(Nanowerk News) Calcium oxide is a cheap, chalky chemical compound commonly used in the manufacturing of cement, plaster, paper, and steel. But the material may soon have a more high-tech application.

Engineers are turning to a chemistry that ancient Romans perfected two millennia ago to build thermal batteries capable of ...

Biodiesel is a renewable fuel and offers a sustainable and potentially carbon-neutral alternative to petroleum products. Yet ...

A team of scientists has provided new insights into the complex interactions between nanoplastics and naturally occurring ...

Growing up in Italy, Vito Francioso was surrounded by the enduring power of the built world. “Cement is the foundation of our civilization,” he says, pointing to the Roman aqueducts and amphitheaters ...

Not too long ago, I was searching for ideas for the next installment of the “Big Chemistry” series when I found an article that discussed the world’s most-produced chemicals. It was an interesting ...

Lithium has reigned in the battery world for decades. Researchers have tried for years to make a cheaper, more sustainable successor to lithium-ion batteries by using the element’s more common ...

The calcium oxide is then mixed with sand to produce a key ingredient in cement. The Stanford team used a similar process in their laboratory furnace, but instead of sand, they combined calcium oxide ...

Scientists developed a new nanomaterial that rapidly captures water from air, holding over three times its weight - offering a faster path to clean drinking water. (Nanowerk News) An international ...

Researchers led by UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering Professor Giulia Gall, together with collaborators in Sweden, used theoretical and computational approaches to discover how defects ...