Booster? Latest rumours about 2021 F1 engine concept. https://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/formel-1/f1-motor-2021-kampf-um-mgu-h-12782675.html 67 comments formula1
- A new species of bacteria discovered to break down plastic into two benign monomers http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/10/11194150/plastic-eating-baterium-pet 27 comments science
- Overturning the Current Paradigm of Recruitment and Phosphorylation of SH2-containing substrates by FGF Receptor Kinase Monomer https://news.biomarketx.com/2015/12/332/ 23 comments science
- Monome as Tone Matrix http://hblok.net/blog/posts/2010/12/04/monome-as-tone-matrix/ 5 comments arduino