Sustainability – Page 6
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ArticleInnovation and sustainability take centre stage at Lab Innovations 2022
Join the UK’s largest trade show for the lab industry
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NewsExplainer: why have bioorthogonal and click chemistry won the 2022 Nobel prize?
Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and Barry Sharpless have won the 2022 Nobel prize in chemistry – find out why
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BusinessSetting the standard for calculating indirect emissions
Industry collaboration creates carbon footprinting guidelines for chemical products
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NewsCall for chemists to reorientate chemistry as a sustainability science
Chemists should take the lead to prevent the transgression of planetary boundaries
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ResearchLabs’ carbon footprint under scrutiny as tool calculates impact of buildings and scientists
Software reveals environmental impact of over 500 French labs
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ArticleSustainability applies to all polymers, not just plastics
How the RSC’s task force on polymers in liquid formulations is making progress
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ResearchMineralisation makes chemical recycling of fluoropolymers a possibility
By using molten sodium hydroxide, researchers show they can produce fluorite from fluoropolymers in a two-step process
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ResearchSplit-cell design behind batteries that degrade and get absorbed by their environment
Batteries that breakdown on their own could help minimise electronic waste
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FeatureSoil searching
Rachel Brazil talks to the scientists trying to understand – and improve – the health of the planet’s soil
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ArticleA paradigm shift in the development of environmentally sustainable consumer packaged goods
Simulation technologies can shortcut the design process for new materials
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ArticleCharacterisation and process optimisation of recycled resins for the polymer industry
Thermal and rheological analysis ensure that plastics maintain their performance
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ArticleHow analytical chemistry is enabling efficient polymer recycling
Waters technologies are helping its customers to make the shift to sustainable plastic use
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ArticleDriving environmental sustainability across the polymer supply chain with a digital chemistry strategy
From synthesis to formulation, manufacturing, recycling and reprocessing, computational modelling supports every part of process
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ResearchCarbon-negative concrete blocks could be made using magnesium from seawater
Electrolyser route avoids need for calcination step
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ResearchRedox flow batteries charge up with peptide-based electrolytes
Study shows how electrolytes could be degraded using acid and heat
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FeatureCultured meat flexes its muscles
Rebecca Trager examines an emerging industry that is growing ‘meat’ outside of animals using cell lines cultivated in bioreactors
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ResearchElectrochemical ‘game-changer’ could make aniline production greener
Sustainable production of important feedstock for dyes, drugs and herbicides is scalable
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NewsEuropean parliament labels nuclear and gas investments as ‘environmentally sustainable’ activities
Decision branded a disgrace by environmental groups
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ResearchSwitching protocol doubles carbon capture capacity of supercapacitors
Approach shows promise as way to capture CO2 in a more energy efficient manner