Every year, millions of tires end up in landfills, creating an environmental crisis with far-reaching consequences. In the United States alone, over 274 million tires were scrapped in 2021, with nearly a fifth of them being discarded into…
Category: 6. Chemistry
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Cleaning microplastics | ScienceDaily
In a new paper, researchers at North Carolina State University show proof of concept for a system that, in a single cycle, actively removes microplastics from water.
The findings, described in the journal Advanced Functional Materials, hold the…
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A new method to recycle fluoride from long-lived PFAS chemicals
Oxford Chemistry researchers have developed a method to destroy fluorine-containing PFAS (sometimes labelled ‘forever chemicals’) while recovering their fluorine content for future use. The results have been published today (26 March 2025) in…
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The pension cost of doing a PhD | Careers
The conversation around low PhD stipends has amplified recently. However, few have explored how doing a PhD affects your long-term wealth, including your pension.
A pension is cash that is invested incrementally on your behalf, so that it…
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They break it, we all pay for it | News
One of GK Chesterton’s most beloved legacies is his Father Brown detective stories featuring the titular priest as its apparently naïve but fiercely intelligent hero. His other enduring legacy is his fence. Chesterton’s fence is the…
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Bayer ordered to pay more than $2 billion to US cancer victim | Business
A US jury has ordered Bayer–Monsanto to pay over $2 billion (£1.6 billion) to a Georgia man who alleges the company’s glyphosate-based Roundup weedkiller caused his cancer. The company says it will appeal the decision.
The jury’s…
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Fourteen universities may have manipulated institutional rankings, analysis finds | News
In 2019, researchers based at India’s Chandigarh University published 362 peer-reviewed research studies. In 2023, that number had shot up to 2281 – a 530% increase – which has seen Chandigarh jump from a ranking below 2000th to 578th in…
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Comprehensive evaluation of 5-imino-1,2,4-dithiazolidine-3-thione as a corrosion inhibitor for mild steel in hydrochloric acid solution
Weight loss measurements
The weight loss measurements reveal a clear relationship between the concentration of IDTT and its corrosion inhibition performance for mild steel in 1 M HCl. The data, presented in the Fig. 3 a and b, demonstrate…
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Enhanced photocatalytic and electrochemical properties of green synthesized strontium doped titanium dioxide nanoparticles for dye removal and supercapacitor applications
Optical absorption spectra and band gap
The UV-visible absorption technique is an effective tool for examining the optical characteristics of nanomaterials. For pure and Sr-doped TiO2 NPs the absorption spectra have been recorded in the wavelength…
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Development of molecularly imprinted polymers for the detection of human chorionic gonadotropin
Reagents
Ferric chloride hexahydrate (FeCl3·6H2O), sodium acetate, polyethylene glycol 6000 (PEG), sulfuric acid, glycine and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) were obtained from Merck. Ethylene glycol, ammonium hydroxide 25%, triethylamine (TEA),…
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