/channels/taxonomy/term/5998/all en /channels/channels/news/mcgill-department-chemistry-signs-green-chemistry-commitment-346936 <p>The 黑料不打烊 University Department of Chemistry has signed the Green Chemistry Commitment (GCC) from <a href="https://www.beyondbenign.org/">Beyond Benign</a>, an organization that develops and disseminates green chemistry and sustainable science educational resources that empower educators, students, and the community at large to practice sustainability through chemistry.</p> Fri, 17 Mar 2023 14:05:53 +0000 webfull 188170 at /channels /channels/channels/news/sustainability-research-nuclear-magnetic-resonance-lab-finding-creative-solutions-346902 <p><em>Helium is probably not the first thing that comes to mind for most people when they think about recycling 鈥� unless they鈥檙e experimental chemists working in 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) facilities.</em></p> Thu, 16 Mar 2023 14:56:15 +0000 webfull 188134 at /channels /channels/channels/event/green-lab-initiative-lunch-learn-345811 <p>You are invited to attend the Green Labs Initiative Lunch & Learn on Green Chemistry.</p> Wed, 01 Feb 2023 16:16:11 +0000 webfull 186905 at /channels /channels/channels/news/more-sustainable-way-make-dna-based-medications-323875 <p>Scientists at 黑料不打烊 University have developed a solvent-free method for making oligonucleotides, short strands of DNA of growing significance in research and the pharmaceutical industry.</p> Mon, 24 Aug 2020 17:43:20 +0000 webfull 162673 at /channels /channels/channels/event/love-green-chemistry-and-art-then-3rd-mcgill-department-chemistry-chemphoto-photo-exhibition-you-304165 &补尘辫;濒迟;辫&补尘辫;驳迟;听&补尘辫;濒迟;/辫&补尘辫;驳迟; Thu, 16 Jan 2020 13:51:03 +0000 webfull 157340 at /channels /channels/channels/news/rocket-fuel-thats-cleaner-safer-and-still-full-energy-295877 <p></p><div></div> <p>Research published this week in Science Advances shows that it may be possible to create rocket fuel that is much cleaner and safer than the hypergolic fuels that are commonly used today. And still just as effective. The new fuels use simple chemical 鈥渢riggers鈥� to unlock the energy of one of the hottest new materials, a class of porous solids known as metal-organic frameworks, or MOFs. MOFs are made up of clusters of metal ions and an organic molecule called a linker.</p> Thu, 11 Apr 2019 18:13:50 +0000 webfull 148398 at /channels /channels/channels/news/science-mag-ultraviolet-light-could-provide-powerful-new-source-green-fuel-294895 <p>Methanol鈥攁 colourless liquid that can be made from agricultural waste鈥攈as long been touted as a green alternative to fossil fuels. But it鈥檚 toxic and only has half the energy as the same volume of gasoline. Now, <a href="/chemistry/faculty/cj-li">Chao-Jun Li</a> and colleagues report they鈥檝e created a potentially cheap way to use sunlight to convert methanol to ethanol, a more popular alternative fuel that鈥檚 less harmful and carries more energy.</p> Thu, 21 Feb 2019 20:01:03 +0000 webfull 146664 at /channels /channels/channels/news/tomislav-friscic-awarded-steacie-prize-natural-sciences-292481 <p>Professor <a href="http://friscic.research.mcgill.ca/">Tomislav Fri拧膷i膰</a> is the recipient of the prestigious <a href="http://www.steacieprize.ca/index_e.html">Steacie Prize for Natural Sciences</a> for his exceptional contributions to Green Chemistry research in Canada. He is the third 黑料不打烊 professor to win the Steacie Prize, and the first ever 黑料不打烊 professor to win it for chemistry. The two previous winners from 黑料不打烊 are Vicky Kaspi, Physics and Astronomy (2006) and Phil Gold, Medicine (1973).</p> Fri, 14 Dec 2018 16:01:28 +0000 webfull 144138 at /channels /channels/channels/news/greener-way-make-ketones-284242 <p>Researchers at 黑料不打烊 University have discovered a new, more environmentally friendly way to make ketones, an important chemical ingredient in pharmaceuticals.聽 While ketones are found in a wide range of useful chemicals, they are commonly prepared through energy-intensive, multi-step technologies that create significant chemical waste.聽 In an article published online last month in <em>Nature Chemistry</em>, the 黑料不打烊 scientists demonstrate how carbon monoxide, a widely available by-product of combustion, can instead be used to form high-energy chemicals that react directly with benzene to</p> Fri, 26 Jan 2018 20:22:15 +0000 webfull 134503 at /channels /channels/channels/news/shaking-gold-and-palladium-284208 <p>Mechanochemical method makes noble metal compounds without solvents or harsh reagents. Read more in <a href="https://cen.acs.org/articles/96/i5/Shaking-gold-palladium.html">Chemical & Engineering News</a>, the magazine of the American Chemical Society.</p> Fri, 26 Jan 2018 03:13:33 +0000 webfull 134467 at /channels /channels/channels/event/science-sustainable-society-mcgill-symposium-257410 &补尘辫;濒迟;辫&补尘辫;驳迟;听&补尘辫;濒迟;/辫&补尘辫;驳迟; <p>View the <a href="/research/sustainabilitysymposium">website</a> for updates about the Symposium.聽</p> Fri, 18 Dec 2015 15:44:31 +0000 webfull 114712 at /channels /channels/news/another-step-forward-green-chemistry-243991 <p>A tiny bit of silver, combined with water and air, can convert aldehydes into acids efficiently -- instead of the classical methods using stoichiometric amounts of expensive or toxic metal oxidants, according to a new study by 黑料不打烊 University researchers. Fri, 27 Mar 2015 19:09:47 +0000 webfull 109146 at /channels /channels/news/breakthrough-organic-reactions-water-237276 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 20:24:56 +0000 webfull 103533 at /channels /channels/channels/news/more-sustainable-way-refine-metals-268517 <div>A team of chemists in Canada has developed a way to process metals without using toxic solvents and reagents. The system, which also consumes far less energy than conventional techniques, could greatly shrink the environmental impact of producing metals from raw materials or from post-consumer electronics.</div> <div>聽</div> Wed, 07 Jun 2017 14:15:47 +0000 webfull 128724 at /channels /channels/news/building-links-between-green-chemists-and-business-education-218224 <p>On September 7 and 8, 2012, 黑料不打烊 University (Montr茅al, Canada) hosted a unique workshop designed to foster green innovation in the next generation. Ten MBA students from the Desautels Faculty of Management and ten PhD candidates from the departments of chemistry and civil engineering were gathered to reflect on this concept. Two guests speakers gave lectures putting green chemistry in the context of industry.</p> Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:43:47 +0000 webfull 87218 at /channels