News

Hydrangeas will bloom vibrant pink if fed 1 kitchen ingredient
Hydrangeas are bold and beautiful plants that can add a much needed splash of colour to gardens, but they are also unique in ...
C&EN2d
Why Do Carbonate Anions Have Extremely High Stability in the Interlayer Space of Layered Double Hydroxides? Case Study of Layered Double Hydroxide Consisting of Mg and Al (Mg ...
Layered double hydroxides (LDHs) are promising compounds in a wide range of fields. However, exchange of CO32– anions with other anions is necessary, because the CO32– anions are strongly affixed in ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN2d
Yale scientists crack eggshell waste problem, turn it into sustainable ceramic glaze
A New Haven ceramic artist and Yale University material scientist have teamed up to turn eggshells into a sustainable ingredient for ceramic glaze. The waste egg glaze, they found, is just as good as ...
Could Idaho sugar beets help save taxpayer money on cement? ITD officials want to try
Idaho State University researchers will partner with the Idaho Transportation Department to develop and test “Sweetcrete,” a ...
C&EN6d
Pushing the Limits with Squaramide-Based Organocatalysts in Cyclic Carbonate Synthesis | ACS Catalysis - ACS Publications
Calcium-Based Catalytic System for the Synthesis of Bio-Derived Cyclic Carbonates under Mild Conditions. ACS Catalysis 2018, 8 (1) ... Fast and sustainable CO2 conversion to propylene carbonate using ...