All Natural resources articles – Page 3
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FeatureYour place or mine? The local business of lithium mining
Lithium-ion batteries will power the next generation of electric cars, but how can we mine lithium with minimal impact on the environment?
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FeatureMaking materials from biomass
Biomass is regularly used as fuel, but have we been overlooking this sustainable resource as a source of chemical building blocks?
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NewsA more energy-efficient lithium electrolysis
Could a ceramic hold the key to cheaper and less noxious lithium extraction using electrolysis?
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NewsAntidepressants in waste water may cause potent tap water toxin
Waste water ozone and chlorination treatments: Prozac and methamphetamine may be the cause of toxic nitrochloroform in tap water
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NewsAlgae produce synthetic chemicals
Surprise discovery as research shows trihalogenated anilines make synthetic chemicals
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NewsMaking ethanol from lignin
A new method can produce ethanol from rewnable lignin and carbon dioxide
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NewsMicrobes and renewable energy turn carbon dioxide into edible protein
A new process uses microbes and renewable energy to make proteins for human consumption
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News2D synthetic clay sheets could create easy to recycle crisp packets
Inorganic nanosheets could lower the carbon footprint of food packaging
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SoundbiteWhy did we run out of carbon dioxide?
And what does it have to do with the Haber–Bosch process?
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ResourceAnecdotes: Making Aircraft from Seaweed
Creating a balsa wood substitute from calcium alginate for World War 2 aircraft production.
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ResourceAnecdotes: Aluminium
The story of the discovery of the Hall-Heroult process for purifying aluminium.