Tag: chemistry
Plastic chemistry: when tires threaten marine life
Every year, 12.7 million tonnes of plastic are released into the marine environment. The proportion of chemical additives contained on average in plastic objects is estimated at approximately 7% of…
BioInspir makes eco-friendly chemistry from invasive alien plants
The young shoot is called BioInspir. Quite simply… In the image of its activity: inventing bio-inspired processes to replace polluting chemical processes. It is not surprising that the approach of…
Silica: what is it?
Silicates are an important family of minerals which represent nearly 95% of the constituents of Earth’s crust. This family includes about 600 species different minerals, whose atomic architecture is characterized…
Crystallography: chemistry of calcite
Calcite, limestone… are everywhere: rocks, building material, marble, lime needed in agriculture, building, industry. They have been used since prehistoric times by all peoples. They are also necessary for living…
Biggest building block in the chemistry of life discovered in a protoplanetary disk
Almost eleven years ago and already, using the network of radio telescope Alma (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) in Chile, astrophysicists brought to the fore the protoplanetary disk of the star…
Picric acid: what is it?
Picric acid is the common name for 2,4,6-trinitrophenol, chemical formula C6H3NOT3O7. In the state solidit is in the form of yellow crystals with the formula (NO2)3VS6H2OH. In the form of…
Origin of life: peptides can form in interstellar space!
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The bricks of life can form in space
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The bricks of life can form on interstellar dust
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A thousand and one facets of carbon
Carbon was discovered in prehistoric times and was produced by the incomplete combustion of organic matter producing charcoal. It is a chemical element of the family of crystallogens: amber, Indian…