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New advances in recycling of lithium-ion batteries
Learn about the latest advancements in lithium-ion battery recycling technology in this article. Discover a new approach for direct recycling that could make it possible to repair and reuse depleted...

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Is nuclear energy critical in solving climate change?
Recent advances in the design of nuclear reactors have improved both their energy production efficiency and safety. The CAS Content Collection shows a significant increase in patent and journal...

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Reduce, reuse, recycle: the path to sustainable agriculture
Explore the path to sustainable agriculture and learn about the key role it plays in global food production. Discover how reducing, reusing, and recycling can improve fertilizer access, minimize...

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Are we doing enough to solve the major issue of microplastics?
Understand the environmental threat of microplastics by exploring its impact through resources such as the 2022 WHO report on dietary and inhalation exposure to microplastics, and microplastics...

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Hidden greenhouse gas emissions in plant growth 
Learn more about the hidden greenhouse gas emissions of plants, a more sustainable approach to fertilizer production, and new approaches to make phosphorus more recyclable.

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Green Chemistry in the Pharma Industry: Sustainable Pastures for Those Who Innovate
One approach that has gained momentum since the 1990s is green chemistry, a scientific field focused on "the invention, design, and application of chemical products and processes to reduce or...

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Combatting carbon emissions: Is carbon capture the answer?
This blog summarizes the results of an extensive literature review of the CAS Content Collection detailing terms related to carbon capture, including methods employed, storage, or conversion, which...

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Sustainability
Green hydrogen economy: game-changing technologies to transform the world’s energy supply
A literature search in the CAS Content Collection provides useful insights into recent and ongoing intensive research and development into green hydrogen production, storage, and utilization in fuel...

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Sustainability
A greener future: Lithium-ion batteries and Hydrogen fuel cells
In the ongoing pursuit of greener energy sources, lithium-ion batteries and hydrogen fuel cells are two technologies that are in the middle of research boons and growing public interest. Read this...

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Sustainability
Can plastic eating super-enzymes solve our destructive plastic problem?
An overview of research on how microbial enzymes can break down plastics, which could otherwise take hundreds of years to degrade.

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Organizing Vital Data to Unlock Innovation from Brazil’s Biodiversity
While hosting 15-20% of Earth’s biological diversity, a substantial part of Brazil’s abundant biodiversity remains underexplored. A lack of organized information made it exceedingly difficult for...

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Ammonium nitrate: making it safer today for a better tomorrow
Ammonium nitrate has the power to feed billions, yet when stored improperly is like a bomb waiting to happen. How can we make this fertilizer safer? Learn about emerging science, safer alternatives,...

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Space Food for Artemis Has Real-World Applications
NASA’s Artemis Program has also focused attention on topics such as food safety, reliability, and nutrition in space. This blog touches on novel approaches to these problems like 3D printed space...

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Biopolymers: manufacturing’s latest green hero?
Plastics found in common consumer products are traditionally made from synthetic polymers derived from petroleum. Biopolymers created from biomass are generated from renewable sources, which fixes...

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Materials
The next growth wave: lithium-ion battery recycling technologies
Find out more about lithium-ion battery recycling processes, emerging trends and global challenges.

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