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Plant Extracts Produce ‘Green’ Nanoparticles

April 25, 2013April 25, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Green tea plants, sunflowers, coffee, fruit and peppers may replace potentially hazardous chemicals normally used in a host of products including textiles and clothing, scientists say. Extracts from these plants could play a new role in the sustainable manufacturing of the most widely used family of nanoparticles, according to an ... Read more »

Power Plant Scrubbers ‘Increase Water Contamination’

October 16, 2012October 16, 2012 by Kirsten Korosec

Technologies that cut harmful emissions from power plants have increased the risk of downstream water contamination, according to a Duke University-led study published in the peer-reviewed journal Environment Science & Technology. Researchers, who collected and analyzed more than 300 water samples from 11 North Carolina lakes and rivers for the ... Read more »

Contract Wins: Shell-SSE CCS Deal, Siemens, Buckman, Duke U.

July 19, 2012July 19, 2012 by Kirsten Korosec

The Crown Estate, which manages business and housing properties, agricultural and forestry land as well as much of the seabed surrounding the UK for the monarchy, has agreed to allow Shell and SSE to permanently store carbon dioxide in the North Sea. The Crown Estate will lease an area in ... Read more »

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