Three new solid materials are active heterogeneous catalysts for high-yield cyanosilylation of aromatic aldehydes in acetonitrile

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Does Glass Become Truly Solid?
Theoretic approach to determine what happens with glass at very low temperature and if it becomes truly solid

Quick Bacteria Test for Breweries
Functionalized polymer allows fast quality control of large quantities of beverages

Light-Controlled Release of Cyclodextrin
Photoswitch reversibly releases cyclodextrin from molecular axle

Most Sustainable Companies 2015
Corporate Knights announced its Global 100 list of the worlds most sustainable corporations

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Sodalite has a cubic crystal structure; answer to Guess the Mineral

A Sponge to Clean Up Oil Spills
Hydrophobic, oleophilic, and highly porous carbon-silica sponge is capable of adsorbing up to 140 times its own weight of oil

Dow and ACS Improve Chemistry Teaching
Dow partners with the American Chemical Society (ACS) to improve chemistry teaching throughout North America

The Origin of Nanodiamond Fluorescence
Surface functional groups are responsible for fluorescence in nanodiamonds

Wiley-CST Green Chemistry Award
Thai researchers honored for their contributions to environmentally friendly chemistry