Lean times are ahead for research and universities around the world. Few countries in the global north have escaped growing pessimism in the science sector as university leaders talk of ‘belt tightening’ and the need to ‘make savings’….
Category: 6. Chemistry
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Chemists amid coronavirus five years on: Lee Cronin | Opinion
Lee Cronin, the regius chair of chemistry at the University of Glasgow, UK, who is also founder and chief executive of the deep tech chemical science company Chemify, faced significant challenges and struggles during the Covid-19 pandemic….
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Yale’s Game-Changing Method Turns Carbon Dioxide Into Usable Energy With Incredible Efficiency
Yale scientists have developed a more efficient process to convert CO₂ emissions into methanol using a “two-in-one” catalyst, making carbon capture more scalable for industrial use. Yale scientists have made a significant advancement toward…
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Microwaves Unlock a Faster, Cleaner Way to Recycle Bulletproof Kevlar
Aramid fibers like Kevlar and Twaron are incredibly strong but notoriously difficult to recycle — until now. Researchers have pioneered a microwave-assisted chemical process that efficiently breaks down aramid polymers without the need for…
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New Study Uncovers Dangerous Secret of “Green” Refrigerants
UNSW scientists found that HFOs, marketed as eco-friendly refrigerants, degrade into harmful greenhouse gases, raising concerns about their long-term environmental impact. A team of scientists at UNSW has discovered that some of the most…
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Eco friendly, inexpensive system for storing high-power energy from pine biomass
The Solid State and Materials Research Group has come up with a lithium ion capacitor using electrodes produced from wood particles that are discarded as waste in sawmills. This biomass is very easily available across the Basque Country, and…
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Cryptic chemistry crossword #075
The mysteries of the universe may take ages to unravel, but the mysteries of this cryptic chemistry crossword can be solved in just a short time!
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Accidental discovery depolymerises commercial plexiglass | Research
A new process for chemically recycling commercially available polymethacrylates under visible light has been discovered serendipitously by chemists in Switzerland. The researchers demonstrated that the process, which does not require specially…
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Chemistry wordoku #083 | Puzzle
Solve this ‘wordoku’ in the same way as a sudoku with letters instead of numbers (each of the nine letters in each row, column and nine-square cell). Once solved, one of the overall diagonals can be rearranged into the name of a dyestuff that…
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Quick chemistry crossword #075
Pathogens, plant matter and peers are all part of this quick chemistry crossword puzzle
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