The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced new criteria to help companies and other groups, such as states and environmental organizations, identify safer chemicals.
A report by Lux Research, titled “Nanotech’s Answer Key to the Energy Problem,” quantifies the potential impact that six nanotechnology innovations could have on energy consumption in three representative regions: the United States, Germany and Japan.
A research team from the UMass Amherst Chemical Engineering department reports in the November 26 issue of Science that it has developed a way to produce high-volume chemical feedstocks, including benzene, toluene, xylenes and olefins, from pyrolytic bio-oils, the cheapest liquid fuels available today derived from biomass.
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