Simulations to study the influence of gas flow rate, frictional particle properties, geometry basis angle on spouting stability and solids mobility
Tailored Prismatic Spouted Beds
New Way to Carry Out Beckmann Rearrangement
New microstructured chemical system designed to carry out the Beckmann rearrangement of cyclohexanone oxime
Ranking of Materials
Contact electrification is the combination of charge flow and transfer of minute amounts
Homogeneous Catalysts
Book looking at the activity, stability, and deactivation of homogeneous catalysts is reviewed by G. Britovsek, Imperial College London
Stay Calm with Domino
New domino sequence makes benzodiazepine-containing drugs for the treatment of anxiety, insomnia, and seizures
Bottled Water: Safe Drinking?
Concerns about antimony leaching from plastic drinking water bottles are unfounded according to new data from UK chemists
World Water Day 2012: The World is Thirsty Because We are Hungry
World Water Day is held annually on 22 March as a means of focusing attention on the importance of water
Amount and Composition of Global Water
The Earth's surface is 71 % water, yet only 0.3 ‰ of this is accessible as fresh water
Novel Telomerase-Increasing Compound
Chemical compounds developed with great potential in fighting neurodegenerative diseases and other diseases related to aging
Gilbert Stork's 90th Birthday
The organic chemist Gilbert Stork, who was born on December 31, 1921, recently celebrated his 90th birthday