Comprehensive overview of the actual state of knowledge, environmental fate, and exposure modeling of nano-pesticides
Nano-pesticides: Chance or Risk for Agriculture?
The Dark Side of Nanoparticles
Zinc oxide and copper nanoparticles produce detrimental effects on soil chemistry and bacterial composition
New Catalyst for Methyl Methacrylate Process
New catalyst could reduce waste in the large-scale manufacturing of Plexiglas
Reducing Carbon Nanotube Toxicity
Ultrasound is used to carve carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to release toxic metal impurities in a similar way to wind carving the sand hills in a desert
Ranking of Worldwide Research Institutions
The Scimago Institutions Ranking, the SIR World Reports 2012, is the most comprehensive ranking of Worldwide Research Institutions
Commercial Bio-based Acrylic Acid Process
BASF, Cargill and Novozymes jointly develop industrial biotechnology-based production process for acrylic acid from renewable raw materials
Non-enzymatic Pd Recovery
(Bio)Materials rich in amine groups are proposed as an ideal support for recovering Pd from waste
University World Ranking 2012
Harvard remains the number one in the world for the tenth year; five Chinese universities move into the Top 500 for the first time
Industrial Production of Biodiesel
The conceptual optimal design for the production of biodiesel using bioethanol within the context of a biorefinery is investigated
New Sol–Gel Technique for the Synthesis of MoxTi Catalysts
Selective transesterification of diethyl oxalate with phenol to diphenyl oxalate in the liquid phase over efficient solid-acid sol–gel catalysts