A new photocatalyst is revolutionizing a time-old reaction, addressing how light can influence not just the kinetics of chemical reactions, but their thermodynamic equilibria.
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Finding Value in Textile Wastewater
Nitrogen and sulfur present in dye-contaminated wastewater are incorporated into an energy material, simultaneously addressing two important issues.
Climate Change Will Require Heavy Lifting
The burden of caring for Planet Earth is upon our shoulders, and it will take some heavy lifting and concrete solutions to reverse the adverse, long-term effects of climate change.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Reactions
The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry is a moment to take stock of the achievements of materials science. Advanced Science News speaks to experts in the field for their thoughts.
Hui-Ming Cheng on Supercapacitor Performance
Hui-Ming Cheng and colleagues Da-Wei Wang and Quan-Hong Yang clarify the trouble with current metrics used to quantify supercapacitor performance.
A Whale of a Solution to Climate Change
Could increasing the world’s whale population help sequester carbon dioxide to fight climate change?
Nobel Prizes 2019: Chemistry
John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino win the 2019 Chemistry Nobel Prize for the development of lithium-ion batteries
Flexible Batteries for Bendable Devices
A Swiss team of researchers has developed an innovative new approach to creating flexible batteries using stretchable materials.
A New Lightweight Material for Efficient Vehicles
A new, light-weight matrix material with improved mechanical properties to make cars lighter and more efficient.
Rising Above Climate Apathy
Climate scientist, Dr. Juan Declet-Barreto, discusses the wider impacts of climate change, emerging sentiments of apathy and how we rise above them.
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