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Catalyst for Green Chemistry: Amberlyst-15 Can Act as a Catalyst for the Acylation of Phenols and Alcohols
April 4, 2013 Researchers offer a novel and highly sustainable method for the acylation of phenols and alcohols. They found that Amberlyst-15 is an active catalyst for the acylation of phenols and alcohols by ... > full story -
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Turning Tires Into Gas for Energy and New, Valuable Materials
April 4, 2013 Tire recycling represents an untapped opportunity, that may prove a success if processing costs do not become ... > full story -
Verifying That Sorghum Is a New Safe Grain for People With Celiac Disease
April 3, 2013 Strong new biochemical evidence exists showing that the cereal grain sorghum is a safe food for people with celiac disease, who must avoid wheat and certain other grains, scientists are reporting. ... > full story -
Papyrus Plant Detox for Slaughterhouses
April 3, 2013 Humans have used the papyrus sedge for millennia. The Ancient Egyptians wrote on it, it can be made into highly buoyant boats, it is grown for ornamentation and parts can even be eaten. Now ... > full story -
Streams Stressed by Pharmaceutical Pollution
April 1, 2013 Pharmaceuticals commonly found in the environment are disrupting streams, with unknown impacts on aquatic life and water quality. So reports a new paper that highlights the ecological cost of ... > full story -
'Waste Heat' May Economize CO2 Capture
March 29, 2013 Scientists have found it may be possible to use "waste" heat to remove CO2 instead of the higher pressure steam needed to make ... > full story -
Discovery Opens Door to Efficiently Storing and Reusing Renewable Energy
March 28, 2013 Researchers have developed a ground-breaking way to make new affordable and efficient catalysts for converting electricity into chemical energy. Their technology opens the door to homeowners and ... > full story -
Scientists Propose Revolutionary Laser System to Produce the Next LHC
March 28, 2013 An international team of physicists has proposed a revolutionary laser system, inspired by the telecommunications technology, to produce the next generation of particle accelerators, such as the ... > full story -
Manufacturing: Plasma Treatments on a Roll
March 27, 2013 A revolutionary atmospheric-pressure plasma boosts adhesion of polymer films for roll-to-roll solar-cell production has been ... > full story -
Caffeine-'Addicted' Bacteria: Finding May Lead to New Decontamination Methods, New Medicines
March 27, 2013 Some people may joke about living on caffeine, but scientists now have genetically engineered E. coli bacteria to do that -- literally. Their report describes bacteria being "addicted" to caffeine in ... > full story
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