New Catalyst Creates Useful Chemicals from Wastewater
. by Douglas B. Clark
Chemical engineers have found an alternative to palladium catalysts in their work to remove agricultural runoff from water.
Metals
Efficient and Safer Recovery of Gold from Electronic Waste
. by Douglas B. Clark
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have devised an efficient and more environmental method for recovering gold from old electronic equipment.
New Metal Nanocomposite Extremely Strong and Light
. by Douglas B. Clark
A team led by researchers at UCLA has created a super-strong yet light structural metal nanocomposite with extremely high specific strength and modulus.
World's Largest Steelmaker to Use LanzaTech's Gas-to-Biofuel Microbe
. by Kent Harrington
ArcelorMittal, the world’s biggest steel company, joined by LanzaTech, the world's leading waste-gas-to-biofuels developer, and Primetals Technologies, a seasoned steel plant construction
New Technique for Deriving Lithium from Seawater
. by Douglas B. Clark
Reliance on lithium for energy storage is only increasing, meanwhile available resources, the cost of extraction processes, and the limited number of firms worldwide that dominate the market
Greener Use of Fossil Fuels: Lithium from Coal
. by Chandni Jagannathan
Geologists from the Hebei University of Engineering in Handan, China have devised a plan to extract the lithium previously discovered in coal deposits in the northern part of the South China Sea.
