It was recently discovered additives in tyres are toxic to aquatic organisms, after causing a series of mass salmon deaths in the US state of Seattle. The compounds were washed off the roads and into waterways during heavy rainfall and…
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Researchers develop catalyst to improve butadiene production
\ Researchers have developed a new catalyst that improves the efficiency of converting butane, a component of natural gas, into butadiene — a widely-used building block in synthetic rubber and a variety of plastics. Creating butadiene from butane is tricky.…