Reaction engineering integrates chemical kinetics, reactor design and transport phenomena to convert raw materials into desired products with high efficiency, selectivity and safety. By linking ...

In a normal allergic reaction, allergens bind to a white blood cell, or mast cell, and cause the release of inflammatory molecules. Researchers at Notre Dame have shown how non-allergenic molecules, ...

Researchers at Hokkaido University in Japan have developed a technique called Virtual Ligand-Assisted Optimization, or VLAO, to enhance the design and effectiveness of ligands, which are important ...

A nuclear engineer reaction to Animagraffs helps explain how nuclear power works by breaking down the science, safety systems, and energy production process in an easy-to-understand way #nuclear ...

Northwestern Engineering researchers have developed a more efficient and stable method to conduct electrocatalytic reactions. The technique, which fluidizes catalyst particles in electrolyte instead ...

Solid-state reactions in thin film systems encompass the formation, transformation and growth of distinct phases within layers often only a few nanometres to micrometres thick. These reactions proceed ...

Enzymes, the micro machines in our cells, can evolve to perform new tasks when confronted with novel situations. But what if you want an enzyme to do an entirely different job -- one that it would ...

A Northwestern Engineering synthetic biology research team has developed a method to selectively drive the fusion of lipid nanoparticles — an emerging carrier for therapeutics — resulting in protein ...