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New project seeks to create sustainable bio-based polymers

Speciality polymers are key part of modern life, from construction to health care these fossil-based materials have a multitude of benefits. However, shifting to bio-based materials while maintaining the properties found in the traditional polymers presents challenges that Synthomer, a supplier of high-performance polymers, is working on with the University of York to overcome.

Calculating Canada’s green hydrogen potential

Canada has the potential to produce around 2.66m t (Mt) of green hydrogen/year by utilising its existing biomass and waste resources, including urban waste, animal byproducts, forestry products and residue, crop residue, and purpose-grown energy crops, primarily through gasification and incineration processes, according to a new study.

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SCI Sustainability: A new industry-integrated journal for groundbreaking research

SCI has launched a Gold Open Access interdisciplinary journal which is committed to sharing groundbreaking research focused on sustainability challenges. The journal: SCI Sustainability, is wide ranging in its scope and takes an interdisciplinary approach to tackling global challenges.

Croda: Mapping the future of innovation in speciality ingredients

Croda’s innovation story stretches back 100 years; here’s a glimpse of some of the trends impacting the speciality chemicals industry over the next quarter of a century – and how the company is planning for them.

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There may be a lot less room for carbon underground than we hoped

Carbon capture and storage is seen as one of the key techniques to help reduce the amount of carbon dioxide (CO₂) released into the atmosphere. But new research suggests that the space available underground to safely store CO₂ could be much smaller than previously estimated.

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New Approaches in Medicinal Chemistry

This one-day symposium will explore some of the latest approaches in drug discovery and review the hottest topics in medicinal chemistry being used to discover the drugs of tomorrow.

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