In the midst of an intensifying global water crisis, scientists are reporting development of a more economical way to use one form of the “ice that burns” to turn very salty wastewater from fracking and other oil and gas production methods into water for

A grant from The Bayer USA Foundation supported high school students for a summer of paid laboratory research in Pittsburgh and Houston through the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) Project SEED. This effective program, that has served almost 10,000 econo

Ethanol from corn and other plants could become the sustainable, raw material for a huge variety of products, from plastic packaging to detergents to synthetic rubber, that are currently petroleum-based. This was the conclusion of an article published in

By Christie Harman, Executive Director, Renewable Citrus Products Association

Citrus oils are used extensively in flavors, fragrances, consumer cleaning products and other commercial products.  Compared to petroleum-based alternatives, essential oils from

An inexpensive new material made of clay and papaya seeds removes harmful metals from water and could lower the cost of providing clean water to millions of people in the developing world, scientists are reporting.

An inexpensive new material made of clay

By Dr. Jennifer Young Tanir

ILSI Health and Environmental Sciences Institute

When surveyed by the ILSI Health and Environmental Sciences Institute (HESI), there was general agreement by stakeholders that attributes beyond hazard are also important (i.e. LCA

Already renowned for human health benefits, green tea could have a new role — along with other natural plant-based substances — in a healthier, more sustainable production of the most widely used family of nanoparticles.
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The tiny packets of chlorophyll that make plants green have been re-engineered in an advance toward transforming plants into bio-factories that make ingredients for medicines, fabrics and fuels.
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The search for sustainable ne

The tiny packets of chlorophyll that make plants green have been re-engineered in an advance toward transforming plants into bio-factories that make ingredients for medicines, fabrics and fuels.
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Scientists are reporting an a

Duckweed, the quick-growing plant covering this pond, ranks as an ideal raw material for producing biofuels that could help ease reliance on petroleum and natural gas in the 21^stcentury.
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The search for a less-expensive, sust

The availability of suitable land may limit production of biofuels in the years to come.
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Amid efforts to expand production of biofuels, scientists are reporting new estimates that downgrade the amount of additional land availa

How does one design a benign chemical? What makes a chemical toxic? Can toxicity be predicted at the design stage? These are some of the questions that Dr. Julie Zimmerman, Associate Professor of Green Engineering at Yale University, seeks to answer. Last

Since the birth of green chemistry in the 1990's, there has been an ever increasing amount of research done to understand how to synthesize and design molecules in a framework that takes into account toxicity, process efficiency, and environmental impact.