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BusinessReclaiming fuel from air
The companies trying to capture atmospheric carbon and transform it to hydrocarbons using green energy
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Research
Chronic exposure to battery nanomaterial leads to resistant bacteria
Shewanella onedensis MR-1 adapts to media spiked with complex metal oxide nanoparticles
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Research
Neanderthals were master fire-starters, cave chemistry suggests
A new study distinguishes chemical traces left by ancient hearth fires from those left by natural wildfires
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Research
Lignin and carbon dioxide turned into ethanol
Process generates bulk chemical from two renewable carbon sources
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Research
Synthetic hormone stops water loss in crops
Virtual screening and scaffold merging behind compound that closes plant stomata
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Research
Sewage sampling reveals how rich and poor live
Richer citizens taste for alcohol and poorer ones higher rates of prescription drug use revealed
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Research
Synthetic flame retardant compounds turn up as marine natural products
Finding an alga that biosynthesises halogenated anilines increases likelihood of finding an organism that can degrade the toxic compounds too
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Opinion
Don’t be sniffy about sewage – or concrete
Do you flush and forget? Time to make a stink about concrete’s emissions
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Research
Electrochemistry can cut cement’s carbon footprint to virtually zero
Cement’s carbon emissions are a big problem for the industry but renewable energy could see the process go green
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Business
Leaking filter caused deadly explosion at US plant
Blast that killed one and injured 30 others at a KMCO facility in Texas was caused by hole in pipe component
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Feature
Sewage sells: the hidden value of wastewater
An eye-opening visit to a waste water treatment works uncovers the surprising value in sewage. Hayley Bennett reports
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Business
Industry delves into the digital toolbox
Chemical companies are making their plants and processes increasingly digital, data-driven and interconnected
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Feature
Concrete’s carbon problem
The world’s most common building material has a huge carbon footprint. Angeli Mehta talks to the scientists trying to reduce it
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Research
Glucose derivative replaces BPA in sustainable polycarbonate plastic
Transparent engineered plastic ditches hormone disruptor and lung irritant
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Business
Aquaffirm’s enzymatic arsenic sensors
Cheap, disposable electrochemistry test strips help communities steer clear of contaminated wells
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Research
Mineral never before seen in nature found inside Australian meteorite
Black-and-red rock that fell to Earth 68 years ago contains iron carbide compound
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Research
Why photosynthetic organisms evolved to have dimeric reaction centres
Excitation energy transfer enhancements thought to compensate for decrease in charge transfer efficiency of going from monomers to dimers
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News
Denmark becomes first nation to outlaw fluorinated chemicals in food packaging
Danish government acts on controversial chemicals saying it can no longer wait for the EU
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Research
Microbes and renewable energy turn carbon dioxide into edible protein
Sustainable method for producing proteins for human consumption made possible by clever two-stage bioprocess
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News
India becomes world's largest emitter of sulfur dioxide
Greenpeace study reveals global sulfur dioxide hotspots
