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Alchemist Newsletter

March 30, 2013 – 8:27 am

Once again, the Alchemist is looking for the green option, with carbon dioxide set to become a feedstock for acrylate. In efforts to combat malaria we learn that resistance is not futile after all. Europeans have found a way to make thin films of organic molecular magnets, while US researchers reveal that the Lyme disease pathogen needs no iron to survive. Shape-shifting polymer gels morph into view this week too. Finally, young British scientists are heading to London to be judged by politicians.

via The Alchemist Newsletter: March 28, 2013 — Welcome to ChemWeb.

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Discovery may allow scientists to make fuel from carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

March 28, 2013 – 11:00 pm
  • Discovery may allow scientists to make fuel from carbon dioxide in the atmosphere - Excess carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere created by the widespread burning of fossil fuels is the major driving force of global climate change, and researchers the world over are looking for new ways to generate power that leaves a smaller carbon footprint. A new process is made possible by a unique microorganism called Pyrococcus furiosus, or "rushing fireball," which thrives by feeding on carbohydrates in the super-heated ocean waters near geothermal vents. By manipulating the organism's genetic material, scientists have created a kind of P. furiosus that is capable of feeding at much lower temperatures on carbon dioxide.(10.1073/pnas.1222607110)

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    A milestone for new carbon-dioxide capture/clean coal technology

    March 25, 2013 – 10:00 am
  • A milestone for new carbon-dioxide capture/clean coal technology - An innovative new process that releases the energy in coal without burning -- while capturing carbon dioxide, the major greenhouse gas -- has passed a milestone on the route to possible commercial use, scientists have reported.(10.1021/ef400010s)

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