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Can industry decarbonize steelmaking?
By Mark Peplow
Major steelmakers and disruptive start-ups look to hydrogen and renewable electricity to make green steel. Read more.
Chemical & Engineering News
Published June 13, 2021.
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A local look at air pollution highlights inequalities within cities
By Katherine Bourzac
High-resolution data on air quality are helping scientists and community groups understand and address disparities in pollution between neighborhoods. Read more.
Chemical & Engineering News
Published June 20, 2021.
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Expanding American Sign Language’s scientific vocabulary
By Leigh Krietsch Boerner
A lack of signs for many scientific terms impedes deaf people’s entry into the sciences. Deaf scientists want to chip away at the barriers by developing more ASL signs for scientific terms. Read more.
Chemical & Engineering News
Published July 11, 2021.
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Metal-free? The mistake that chemists seem doomed to repeat
By Leigh Krietsch Boerner
A reaction touted to run without metals turned out to have trace amounts of palladium. It wasn’t the first time. How can research journals and chemists avoid making this mistake again and again? Read more.
Chemical & Engineering News
Published February 13, 2022.
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Chemists journey to the center of the Earth
By Katherine Bourzac
The chemistry of the core drives our planet’s magnetic field and holds clues about Earth’s history. Geochemists are going to extremes to understand it. Read more.
Chemical & Engineering News
Published October 2, 2022.
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Grappling with the biggest marine plastic spill in history
By Katherine Bourzac
The wreck of the X-Press Pearl unleashed a record 1,680 metric tons of plastic pellets on Sri Lanka’s coast in 2021. Scientists want to understand more about the effects of this poorly studied type of marine pollution. Read more.
Chemical & Engineering News
Published January 22, 2023.
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How lead ended up in Flint’s tap water
Without effective treatment steps to control corrosion, Flint’s water leached high levels of lead from the city’s pipes. Read more.
Chemical & Engineering News
Published February 11, 2016.
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How to get the good stuff out of chicken manure
Environmental engineers look for sustainable ways to deal with the waste in Maryland. Read more.
Chemical & Engineering News
Published August 18, 2016.
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The scientists who sniff water
Researchers analyze the odors wafting off drinking water to help make it stink-free. Read more.
Chemical & Engineering News
Published July 3, 2017.
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A game changer for antidepressants
The discovery of ketamine’s fast action against depression has sent scientists chasing how it works. Read more.
Chemical & Engineering News
Published January 15, 2020.
