Posted on 24. February, 2014.

Biomass-derived glycerol is emerging as a renewable, cheap and versatile feedstock for the production of a variety of chemicals and fuels. In particular, hydrogenolysis of glycerol to other value-added chemicals over heterogeneous catalysts has been extensively studied in the past few years. The most desired products arising from this process are propanediols, i.e. 1,2-propanediol and 1,3-propanediol.

Posted on 24. February, 2014.

Progress in Reaction Kinetics and Mechanism presents results from the fields of kinetics and mechanisms of chemical processes in the gas phase and solution of both simple and complex systems.

Posted on 21. February, 2014.

Cytochrome c Oxidase (CcO) is the final complex of the respiratory chain. Its purpose is to use the energy gained by the reduction of oxygen to water to pump protons against a difference of electrochemical potentials across the mitochondrial inner membrane. 

Posted on 21. February, 2014.

The term “object-oriented philosophy” was initially borrowed in jest from computer science, but took on a life of its own. It is one variant of a broader philosophical trend known as speculative realism. Together these schools raise interesting questions about the relationship between philosophy and science, and the role of metaphysics in human knowledge. 

Posted on 20. February, 2014.

Most of the metal discharged into estuarine environments is the result of human activity, leading to the formation of sediments that are large repositories of potentially toxic compounds.

Posted on 19. February, 2014.

Dr. Mary Ann Ottinger, Editor of Avian Biology Research, introduces a special issue on general and comparative endocrinology.

Posted on 18. February, 2014.

Being the initial product from radical attack on alkanes, alkyl radicals are important intermediates in the decomposition of organic fuels. It has long been known that alkyl radicals reactions play an important role in the combustion and atmospheric degradation pathways of traditional fuels as well as a wide variety of other chemical processes.