In an unlikely collaboration between Skoltech's Petroleum Center and the drug delivery team from the Institute's Neuro Center ...

Pulmonary surfactant is a complex of surface-active lipids, especially dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC), and at least four specific surfactant proteins, SP-A, SP-B, SP-C and SP-D. It is ...

An engineer in California has an invention that she hopes will someday help people with damaged lungs breathe easier. Stanford University's Annelise Barron has developed a synthetic version of ...

By reconstructing a non-natural metabolic route in Escherichia coli, the researchers demonstrated that simple sugars can be biologically converted into lauryl glucoside through the coordinated ...

Market valued at $46.59B in 2024, projected 7.31% CAGR growth driven by bio-based adoption, detergent demand, and ...

Some members of the Organic 2D-Materials Group at the Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden, TU Dresden. Courtesy: TU Dresden A new technique dubbed surfactant-monolayer-assisted interfacial ...

Researchers from the Tohoku Univerisity, Japan, and Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Germany, critically review the use of surfactant-coated nanoparticles in the fields of nanomedicine and food ...

During titrations, it is crucial to select the right titrant. If the solubility of the formed compounds is lower (their oleophilic properties is greater), the potential jump of the titration curve is ...

New research into graphene flakes has discovered that the material can act as a surfactant, for the first time demonstrating how it can be a versatile 2D stabilizer ideal for many industrial ...

Researchers have developed a surfactant spray that counters the mosquito’s natural water-resisting properties, offering a safe and effective means of taking down mosquitoes without using insecticides.

Personal care is going green at a breakneck pace. While most industries, including the chemical industry, are targeting net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, the consumer product brands that make ...