Your Clothes Are Making You Sick
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chemicals
Hybrid battery stores electricity and produces valuable chemicals at the same time
A rechargeable biomass battery was designed to integrate electricity storage/generation and electrosynthesis of…
Food safety: Cleaning with plasma instead of chemicals
by Leibniz-Institut für Agrartechnik und Bioökonomie e.V. (ATB)…
New water treatment zaps ‘forever chemicals’ for good
UBC researchers devised a unique adsorbing material that is capable of capturing all the PFAS present in the water…
Your Tap Water Is Filthy, but That Could Finally Change
Following years of concern, the US Environmental Protection Agency moved this week to clean up drinking water, announcing the nation’s first standards for six “forever chemicals” found in…
New superacid converts harmful compounds into sustainable chemicals
Researchers at Paderborn University have succeeded in producing very special catalysts, known as "Lewis superacids," which can be used to break strong chemical bonds and speed up…
The Ohio Derailment Lays Bare the Hellish Plastic Crisis
That's what makes the disaster in Ohio so alarming. Five rail cars of vinyl chloride burned—some of it done intentionally to reduce building pressure—likely producing toxic compounds called …
What Is Electrochemistry, and Why Is It So Important to a Green-Energy Future?
Sadia Kabir
remembers when she was introduced to electrochemistry, the branch of science that explains how chemical reactions create electricity and…
Process could sustainably transform biomass waste into fuels and chemicals
Professor Mark Holtzapple has developed a process that converts biodegradable materials, such as sewage sludge or…
IT Job Market Shrinks for First Time in Over Two Years
The job market for information-technology professionals shrank in January for the first time in over two years, a sign that IT staffers are facing the same scrutiny as workers in other…