Green chemistry – Page 2
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NewsChemists funded to cut the environmental footprint of their labs
The Royal Society of Chemistry to support 33 projects in 11 countries aiming to make chemistry research greener
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ResearchAnalysis of three French chemistry labs shows how they could halve their carbon footprint by 2030
Open-source tool helps researchers evaluate a series of carbon mitigation strategies
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ResearchRiding the microwave: three chemists share their stories
Disagreements surrounding non-thermal effects didn’t stop microwave reactors becoming a standard part of laboratory life
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ResearchLasers and lithium team up for ammonia production at ambient conditions
A pioneering method uses lasers and lithium salts to fix nitrogen with record-breaking yields
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FeatureFixing nitrogen fixing
Green ammonia promises a more sustainable future. Jamie Durrani talks to the researchers aiming to revolutionise the production of crucial fertiliser
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ArticleA three step strategy to make your research more sustainable
How chemistry data can make your reactions greener
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ResearchOrganic catalyst could cut the chlor-alkali process’s enormous appetite for energy
Cheap molecule achieves similar performance as existing costly metallic catalysts – but faces major questions about its stability
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OpinionBoosting cubane synthesis with photosensitizers
Leaping to a greener approach for cubane synthesis
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NewsExplainer: what is green chemistry and why does it matter?
25 years after the field’s 12 principles were first laid down, green chemistry has moved into the mainstream
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News‘Will we have the will to invest, the will to change?’: green chemistry 25 years on
Father of green chemistry says we’ve shown we can change, but can we transform the chemical sciences?
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NewsPartnership aims to integrate green chemistry into university courses around the world
Merck KGaA’s life science business and Beyond Benign want to reach 1 million university students a year
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ResearchWater works as medium for reactions that reduce carboxylic acids
Catalytic system works on a wide range of acid substrates and doesn’t require precious metals or air and moisture intolerant reagents
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FeatureThe wonderful wizards of wood
Clever chemistry can turn humble timber into a sustainable material with many uses, Kit Chapman finds
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ArticleCatalysing change: innovative solutions for greener chemistries
New ligands are enabling the enormous potential of cross coupling reactions to solve challenges in a range of industries
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WebinarIs this the future of bioplastics upcycling?
Learn more about chemical methods for a new route to active upcycling of PLA
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NewsChemists want help to cut the environmental footprint of their labs
Royal Society of Chemistry launches seed funding to improve lab sustainability after survey finds that 85% of respondents want to make their labs greener
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OpinionNobel vision
Looking beyond the here-and-now let click chemistry open up a whole new world of possibility
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ResearchBlood could supply haem centre for biomass-supported catalyst
Haemoglobin-derived catalyst used to reduce nitroarene into aromatic amines