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| | | | Making ammonia 'greener'
Smaller ammonia processing plants powered by alternative energy
Ammonia, a compound first synthesized about a century ago, has dozens of modern uses and has become essential in making the fertilizer that now sustains most of our global food production.
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Rare metals from e-waste
What happens to our ressources?
This year, beautifully wrapped laptops, mobile phones or even new TV sets lay under numerous Christmas trees. They are enthusiastically put into use – and ...
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Chirality in 'real-time'
Circular dichroism in the deep ultraviolet
In nature, certain molecules with the same chemical composition, can exist in two different shapes that are mirrors images of each other, much like our ...
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Elucidating the Atomic Mechanism of Superlubricity
Tribology: Design Rules for Extremely Low Coefficients of Friction
The phenomenon of so-called superlubricity is known, but so far the explanation at the atomic level has been missing: for example, how does extremely low ...
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Chemical synthesis of nanotubes
Nanometer-sized tubes made from simple benzene molecules
For the first time, researchers used benzene - a common hydrocarbon - to create a novel kind of molecular nanotube, which could lead to new nanocarbon- ...
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More efficient energy harvesting with magnets
Electrical yield improved by orders of magnitude by clever arrangement of components
Scientists at the Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (IFW) have developed a new magnetic generator to convert waste heat into ...
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'Flipped' metal oxide cage can sort CO2 from CO
Spherical vanadium oxide clusters that can trap and hold carbon dioxide
How do you separate carbon dioxide from carbon monoxide? One way, showcased by a new study from Kanazawa University, is to use a bowl of vanadium. More ...
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ECETOC Task Force provides new insights
Toxicity testing of microparticles and poorly soluble liquids in the water environment
A Task Force set up by the European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals (ECETOC) has provided new insights into scientific testing for the ...
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Imagine Chemistry 2019 launched
Nouryon partners with Unilever, investment companies and startup networks to accelerate innovation in chemistry
Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals) has officially launched the third edition of its Imagine Chemistry collaborative innovation challenge. ...
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