Chemistry & Metallurgy
“Intelligent” filters for industrial water treatment
A spin-off of the Politecnico di Milano has designed filters that exploit the properties of magnetic liquids for the treatment of industrial water.
Giovanni Sapere
chemistry
Chemistry
The Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2019 awarded to the lithium batteries inventors
John B. Goodbenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino were awarded “for the development of lithium-ion batteries”. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry to the three scientists who reach the most important results in the development of lithium-ion…
Mario Vincenzo La Rocca
Chemistry
Created a synthetic catalyst inspired by enzymes
A study published in issue 5 of Nature Catalysis showed how a team of scientists from Stanford University created a synthetic catalyst that produces chemicals such as living enzymes. This discovery may result in the industrial-scale transformation of natural gas into low-cost methanol.
Giovanni Sapere
Chemistry
Shellworks, bioplastics from lobsters
A team of British design students has created a completely recyclable bioplastic, starting from the shell of crustaceans
Giovanni Sapere
Chemistry
From the University of Colorado, the first 100% recyclable polymer
An American team of researchers has created the first 100% recyclable plastic.
Giovanni Sapere