Nature – Advances in catalyst research could create a superhighway to clean energy sources and a more-sustainable chemical industry.
Tag: green chemistry
Grinding chemicals together in an effort to be greener
New York Times – Milling, or grinding chemicals together without a solvent, could outperform established methods and yet be safe and simple enough for an inexperienced eighth grader to do.
How to make the most of carbon dioxide
Nature – Researchers hope to show that using the gas as a raw material could make an impact on climate change.
The slow-chemistry movement
Nature – Slow, solid-state reactions used by lichens and Renaissance pigment-makers could help to make chemistry greener.
Degrees of separation
Nature – Chemists hope to break China’s monopoly on rare-earth elements by finding cheap, efficient ways to extract them from ore.