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FeatureThe great war clean-up
A century after the end of the first world war, the task of disposing of old chemical weapons continues. Michael Freemantle reports
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Research
Hidden gene cluster unearthed to reveal antibacterial natural product
Scientists encourage soil microorganisms to express themselves
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News
Ozone healing confirmed in Montreal Protocol assessment
Latest projections say ozone levels in the stratosphere will recover around the middle of the century
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Research
Engineered protein mimics photosynthesis to capture carbon
Genetically modified enzyme rivals heavy metal catalysts in photochemical carbon dioxide reduction
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Research
Bond-breaking reaction chops up wood chemical
Reaction that splits biphenols in two could convert lignin into useful chemicals
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Research
Carbon dioxide screwing mechanism in porous crystal unravelled
Solid-state NMR used to probe dynamics of selective gas uptake
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News
Negative emissions technology needed to remove CO2 and head off climate change
Technologies that pull carbon dioxide from the air and sequester it are economically viable and part of package of measures to mitigate climate change, US National Academies says
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Research
Plastic packaging waste upcycled into technical materials
Process takes on plastic recycling challenge by turning food packing into heat conducting and electromagnetic shielding material
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Research
Used cooking oil helps weed out fertiliser pollution
Inverse vulcanisation used to turn waste canola oil into controlled-release fertiliser
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Research
Bacterial factories rival petrochemical route to nylon building block
Significant step towards sustainable commercial route for producing glutaric acid
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Research
Alarm raised over microplastics in human faeces in first of its kind study
Nine different types of microplastic found in samples across the world could pose health risk
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Feature
The atmospheric nitrogen question
Pollutants, key atmospheric components and vital fertilisers: nitrogen compounds are all of these, as Emma Davies finds out
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News
Europe to invest €100 million to boost bioeconomy
New strategy aims to improves sustainability and add 1 million jobs over 20 years
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News
UN panel urges global action on fluorinated chemicals
Stockholm Convention committee concludes that three perfluorinated chemicals demand further action
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Careers
The radio telescopes exploring our universe
How astrochemists are identifying molecules light-years away from Earth
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Review
Catching Stardust: Comets, Asteroids and the Birth of the Solar System
Revealing the mysteries of space, one mote of dust at a time
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Research
Banned persistent pollutant still threatens half of killer whales
PCBs in world’s oceans could drive most contaminated populations to extinction
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Research
Paint achieves seemingly impossible by cooling buildings in direct sun
Coating offers a route to zero-carbon air conditioning
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Business
Building resilience to climate threats
As extreme weather events become more frequent, chemical and pharmaceutical producers are taking steps to fend them off in future
