Water polluted with heavy metals can pose a threat when consumed by humans and aquatic life. Sugar-derived polymers from plants remove these metals but often require other substances to adjust their ...

A recent article published in ACS Central Science introduced a bioinspired polymer system containing carbohydrates for efficient and selective removal of heavy metals. The researchers synthesized ...

Carbohydrates constitute a structurally and functionally diverse group of biological molecules and macromolecules. In cells they are involved in, e.g., energy storage, signaling, and cell–cell ...

The surface of a mammalian cell is decorated with complex carbohydrates, existing as glycoconjugates of different molecular configurations, such as glycoproteins, glycolipids, glycosaminoglycans, and ...

Research on new polymer additives that enhance the ability of orally administered drugs will result in greater effectiveness and fewer side effects, researchers say. All too often, when a person takes ...

A single strand of fiber developed at Washington State University has the flexibility of cotton and the electric conductivity of a polymer, called polyaniline. The newly developed material showed good ...

A squirt of this polymer binds with cadmium, forming a cloudy precipitate, and then a little bit of acid releases the heavy metal, redissolving the polymer. Water polluted with heavy metals can pose a ...

A squirt of this polymer binds with cadmium, forming a cloudy precipitate, and then a little bit of acid releases the heavy metal, redissolving the polymer. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not ...