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Plastic that grows on trees, part two

Some researchers hope to turn plants into a renewable, nonpolluting replacement for crude oil. To achieve this, scientists have to learn how to convert plant biomass into a building block for plastics and fuels cheaply and ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 19, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (13) | comments 7




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Chemistry with sunlight: Combining electrochemistry and photovoltaics to clean up oxidation reactions

The idea is simple, says Kevin Moeller, PhD, and yet it has huge implications. All we are recommending is using photovoltaic cells (clean energy) to power electrochemical reactions (clean chemistry). Moeller ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jun 09, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Plastic that grows on trees

Scientists took a giant step closer to the biorefinery this week, reporting in the June 15 issue of the journal Science that they have directly converted sugars ubiquitous in nature to an alternative source ...

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created Jun 14, 2007 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (96) | comments 0

Scientists develop life-saving chrome

British scientists have developed a safer and more versatile alternative to chrome electroplating, the coating found on vintage car bumpers, steel camshafts, and fixtures such as door furniture and light fittings.

Nanotechnology /

created Sep 21, 2005 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

MESSENGER Goes to Mercury with NIST Calibrated Instrument

The first spacecraft intended to orbit Mercury was launched on Aug. 3, 2004, carrying an instrument for mapping the composition of the planet's crust that was calibrated with a novel procedure at the National Institute of ...

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created Aug 15, 2004 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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