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Chemistry World September 15, 2015 William Bergius |
New cathode material for sodium ion batteries An international team of scientists led by the inventor of the lithium ion battery has put forward a new cathode material for its potential successor, the sodium ion battery. |
Chemistry World September 14, 2015 Tim Wogan |
New reaction offers sustainable route to biodiesel A new chemical reaction that converts waste glycerol from biodiesel production into methanol -- a necessary reagent in biodiesel production -- has been discovered unexpectedly. |
Chemistry World September 11, 2015 Rebecca Trager |
Moulting seals bring mercury contamination to coast Elephant seals have been identified as a previously unrecognized source of mercury contamination in coastal waters by scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz |
Chemistry World September 10, 2015 Michael Spencelayh |
Cheap and sensitive test for a key prostate cancer marker Scientists in Italy have developed a cheap and disposable sensor that can detect the presence of the prostate cancer biomarker sarcosine in urine. |
Chemistry World September 10, 2015 Jennifer Newton |
Waste not, want not? Karen Wilson is striving to promote biofuels and get the message across that there's a lot of waste streams from agriculture and food processing that could be a viable feedstock for fuels and chemicals. |
Chemistry World September 9, 2015 James Urquhart |
Purple bacteria signal zinc deficiency US researchers who have developed a zinc biosensor that functions as a bacterial 'litmus test', eliminating the need for expensive equipment. |
Chemistry World September 8, 2015 Simon Hadlington |
Mutant plant can mop up explosives UK researchers have identified a mutant plant that is able to thrive on soil contaminated with high concentrations of the explosive TNT. |
Chemistry World September 8, 2015 Anthony King |
Click chemistry creates precision polymers Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have an efficient strategy that allows them to synthesize a new family of unimolecular, sequence- and stereo-defined polymers using click chemistry. |
Chemistry World September 8, 2015 Philip Ball |
Uncle Tungsten's nephew I'm sure I am not alone in returning to the chemical recollections in Oliver Sacks' paean to chemistry, Uncle Tungsten, following his death at the end of August. |
Chemistry World September 7, 2015 Tim Wogan |
Graphene and phosphorene upgrade sodium ion battery A new material comprising interspersed layers of graphene and phosphorene has been shown to be a more stable, more conductive and higher capacity anode for sodium ion batteries than previous materials. |
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