Much like two children in the back seat of a car, it can be challenging to get two catalysts to cooperate for the greater good. Now Northwestern University chemists have gotten two catalysts to work together on the same task ...
Materials Science
Jul 28, 2010
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Let a bunch of fluorine atoms get together in the molecules of a chemical compound, and they're like a heavy metal band at a chamber music festival. They tend to dominate the proceedings and not always for the better.
Materials Science
May 3, 2010
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A Queen's University chemistry professor has invented a special solvent that may make cooking oil production more environmentally friendly.
Materials Science
Mar 29, 2010
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A new adhesive for use in carpet tiles which has been developed at the University of York could help dramatically reduce their impact on the environment.
Materials Science
Mar 19, 2010
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A new nanotech catalyst developed by McGill University Chemists Chao-Jun Li, Audrey Moores and their colleagues offers industry an opportunity to reduce the use of expensive and toxic heavy metals. Catalysts are substances ...
Nanomaterials
Feb 16, 2010
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If you read environmental news on a regular basis then you know that consumers are in an uproar about the revelation that SIGG water bottles contain bisphenol-A (BPA), despite the company's previous BPA-free advertisements. ...
Environment
Oct 12, 2009
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Researchers in Hong Kong are reporting new evidence that green tea — one of the most popular beverages consumed worldwide and now available as a dietary supplement — may help improve bone health. They found that the tea ...
Biochemistry
Sep 16, 2009
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A new material developed at the University of Virginia - an oxygen nanosensor that couples a light-emitting dye with a biopolymer - simplifies the imaging of oxygen-deficient regions of tumors. Such tumors are associated ...
Nanomaterials
Aug 10, 2009
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A team of researchers from the University of Huelva has developed an environmentally-friendly lubricating grease based on ricin oil and cellulose derivatives, according to the journal Green Chemistry. The new formula does ...
Materials Science
Jul 10, 2009
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Fast and green. That's what it takes to get to the winner's circle in a new type of auto racing.
Other
Jun 25, 2009
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