IIT Bombay’s new finding could make drug discovery ‘faster, cheaper, more sustainable’

Straight-chain carbon compounds like fatty acids are some of the most commonly available chemicals in nature. On the other ...
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Chemists discover simple way to build bigger molecules, one carbon at a time

"It opens the door to designing smarter, better-targeted compounds across a range of industries." In the past, adding carbon atoms to molecules like this was slow and took many complicated steps. But ...

IIT Bombay researchers develop faster method to convert organic compounds into complex molecules

Scientists at IIT Bombay have found a novel and efficient way to convert simple, abundantly-available, straight-chain carbon ...
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Carbon capture made easier: Simple additive could slash costs for industrial plants

Capturing carbon dioxide from industrial plants is an important strategy in the efforts to reduce the impact of global climate change. It's used in many industries, including the production of ...
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Studying soil microbes to better understand key steps in the carbon cycle

Earth's carbon cycle works on a global scale. But it can be affected by the tiniest of organisms: soil microbes. These microbes decompose organic matter like plant litter and dead organisms, and ...
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Heterogeneous Photo- and Electrochemical C-N coupling of Inorganic Nitrogen and Simple Carbon Feedstocks

Traditional urea production is energy-intensive and emits large amounts of CO 2. Here, the authors report an Ag/CdO catalyst with tandem dual sites that electrosynthesizes urea efficiently from ...