/newsroom/taxonomy/term/1588/all en /newsroom/chao-jun-li Fri, 19 Aug 2022 19:49:39 +0000 lawrence.chiang@mail.mcgill.ca 288313 at /newsroom /newsroom/article/green-chemistry-some-background <p><em>The goal of green chemistry is to reduce or eliminate the use and generation of chemicals that are hazardous to humans, animals, plants and the environment. More specifically, its aim is to promote resource-efficient and inherently safer molecules, materials, products, and processes.</em></p> Thu, 25 Apr 2019 20:28:22 +0000 Newsroom 159519 at /newsroom /newsroom/article/helping-serbian-mining-clean <p>In December 2018, ���ϲ����� professor Tomislav Friščić led a green chemistry workshop in Belgrade that drew over 30 participants from academia, industry, journalism, education and government. The attendees came from Croatia (where Friščić earned his undergraduate degree) and Bosnia, as well as Serbia.</p> Thu, 25 Apr 2019 20:31:39 +0000 Newsroom 159520 at /newsroom /newsroom/article/taking-green-chemistry-global <p>Green chemistry is just over 25 years old. Over this period, the drive to create safer chemicals and more sustainable industrial processes has become increasingly accepted, and profitable. Estimates suggest the <a href="https://www.greenbiz.com/article/100-billion-business-case-safer-chemistry">annual global market for green chemicals</a>, from renewable feedstocks to green polymers, may reach nearly $100 billion by 2020.</p> Thu, 25 Apr 2019 20:33:39 +0000 Katherine Gombay 159521 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/rocket-fuel-thats-cleaner-safer-and-still-full-energy-295877 <p></p><div class="mediaelement-video"><video src="/newsroom/files/newsroom/safer_cleaner_rocket_fuel_6.mp4" class="mediaelement-formatter-identifier-1729344183-1" controls="controls" height="385" width="640"></video></div> Tue, 02 Apr 2019 18:09:46 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 155729 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/science-mag-ultraviolet-light-could-provide-powerful-new-source-green-fuel-294895 <p>Methanol—a colourless liquid that can be made from agricultural waste—has long been touted as a green alternative to fossil fuels. But it’s 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’ve created a potentially cheap way to use sunlight to convert methanol to ethanol, a more popular alternative fuel that’s less harmful and carries more energy.<br /></p> Thu, 21 Feb 2019 20:01:02 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 145784 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/tomislav-friscic-awarded-steacie-prize-natural-sciences-292481 <p>Professor <a href="http://friscic.research.mcgill.ca/">Tomislav Friščić</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 ���ϲ����� professor to win the Steacie Prize, and the first ever ���ϲ����� professor to win it for chemistry. The two previous winners from ���ϲ����� are Vicky Kaspi, Physics and Astronomy (2006) and Phil Gold, Medicine (1973).</p> Fri, 14 Dec 2018 16:01:27 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 118056 at /newsroom /newsroom/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> </div> Tue, 06 Jun 2017 17:56:20 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 31385 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/greener-way-make-ketones-284242 <p>Researchers at ���ϲ����� University have discovered a new, more environmentally friendly way to make ketones, an important chemical ingredient in pharmaceuticals.  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.  In an article published online last month in <em>Nature Chemistry</em>, the ���ϲ����� 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 20:22:13 +0000 christopher.chipello@mcgill.ca 32897 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/tomislav-friscic-awarded-nsercs-steacie-memorial-fellowship-265609 <p>The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada has awarded an E.W.R Steacie Memorial Fellowship to Prof. Tomislav Friščić, to support his work in an innovative branch of chemistry that aims to develop environmentally friendly alternatives to solvent-based chemical processes.  </p> <p><span>NSERC awards up to six of these two-year, $250,000 fellowships annually to enhance the career development of outstanding and highly promising scientists and engineers.</span></p> Mon, 06 Feb 2017 21:51:22 +0000 christopher.chipello@mcgill.ca 26683 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/grinding-chemicals-together-effort-be-greener-261747 <p>...In 2011, the mechanochemist Tomislav Friscic and his team used mechanochemical methods to make bismuth subsalicylate, the active ingredient of Pepto-Bismol, by grinding together bismuth oxide and salicylic acid. The method not only does away with solvents, but also uses bismuth oxide, a safe reagent, in lieu of toxic bismuth salts.</p> Mon, 18 Jul 2016 13:52:54 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 26020 at /newsroom /newsroom/richard-leask Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 Anonymous 23148 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/light-can-do-more-253941 <p> Mon, 13 Jul 2015 20:51:48 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 24321 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/another-step-forward-green-chemistry-243991 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 19:09:46 +0000 christopher.chipello@mcgill.ca 22345 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/world-renowned-green-chemist-joining-mcgill-239199 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 13:20:24 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 21170 at /newsroom