Commercially viable biomanufacturing: Designer yeast turns sugar into lucrative chemical 3-HP

Using a tiny, acid-tolerant yeast, scientists have demonstrated a cost-effective way to make disposable diapers, ...

When 'no-effect' isn't safe: Safe chemicals turn toxic in combination across generations

Researchers at National Taiwan University reveal that combined exposure to polystyrene nanoplastics and the preservative ...
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Artificial Metabolism Turns Waste CO2 Into Useful Chemicals

Natural biological systems cannot efficiently convert waste CO₂ or its derivatives into useful building-block chemicals at a scale that can keep pace with rising atmospheric carbon. Engineer a fully ...
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Defossilize our chemical world

Achieving net zero means eliminating fossil fuels, not carbon — the chemical element has a crucial part to play in powering ...

Farmers told to reduce chemical use, adopt natural farming practices

Resource persons speaking at the 40th foundation day of Water and Land Management Institute (WALMI) in Dharwad have urged farmers to reduce the use of chemicals by adopting natural farming.
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New project to explore how to turn waste into sustainable chemicals

University of South Wales leads £3m BIO-VISTA project to turn waste into sustainable chemicals, backed by Royal Academy of ...
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Your Home’s Toxic Blueprint: How Every Room May Harbor Its Own Chemical Threat

Your home is trapping invisible pollutants. Each room could harbor distinct chemical threats from cooking fumes to aging ...
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BIO-VISTA project to turn waste into sustainable chemicals

University of South Wales leads £3m BIO-VISTA project to turn waste into sustainable chemicals, backed by Royal Academy of Engineering Green ...

PyroGenesis Signs Agreement with U.S. Defense Contractor to Jointly Pursue Chemical Weapon Destruction Contracts in Syria

PyroGenesis Inc. (“PyroGenesis”) (TSX: PYR) (OTCQX: PYRGF) (FRA: 8PY1), the leader in ultra-high temperature processes and ...

The Army Corps of Engineers wants to dredge the Cape Fear River. Environmentalists tally the costs.

This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, ...
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Breakthrough method produces hydrogen using plastic without scarce, expensive platinum

Using sunlight, water and tiny particles of electrically conductive plastic, researchers produced hydrogen efficiently, ...
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Study calls for regulating flavour chemicals in nicotine pouches

KARACHI: As global sales for oral nicotine pouches continue to increase, an analysis of the products sold in Karachi has revealed a wide variety of unregulated flavour chemicals, often combined with ...