Replacing rare earth metals in photovoltaic cells with readily available materials could provide 50 % of America's energy say US researchers

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Selective Detection of Pd2+ Ions
An newly developed aminonaphthalimide derivative is a selective probe for palladium(II) ions

Grinding Out Selectivity
Chiral carbon centers can be formed mechanochemically by using just a pestle and mortar

Angewandte Chemie 37/2012: Samarium and Beyond
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Oreganum Stalks as New Biosorbent
Oreganum onites L. stalks used as adsorbent for removal of acidic and basic dyes from water

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Potassium’s Influence on Clouds in Rainforest
Potassium salts released by plants and fungi initialize the formation of organic aerosols in the Amazonian rainforest

4th EuCheMS Chemistry Congress in Prague
The congress was a successful and lively event with chemistry for a sustainable world as the unifying theme

Hierarchical Zeolites Make It to Refinery
First successful commercial scale manufacture of mesostructured zeolite Y promising as fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) catalyst

Introducing BIOCORE – The Biorefinery Feasibility Project
The EU 7th Framework Project looks at the industrial feasibility of turning biomass into fuels, chemical intermediates, polymers, and materials