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Photo by Jason Connolly / Summit Daily archives The town of Breckenridge plans to survey residents about whether they would support a ballot measure to help fund the town’s child care centers. The town’s child care program gives $800,000 per year to the child care centers — including Little Red Schoolhouse, Carriage House, Timberline Learning Center and Breckenridge Montessori — to support programming and teachers as well as access for local families in the form of tuition assistance. T...

Discovery may reduce the environmental impact of chemical manufacturing Chemical manufacturers frequently use toxic solvents such as alcohols and benzene to make products like pharmaceuticals and plastics. Researchers are examining a previously overlooked and misunderstood phenomenon in the chemical reactions used to make these products. This discovery brings a new fundamental understanding of catalytic chemistry and a steppingstone to practical applications that could someday make chemical man...

Close A new study inquires to a previously misunderstood phenomenon occurring between chemical reactions used to create plastics and pharmaceuticals - and this could help chemical manufacturing become more environmentally friendly. In the production of drugs and plastics, chemical manufacturers often use toxic solvent materials like benzene and alcohol. With the new study, researchers aim to offer new insight into catalytic chemistry and improve existing manufacturing processes. The study is le...

Surface Redox Mediators Formed in Alcohol Solvents may Reduce Chemical Waste Written by AZoMFeb 5 2021 Toxic solvents like benzene and alcohols are often used by chemical manufacturers to make products such as plastics and pharmaceuticals. Illinois researchers are part of a multi-institutional team that found that solvents spontaneously react with metal nanoparticles to form reactive complexes that can improve catalyst performance and simultaneously reduce the environmental impact of chemical m...

Mysterious organic scum boosts chemical reaction efficiency, may reduce chemical waste Chemical manufacturers frequently use toxic solvents such as alcohols and benzene to make products like pharmaceuticals and plastics. Researchers are examining a previously overlooked and misunderstood phenomenon in the chemical reactions used to make these products. This discovery brings a new fundamental understanding of catalytic chemistry and a steppingstone to practical applications that could someday ma...

Date Time Mysterious organic scum boosts chemical reaction efficiency, may reduce chemical waste Illinois researchers are part of multi-institutional team that found that solvents spontaneously react with metal nanoparticles to form reactive complexes that can improve catalyst performance and simultaneously reduce the environmental impact of chemical manufacturing. Reprinted with permission from D. Flaherty et al., Science 371:6529 (2021). Graphic courtesy Alex Jerez, Imaging Technology Group �...

DALTON — Dalton officials went with experience Monday in selecting a sitting town administrator as the community’s third town manager. Members of the Select Board voted unanimously to offer the top job in Town Hall to Thomas Hutcheson, the current administrator in the Franklin County town of Conway, pending a check of his references and the outcome of salary negotiations. Though member John Boyle expressed a desire to review all three finalists, a special board session Monday began wi...

Conway administrator tapped for Berkshire County position HUTCHESON Related stories DALTON — Dalton officials went with experience Monday in selecting a sitting town administrator as the community’s third town manager. Members of the Selectboard voted unanimously to offer the top job in Town Hall to Tom Hutcheson, the current Conway town administrator, pending a check of his references and the outcome of salary negotiations. “It’s been a pleasure to serve the (Conway) Selectboard and t...

Conway administrator a finalist for Berkshire County post HUTCHESON Published: 1/22/2021 3:08:57 PM DALTON — Conway’s town administrator is one of three finalists to manage civic business in the Berkshire County town of Dalton. In an interview Thursday night with Dalton officials, Tom Hutcheson said he is interested in stepping up to a larger challenge. “Dalton seemed to me to be a really good opportunity,” Hutcheson told members of the Dalton Selectboard. “I’m looking for a town ...

DALTON — Officials quizzed two of three finalists for Dalton’s top municipal job Thursday night and might make a hiring decision Feb. 1, a few days after hearing from the