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GCI Nexus Blog - Page 45

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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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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Reflections on the Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference: What did I learn over the past 14 years?

Contributed by Anne Marteel-Parrish Associate Professor of Chemistry and Chair Frank J. Creegan Chair in Green Chemistry Washington College, Chestertown, MD

I am delighted to share my perspective about what I gained as a regular attendee, participant, and

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Pharmaceutical Roundtable Kicks Off 10-Year Anniversary Celebrations with Catalysis Symposium

Universities can be a major resource for industrial innovation, especially when the two collaborate to generate new knowledge and impact. Engaging with academia is key to the strategy of the ACS Green Chemistry Institute’s Pharmaceutical Roundtable. Year

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Message from the Director

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

There is always a lot going on in green chemistry and engineering, which is a great thing. I sometimes hear that many people don’t think that is the case and believe that more should

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GC&E 2016 Heads to the City of Roses

Although there is no official government ranking of which city is the most sustainable city in the United States, a constant contender on the numerous amateur lists has been Portland, Oregon.

According to the International Business Times, some of the facto

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Novel Applications of Natural Materials for More Sustainable Buildings

Contributed by Douglas Fox, Department of Chemistry, American University, Washington, DC

Our research group helps to improve the sustainability of buildings and cities by focusing on the development of affordable and effective flame retardants that are syn

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Dr. Deborah Mielewski: Greening automobiles from the inside out

Henry Ford:

“For a long time now, I have believed that industry & agriculture are natural partners & that they should begin to recognize & practice their partnership. Each of them is suffering from ailments which the other can cure. Agriculture needs a wid

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