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Human-made lightning harnessed to produce clean ammonia from air
We currently use a lot of ammonia to produce fertilizer, refrigerants, and other chemicals, and unfortunately rely heavily on ...
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A shocking new way to make ammonia, no fossil fuels needed
Australian scientists have discovered a method to produce ammonia—an essential component in fertilizers—using only air and ...
Scientists use lightning to make ammonia out of thin air
University of Sydney researchers have harnessed human-made lightning to develop a more efficient method of generating ammonia ...
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The Science Behind Propane: How It’s Made and Why It’s Still Relevant
Most people are familiar with propane. Large silver-colored tanks are often used to store propane intended to heat rural ...
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Breakthrough battery lets physicists reverse entanglement—and rewrite quantum law
Scientists have finally uncovered a quantum counterpart to Carnot’s famed second law, showing that entanglement—once thought ...
A new quantum dot photoreductant uses 99% less light energy for organic reactions
Chemists at the School of Science of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have recently made ...
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How entrepreneur William McGehee is finding a new use for beer fermentation
Tin Roof Brewery founder William McGehee was exercising at Iron Tribe Fitness in Mid City when workout friend and LSU ...
Beneath layers of waste, landfills around the US have been reaching scorching temperatures, and neighbors have been getting sick.
Beneath layers of waste, landfills around the US have been reaching scorching temperatures, spewing toxic gases and geysers ...
From glass and steel to rare earth metals, new materials have changed society throughout history
In the late 18th and 19th centuries, the Industrial Revolution created demand for stronger, more reliable materials for machines, railroads, ships and infrastructure. The material that emerged was ...
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Scientists discover breakthrough method to convert harmful substance into valuable construction material: 'This is an underexplored opportunity'
"You're making a useful and valuable material that has downstream applications." Scientists discover breakthrough method to ...
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Researchers develop groundbreaking system that turns common garbage into next-gen fuel source: 'This achievement is significant'
This innovation could solve multiple problems at once. Researchers develop groundbreaking system that turns common garbage into next-gen fuel source: 'This achievement is significant' first appeared ...
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30 years of free energy perturbation theory: From free energies of hydration to drug discovery - American Chemical Society
American Chemical Society: Chemistry for Life.Abstract FEP calculations have had a revolutionary effect on computational chemistry. In conjunction with molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulations, ...