News tagged with solvent
New solvent technologies to replace use of harmful toxic acids
Scientists at the University of Leicester are spearheading the development of new ways to replace harmful, carcinogenic, toxic acids and electrolytes which are currently used in many commercial metal finishing and energy ...
Jan 07, 2010 |
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Ionic Liquid's Makeup Measurably Non-Uniform at the Nanoscale
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Texas Tech University, Queen's University in Belfast, Ireland, the University of Rome and the National Research Council in Italy recently made a discovery about the non-uniform chemical compositions ...
Nov 10, 2009 |
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Eco-friendly metal coating replacement for chromate
(PhysOrg.com) -- CSIRO has developed a novel coating technology, "Quench Coat", to protect galvanised products from 'white rust' ? the form of zinc oxide that tarnishes freshly galvanised coatings, making ...
Oct 30, 2009 |
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Scientists Make Ink Disappear, Make Paper Reusable
(PhysOrg.com) -- Despite ongoing efforts to save the trees, many offices print high volumes of paper documents on a daily basis. Although many companies encourage paper recycling, both disposing of and recycling ...
Oct 27, 2009 |
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Graffiti-free historic buildings: New polymer coating to help
(PhysOrg.com) -- Many a historic landmark is defaced with graffiti, but the spray paint can only be removed - if at all - using caustic solutions which risk damaging the underlying surface. A new breathable ...
Sep 01, 2009 |
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Platinum nanocatalyst could aid drugmakers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Nanoparticles combining platinum and gold act as superefficient catalysts, but chemists have struggled to create them in an industrially useful form. Rice University chemists have answered the call this week ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 31, 2009 |
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A safe approach to nanotechnology: Boiling up zinc oxide nanorods without toxic solvents
A non-toxic and environmentally friendly way to make tiny nanorods of zinc oxide has been developed for the first time by researchers in Saudi Arabia. The approach, described in the current issue of the International Journal of ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 19, 2009 |
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Researchers boost production of biofuel that could replace gasoline
(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers at Ohio State University have found a way to double the production of the biofuel butanol, which might someday replace gasoline in automobiles.
Aug 19, 2009 |
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A new method to cleaner and more efficient CO2 capture
(PhysOrg.com) -- Separating carbon dioxide from its polluting source, such as the flue gas from a coal-fired power plant, may soon become cleaner and more efficient.
Jul 22, 2009 |
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Less Toxic Drug Prolongs Survival in Metastatic Breast Cancer
(PhysOrg.com) -- Research from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has found that a less toxic, solvent-free chemotherapy drug more effectively prevents the progression of metastatic breast cancer and ...
May 26, 2009 |
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Carbon nanotubes and the environment
Carbon nanotubes have made a meteoric career in the past 15 years, even if their applications are still limited. Recent research results show that - apart from their favorable mechanical and electrical properties ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 05, 2009 |
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Engineers develop method to disperse chemically modified graphene in organic solvents
A method for creating dispersed and chemically modified graphene sheets in a wide variety of organic solvents has been developed by a University of Texas at Austin engineering team led by Professor Rod Ruoff, opening the ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 31, 2009 |
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New technique put to use to test clean up of contaminated groundwater
Cleaning up the dangerous contaminants — dry-cleaning fluids, solvents and petroleum hydrocarbons — found in underground water presents one of the most urgent challenges facing environmental science. A report issued today ...
Jan 30, 2009 |
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