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Chemical looping turns environmental waste into fuel
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Chemical looping turns environmental waste into fuel

Credit: Energy & Fuels (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.4c02643 Turning environmental waste into useful chemical resources could solve many of the inevitable challenges of our...

Hybrid model predicts best tech for slashing industrial emissions in the chemical industry
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Hybrid model predicts best tech for slashing industrial emissions in the chemical industry

KAUST researchers developed a machine learning tool, using nearly 10,000 nanofiltration measurements, to predict the most efficient and cost-effective separation technology for chemical...

‘Apple Watch bands are safe for users to wear’ – company responds to class-action lawsuit over ‘forever chemical’ claims
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‘Apple Watch bands are safe for users to wear’ – company responds to class-action lawsuit over ‘forever chemical’ claims

Apple is facing a class-action lawsuit over its Apple Watch bands The lawsuit alleges that Apple “hides” the existence of PFAS in its...

Chemical engineers devise efficient way to pull carbon directly from atmosphere
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Chemical engineers devise efficient way to pull carbon directly from atmosphere

University of Cincinnati postdoctoral fellow Dinabandhu Patra works at a benchtop carbon capture system in Professor Joo-Youp Lee’s chemical engineering lab. Lee and...

Driving chemical transformations through the power of solar energy
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Driving chemical transformations through the power of solar energy

Conversion of CO2 to butene via a solar-driven tandem process. First, CO2 is converted to ethylene using an electrochemical reactor and solar-derived electricity....

‘Death was everywhere’: Syria’s chemical weapon victims share their trauma | Syria’s War News
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‘Death was everywhere’: Syria’s chemical weapon victims share their trauma | Syria’s War News

Eastern Ghouta, Syria – Amina Habya was still awake when she heard screaming outside her window in Zamalka, Ghouta, on the night of...

Chemical weapons watchdog urges probe in Syria after al-Assad toppled | News
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Chemical weapons watchdog urges probe in Syria after al-Assad toppled | News

The head of the international chemical weapons watchdog says he will ask Syria’s new leaders to grant investigators access to the country to...