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A simple new technique could boost the efficiency of some key chemical processing, by up to a factor of 100,000, MIT researchers report. The reactions are at the heart of petrochemical processing, pharmaceutical manufacturing, and many other industrial chemical processes.

How did life begin on Earth? Experts have long been fascinated by this question and over the years have come up with a variety of theories. One hypothesis is that the origin of life can be traced ...

MyJournals.org - Science - [ASAP] Electronic Structure Optimization and Proton-Transfer Enhancement on Titanium Oxide-Supported Copper Nanoparticles for Enhanced Nitrogen Recycling from Nitrate-Contaminated Water (Environmental Science & Technology)

People typically spend 90 percent of their lives inside, at home, at work, or in transport. Within these enclosed spaces, occupants are exposed to a multitude of chemicals from various sources, including outdoor pollutants penetrating indoors,...

People typically spend 90 percent of their lives inside, at home, at work or in transport. Within these enclosed spaces, occupants are exposed to a multitude of chemicals from various sources, inc ...

High levels of hydroxyl radicals (OH) can be generated indoors, simply due to the presence of people and ozone.

Abstract The intra-molecular proton transfer of octahydrotriborate, [B H ] , is discovered by density functional theory (DFT) computational studies; such a transfer can largely impact its dehydrogenation pathways. The DFT calculation results further disclose the generation of another triborane intermediate product, B H , which is formed via inter-molecular proton transfer from [NH ] to [B H ] . Additionally, this intermediate product is unstable and can release hydrogen easily, as the correspo...