NASA’s Curiosity rover has found the longest chain carbon molecules yet on Mars
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has detected the largest organic (carbon-containing) molecules ever found on the red planet. The ...
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Spotlight on chemicals and pollution action
Preventing, controlling and managing pollution is central to improving health, human well-being and prosperity for all. UNEP drives capacity and leadership in sound management of chemicals and waste ...
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EPFL scientists explore molecular collisions with gold
Observing quantum interference in collisions with heavier molecules like methane (CH4) was challenging due ... presents one of the clearest examples of quantum wave effects in molecule-surface ...
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Quantum interference in molecule-surface collisions
The quantum rules shaping molecular ... methane molecules’ rotational and vibrational states, suppressing some transitions while enhancing others. The research showcases — 100 years after the advent ...
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One-dimensional modeling of heterogeneous catalytic chemical looping steam methane reforming in an adiabatic packed bed reactor
In this section, the Chemical Equilibrium Application (CEA) software is used to generate the results for the equilibrium conditions. The performance of CL-SMR for a steam-to-carbon (S/C) molar ratio ...
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Effect of Organic Loading Rate and Temperature on the Anaerobic Digestion of Municipal Solid Waste: Process Performance and Energy Recovery
The physical and chemical properties of OFMSW were statistically analyzed ... Meanwhile the specific biogas and methane yields ranged in 370–553 and 214–302 mL/g VS, respectively, with a methane ...
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The evolution of gene collectives: How natural selection drives chemical innovation
These examples cast mutation and natural selection as potent forces driving chemical innovation by creating new molecules with different biological activities from their ancestors. This ...