When ROS is consistently elevated over a longer time period (chronic conditions) free radicals can cause damage and lead to pathological conditions. The decisive question, however, is whether more ROS ...

A small team of horticulturists in China and the U.S. has found that spraying rice plants with a zinc oxide nanoparticle solution helps them better handle the stress of a heat wave. In their study ...

An article published in the Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering describes a possible strategy for promoting selective inhibition of multidrug-resistant bacteria, which are increasingly ...

These methods are often simple and scalable but may have limitations in terms of size control and uniformity. Metal oxide nanoparticles, such as titanium dioxide (TiO2), zinc oxide (ZnO), and cerium ...

The semiconductor used here is zinc oxide (zincite), which is obtained by taking a strip of zinc and heating it with a blow torch. This creates spots of zinc oxide on the strip, which can then be ...

A zinc oxide nanoparticle has a diameter of 32 nm. The diameter of a zinc atom is 0.28 nm. Estimate how many times larger the nanoparticle is compared to a zinc atom. A cube-shaped nanoparticle ...

This might be because some zinc gets trapped in the protein clumps, so doesn’t get into the blood. Studies disagree if zinc reduces the toxic effect of the protein clumps or increases it. Reactive ...

Now, a new nanoparticle infusion therapy has been found to break down these plaques safely in tests in pigs. Fats, cholesterol and other substances in blood can build up over time as plaques on ...

Zinc oxide reacts with hydrochloric acid to form zinc chloride and water. Zinc oxide is insoluble in water. State and explain whether zinc oxide is a base, an alkali, or both. Zinc oxide is a base ...

The government is planning to make possession of nitrous oxide - also known as laughing gas - a criminal offence in England and Wales. Known as NOS, its use as a recreational drug soared during ...