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Groundbreaking air-cleaner saves polluting industrials

December 30, 2012 – 12:03 pm

Groundbreaking air-cleaner saves polluting industrials - Industries across Europe are threatened with shutdown as European Union emission rules for Volatile Organic Compounds are tightened. Now an air cleaning invention has proven its ability to remove these compounds. And in the process they have helped a business in Danish town Aarhus improve relations to angry neighbors http://bit.ly/UbMwxB

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Pre-Halloween Alchemist

October 29, 2012 – 6:12 pm

Carbon can reverse friction, The Alchemist learns this week, while faux chocolate can protect against food poisoning. We also learn that Chinese chefs may have something to teach nanotechnologists while adding color to bacteria could offer new clues to developing resistance-resistant antibiotics. We also discover this week that you needn't be precious about fuel cell catalysts. Finally, Europe doles out its biggest scientific award to a German chemist.

via The Alchemist Newsletter: Oct 26, 2012 — Welcome to ChemWeb.

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Ionic liquid drugs hit the spot

April 18, 2012 – 4:00 pm

Ionic liquid drugs hit the spot - Pharmaceutically active ionic liquids have been immobilised onto solid supports to enable liquid drugs to be administered in solid form. Scientists from the US and Europe hope that their work will make the pharmaceutical industry consider ionic liquids as a viable alternative to solid drugs. Reference: K Bica et al, Chem. Commun., 2012, DOI: 10.1039/c2cc30959a

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