Review of The Chemical Element by Julia Hasler, International Scientific Development and Cooperation, UK, for UNESCO

The Chemical Element

Pilot Plant Produces Waste-Based Microbial Oil
Pilot plant produces microbial oil for use in manufacturing renewable fuel from waste-based raw materials

Is Vacuum Cleaning Healthy?
Vacuum cleaner emissions as a source of indoor exposure to airborne particles and bacteria

Toward Hydrogen Storage Materials for Vehicles
Borane salts show promise for storing hydrogen at moderate conditions once the clustering of metal ions is prevented

Wonderlab Comic — Fashion Chemistry
The naming of the new elements causes a stir in the Wonderlab

Photocatalyst Films Clean Metals
Simple UV-activated, TiO2-based film or ink removes thin oxide or sulfide layers from metal surfaces by reductive photocatalysis

Greenhouse Gas Emissions
As global energy demand rises so do greenhouse gas emissions: 2010 saw the largest rise since 1969

Biofuels Compared
Not all biofuels are created equal. A look at the milage, potential greenhous gas reduction, and fuel blends of different biofuels

Angewandte Author Profiles January
Hansjörg Grützmacher, Aiwen Lei, Nicolai Cramer, and Herbert Mayr are interviewed this month

Better Biomass
Energy and cost of torrefied biomass analyzed