Chemistry

06/24/2008 -- For the 13th straight year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is recognizing chemical technologies developed by leading researchers and industrial innovators that are making significant contributions to pollution prevention in the United States. The awards will be given out this evening, June 24, at the awards ceremony in Washington, D.C.

The Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards are given in five categories: Academic, Small Business, Greener Synthetic Pathways, Greener Reaction Conditions and Designing Greener Chemicals. The 2008 award-winner technologies are:

* A novel method to make complex molecules cleanly and efficiently developed by Professors Robert E. Maleczka, Jr. and Milton R. Smith, III of Michigan State University, Lansing, Mich.    » read more »

October 25, 2007 -- BERKELEY, CA — Click chemistry, one of the most exciting and proficient new techniques for labeling biomolecules in vitro, has now been extended to studies in the context of live cells as well. This breakthrough opens the door for applications to live cell imaging of numerous biomolecules, including glycans, proteins and lipids. The new version of click chemistry was developed by researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California (UC) at Berkeley.    » read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 5, 2007 — The American Chemical Society (ACS) today praised House passage of legislation seeking to improve federal coordination, dissemination and investment in green chemistry research and development (R&D). The Green Chemistry Research and Development Act of 2007 (HR 2850) aims to provide safer, more sustainable technological options to replace traditional products and processes.    » read more »

BOSTON, August 28, 2007 - The American Chemical Society ( ACS ) presented the research teams involved in the development of Bio-PDO™ with the prestigious 2007 Heroes of Chemistry award this week at the 234th ACS National Meeting in Boston. Bio-PDO™ is a new 100 percent renewable ingredient – the first of its kind in the world – now commercially produced in Loudon, Tenn., by the DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products joint venture.    » read more »

PNNL team gets nearly $2 million from DOE to study inexpensive 'bio- inspired' materials that could make hydrogen fuel cells feasible

June 6, 2007 -- RICHLAND, Wash. – Scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will receive $1.98 million from the Department of Energy over the next three years to emulate nature's use of enzymes to convert chemicals to energy, PNNL announced Wednesday (June 6).

The information that scientists at the DOE national lab turn up may point to new materials that render it economically feasible to produce energy from hydrogen fuel cells.    » read more »