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Energy-efficient biocrude extraction

March 5, 2019
News
Chemical engineers have created a more rapid and energy-efficient method of converting algae to biocrude, a synthetic fuel.Inside microorganisms such as algae are lipids, fatty acid molecules that can be...
Chemistry, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Energy
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IoT sensors made with cellulose

March 4, 2019
News
An eco-friendly sensor made from cellulose could replace the plastics and polymeric materials currently used in electronics.Simon Fraser University and Swiss researchers care using a wood-derived cellulose material to print...
Chemistry, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry
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Bringing artificial leaves out of the lab

March 1, 2019
News
Artificial leaves that mimic photosynthesis and convert CO2 to fuel could be brought out of the lab for the first time.Artificial leaves only work in the lab because they use...
Chemistry
Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry
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Sulphur polymers for eco-friendly plastics

February 14, 2019
News
A new catalytic process for making polymers out of sulphur could provide more environmentally friendly production of plastic.Currently, the process of reacting sulphur with organic crosslinker molecules to make it...
Chemistry, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry
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An affirmation of alternatives

February 11, 2019
Feature
As concern over the reliability of commercially available antibodies continues to grow, we ask: when is an antibody not an antibody? When it is an affimer – Ryan Hannan and...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Chemistry, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical
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Nano-enhanced palladium reacts to light

February 7, 2019
News
An optical-enhanced form of palladium could be the key to a more environmentally friendly chemical manufacturing industry.Researchers at RMIT University in Australia manipulated the optical properties of palladium nanoparticles to...
Chemistry, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry
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Graphene turned into dough for transport

January 29, 2019
News
Graphene in the form of malleable dough could be more economical to store and transport and less prone to combustion.A team at Northwestern’s McCormick School of Engineering made the dough...
Chemistry, Materials
Chemistry, Materials Science
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Greener ammonia eliminates hydrogen and metal catalyst

January 17, 2019
News
A new process of creating ammonia from nitrogen and water eliminates the use of hydrogen or solid metal catalysts.The low temperature, low pressure electrolytic process developed at Ohio's Case Western...
Chemistry, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Energy
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The Colours of Iron

December 11, 2018
Insight
'The Colours of Iron' (Lochaber, Scotland) by Ursula Lawrence took the third place) in the Geological society's 2018 Earth Science Week photography competition, 'Earth Science in our Lives.'
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Materials
Analytical Chemistry, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Environment, Focal Point, Geology, Materials, Materials Science
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Squeezed nitrogen reveals surprising crystal

November 26, 2018
News
An unusually complex form of one of the most abundant chemical elements on Earth has been revealed in the lab for the first time.Researchers from the University of Edinburgh created...
Chemistry
Chemistry
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