Global warming is an increasingly worrying problem. Although the greenhouse effect is a necessary process to maintain living conditions on Earth, our current societies are increasing the emission of greenhouse gases into ...
Materials Science
Jan 31, 2023
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Until recently, the southern part of South America was believed to be the main source of the dust that lands in Antarctica. Fine particles, or aerosols, are often carried long distances by atmospheric circulation. This dust ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 20, 2023
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Professor Kotohiro Nomura's research group at Tokyo Metropolitan University developed two high-performance catalysts for efficient synthesis of value-added chemicals (fine chemicals, monomers) from polyester and vegetable ...
Polymers
Oct 3, 2022
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A set of abiotic stressors pose multiple challenges to marine life due to their widespread influence on all classes of biochemical systems. Variations in temperature, hydrostatic pressure, and salinity have potential to disrupt ...
Ecology
Aug 18, 2022
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Higher alcohols (C2+OH), important intermediates for fine chemicals, are mainly produced via petrochemical route, which is energy-intensive and environmentally unfriendly.
Materials Science
Aug 17, 2021
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Scientists have managed to figure out why conifer forests produce so many fine particles into the atmosphere. Aerosol particles are particularly abundant when α-pinene, the molecule responsible for the characteristic pattern ...
Environment
Feb 11, 2021
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A single-step, plasma-enhanced catalytic process to convert sulfur dioxide to pure sulfur from tail gas streams may provide a promising, more environmentally-friendly alternative to current multistage thermal, catalytic and ...
Materials Science
Oct 28, 2020
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The world's first project to industrially synthesize 25 kt/a of higher alcohols from syngas passed a continuous 72-hour catalyst performance test on 3rd November, 2019 in Yulin, Shaanxi province, china.
Materials Science
Nov 26, 2019
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Researchers at Osaka University have produced composites consisting of alumina (AI2O3) ceramics and titanium (Ti), namely AI2O3/Ti composites. They designed a percolation structure for forming a continuous conduction pathway ...
Materials Science
Dec 6, 2018
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From fragrances and food flavourings to the building blocks of pharmaceutical drugs, fine chemicals – complex chemicals produced in small quantities to a high degree of purity – play a major role in our daily lives.
Materials Science
May 27, 2016
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