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The Nexus Blog and Newsletter is published by the ACS Green Chemistry Institute® to connect and expand the global green chemistry and engineering community. Learn more about us: www.acs.org/gci.
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Exploring the Role of Green Chemistry at a Research University

Written by Anthony Michetti, Harvard University

Universities play a vital role in supporting research and educating students to understand how chemistry and chemical design can affect health and sustainability. On Thursday, April 16, 2015 the FAS Green Pro

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amandanurmi
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Senator Chris Coons: Pushing the U.S. Economy Toward Sustainability

Chris Coons, United States Senator from Delaware, is making sustainability a priority.

Senator Coons’ Newsroom has announced that Coons and Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) introduced a bipartisan bill to encourage innovation in the field of sustainable che

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Looking Back: The Green Chemistry & Engineering Conferences

Contributed by Stephen C. DeVito, Ph.D., United States Environmental Protection Agency

It is hard to believe that in July, 2015 the 19th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference will take place. I remember when the Conference was first initiated bac

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What are the Implications for Sustainability in the Cosmetic Industry?

Contributed by Jorgen Gade Hyldgaard ApS, Mejsevaenget 7, DK-5610 Assens, Denmark

It has become increasingly apparent there is a clear, long-term demand for sustainability with respect to consumer products. The objective of this paper is to provide differe

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Optimized Biocatalysts for Green Cosmetics

Contributed by Annette Doerfel, Communications Manager OPTIBIOCAT, BIOCOM AG, Prof Vincenza Faraco, project Coordinator OPTIBIOCAT, University of Naples “Federico II”


When strolling the supermarket aisles, it becomes apparent that an increasing number of p

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Greening Up Our Ocean Blue

Summer is upon us, and for many that means getting out on the water. Sailboats, powerboats, canoes, all are great choices for enjoying the open blue and we're not the only species that enjoys our boats. There are a host of organisms that love the undersid

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ACS GCI Chemical Manufacturer’s Roundtable Wins National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Grant

The American Chemical Society’s Green Chemistry Institute (ACS GCI) Chemical Manufacturer’s Roundtable has received a $500,000 Advanced Manufacturing Technology Consortia planning grant from NIST. The grant will help the Roundtable develop greener and mor

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Water Scarcity and Chemical Manufacturing: Do You Have a License to Operate?

Contributed by Jeffrey Whitford, Director of Global Citizenship at Sigma-Aldrich

In a world of constrained resources are you thinking about water use – specifically in your research?  If you answered yes, maybe you live in California, where Governor Jerry

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Message from the Director

Contributed by David Constable, Director, ACS Green Chemistry Institute®


So much has happened since my last Nexus article that I’m not sure I can do justice to everything.  Once again, this is a great problem to have!  In mid-April I was fortunate to be in

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Dr. Angela Belcher: Mimicking Nature for Sustainable Solutions

Imagine taking a simple organism and designing materials and devices, much like nature would, to deliver innovative advancements in energy, the environment, and medicine, including cancer research. That is what Professor Angela Belcher not only dreamed up

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2015 Green Chemistry Business Plan Competition: Meet the Semifinalists & Cast Your Vote

Do you want to make an impact on issues like climate change, reliance on fossil fuels,  environmental contamination, unsafe chemicals in consumer products, and conflict minerals use?

VOTE for the next wave of innovation that will provide real solutions to

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Surfing into a Green Future

Written by Kim Mcdonald, Biological Sciences, UC San Diego News Center

The world’s first algae-based, sustainable surfboard was produced by UC San Diego biology and chemistry students.

UC San Diego’s efforts to produce innovative and sustainable solutions

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Sigma-Aldrich® Global Green Chemistry Initiative

Next Phase Kicked-off with Special Issue of Aldrichimica Acta

Company's top-ranked* chemical review journal to feature commentary from thought leaders in green chemistry


Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (Nasdaq: SIAL), a leading life science and high technology co

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“Silver Mirror": From stoichiometric to catalytic

Contributed by Mingxin Liu, graduate student at McGill University

Oxidation of aldehyde towards carboxylic acid is a very common reaction in organic chemistry. At the same time, it is also an unavoidable element of the bio-metabolic pathway. In cytoplasm,

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Creating Environments to Foster Healing

Contributed by Jeffrey Brown, Executive Director of Practice Greenhealth

Health care professionals are charged with creating environments that foster quality health care delivery, patient healing and healthy workplaces for staff. For over fifteen years, pa

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