Converting waste plastic bottles into jet fuel
Simple three-step process generates minimal waste and diverts plastic from landfill
Violent stellar collision near early solar system created actinides
A single neutron star merger produced almost all curium and plutonium that ever existed in the solar system
Water found in asteroid dust collected by Japan's Hayabusa probe
Scientists calculate that half of the water on Earth could have been delivered by meteorites
New family of polymers can be easily recycled and even upcycled
Dynamic covalent bonds means polymers can be taken apart by acid
Neonicotinoid exposure could be harming mammals
Deer study suggests the toxic effects of these pesticides may not be limited to insects
Helium hydride ion detected in space for the first time
Terahertz rotational spectroscopy identifies long-sought molecular bond in a nebula
Helicopter NMR prepares to detect Arctic oil spills
ExxonMobil-funded project readies giant airborne coil for accidents as shipping lanes open up
Impact of extra-terrestrial glycine delivery could have created nucleobase precursors
Quantum simulations show that comets and other celestial bodies may have not only delivered building blocks for life to Earth, but also synthesised them on impact
C–H fluoroalkylation tackles plastic waste
Photocatalytic method that upcycles aromatic polymers could breathe new life into rubbish
Caged gas blanket may explain why Pluto’s oceans are liquid
Ocean temperatures close to water’s freezing point may mean dwarf planet is hospitable to life
Magnesium reinstalls magnetism in cerium cobalt
Study shows cerium cobalt had the makings of a magnetic material after all
Green solvent recovers in-demand metals from batteries
Multiple cathode chemistries tackled by one system
Air on board diesel trains is five times worse than beside a busy street
Ultrafine particles and soot linked to lung cancer are massively elevated in carriages pulled by diesel engines
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Cutting ammonia pollution may lead to more acid rain in China
Any effort to target ammonia should aim to reduce sulfur dioxide pollution at the same time
Untreated water works just fine as polymerisation solvent
Discovery that impurities don’t impede reaction could cut costs
Strontium isotope map re-examination casts doubt on bronze age migration theories
New findings could change the way we think about prehistoric peoples
Liquid metal turns back time on fossil fuel burning
Electrochemical reduction with liquid metal electrode converts carbon dioxide back into carbon
Mineral surfaces promoted variation in prebiotic RNA
Thermodynamic model probes the entropic cost of enriching RNA strands adsorbed on a surface
Taking the pressure off catalytic carbon dioxide conversion
Chemists obtain formate from carbon dioxide at atmospheric pressure without using hydrogen gas
Chloroform poses new threat to ozone recovery
Models of observational data trace anthropogenic emissions back to China
DNA sugar could form on icy asteroids and comets
Water–methanol ices bombarded with UV simulate conditions found on comets and asteroids
Chinese cave holds carbon dating ‘Holy Grail’
Carbon-14 measurements from stalagmites takes carbon dating back as far as it can go
Dwarf planet Ceres turns out to be extra-carbony
Asteroid belt’s largest object, thought to be a piece of rock, contains up to 20% carbon
Fluorinated compounds in cosmetic products
Moisturisers, shaving foam and foundation investigated as sources of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances