american chemical society Archives - Innovation Toronto

  1. Progress in introducing cleaner cook stoves for billions of people worldwide
  2. Papaya-clay combo could cut cost of cut cost of water purification in developing countries
  3. Biology’s drive toward engineering
  4. Solar-powered nanofilters pump in antibiotics to clean contaminated water
  5. First dual-action compound kills cancer cells, stops them from spreading
  6. Add boron for better batteries
  7. Safer, more environmentally friendly flame retardant with first-of-its-kind dual effects
  8. UNL team’s discovery yields supertough, strong nanofibers
  9. Greener methods for making silver nanoparticles
  10. Fighting drug-resistant bacteria with a new genre of antibodies
  11. Understanding the life of lithium ion batteries in electric vehicles
  12. Cost-Saving Measure to Upgrade Ethanol to Butanol — A Better Alternative to Gasoline
  13. Major symposium on arsenic contamination in food and water supplies
  14. Population boom poses interconnected challenges of energy, food, water
  15. Natural soil bacteria pump new life into exhausted oil wells
  16. New ‘transient electronics’ disappear when no longer needed
  17. ‘Artificial leaf’ gains the ability to self-heal damage and produce energy from dirty water
  18. Reducing waste of food: A key element in feeding billions more people
  19. Ready for debut: Fruit-juice-infused chocolate with 50 percent less fat
  20. Engineering Algae to Make the ‘Wonder Material’ Nanocellulose for Biofuels and More
  21. Microalgae produce more oil faster for energy, food or products
  22. Advance in re-engineering photosynthesis to make drugs, compounds or ingredients
  23. Paraffin encapsulated in beach sand material as a new way to store heat from the sun
  24. Duckweed as a cost-competitive raw material for biofuel production
  25. Estimates reduce amount of additional land available for biofuel production
  26. First mobile app for green chemistry fosters sustainable manufacturing of medicines
  27. Using millions of gigs of data to improve human health
  28. A self-healing protective coating for concrete
  29. New method for uncovering side effects before a drug hits the market
  30. Advance promises to expand biological control of crop pests
  31. Green Chemistry: There’s an App for That!
  32. A Material That Most Liquids Won’t Wet
  33. Development of the first way to make large amounts of promising anti-cancer substance
  34. Ingredient in diarrhea medicine leads to sustainable new farm fertilizer
  35. New method for uncovering side effects before a drug hits the market
  36. Rice uses light to remotely trigger biochemical reactions
  37. New twist on using biomass for perfume, cosmetic, personal care products
  38. Hagfish slime as a model for tomorrow’s natural fabrics
  39. Ingredient in diarrhea medicine leads to sustainable new farm fertilizer
  40. New micropumps for hand-held medical labs produce pressures 500 times higher than car tire
  41. Speed limits on cargo ships could reduce their pollutants by more than half
  42. New malaria treatment
  43. New advance could help soldiers, athletes, others rebound from traumatic brain injuries
  44. Sticky paper offers cheap, easy solution for paper-based medical diagnostics
  45. A complete solution for oil-spill cleanup
  46. New evidence on easing inflammation of brain cells for Alzheimer’s disease
  47. “Sweet” chemicals from a “green” raw material
  48. Forensic science on trial
  49. An advance toward a flu-fighting nasal spray
  50. New era in camouflage makeup: Shielding soldiers from searing heat of bomb blasts
  51. Cleaner fuel for cruise ships and other big vessels from ingredients in detergents, medicines
  52. Uranium supply extracted from Seawater could last for Centuries
  53. Good News for Banana Lovers: Help May Be on the Way to Slow That Rapid Over-Ripening
  54. Biorefinery makes use of every bit of a soybean
  55. Fueling the future with renewable gasoline and diesel
  56. Breakthrough in Doubling the Survival Rate of Internal Injuries
  57. Electrifying success in raising antioxidant levels in sweet potatoes
  58. New Space-Age Insulating Material for Homes, Clothing and Other Everyday Uses
  59. Discovering new uses for old drugs
  60. The first robot that mimics the water striders’ jumping abilities
  61. Nano-Infused Paint Can Detect Strain
  62. 1960s-Era Anti-Cancer Drug Points to Treatments for Lou Gehrig’s Disease
  63. Light-Induced Delivery of Nitric Oxide Eradicates Drug-Resistant Bacteria
  64. Nature’s billion-year-old battery key to storing energy
  65. New plastic bleeds and heals like human skin
  66. Two Drugs Already On the Market Show Promise Against Tuberculosis
  67. ‘Noodle Gels’ or ‘Spaghetti Highways’ Could Become Tools of Regenerative Medicine
  68. Butterfly Wings’ ‘Art of Blackness’ Could Boost Production of Green Fuels
  69. One-Pound Boat That Could Float 1,000 Pounds
  70. Origami-Inspired Paper Sensor Could Test for Malaria and HIV for Less Than 10 Cents
  71. New Nanopatterned Surfaces Could Improve the Efficiency of Powerplants and Desalination Systems
  72. ‘Super sand’ to help clean up dirty drinking water
  73. Fires could be extinguished using beams of electricity
  74. New High-Performance Lithium-Ion Battery ‘Top Candidate’ for Electric Cars
  75. Herbs ‘can be natural pesticides’
  76. Hydrogen Fuel for Thought: Metallacarboranes May Meet DOE Storage Goals
  77. Juicing Up Laptops and Cell Phones With Soda Pop or Vegetable Oil?
  78. ‘Dry Water’ Could Make a Big Splash Commercially, Help Fight Global Warming
  79. U.S. Could Eliminate CO2 Emissions from Coal in 20 Years
  80. Giving Soybean Oil a New Role in Serving Society
  81. Lowering the Ceiling on Roof Energy Losses
  82. New Form of Insulin Can Be Inhaled Rather Than Injected
  83. Tires could be on the road to a greener future
  84. Eco-friendly Self-cleaning Material Tough On Stains, Light On Effort
  85. Researchers Boost Production Of Biofuel That Could Replace Gasoline
  86. Plastics break down fast in ocean
  87. ‘Cold Fusion’ Rebirth? New Evidence For Existence Of Controversial Energy Source