Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions Archive

Promoting Public Health

May 28, 2013: Promoting Public Health: Six in 10 people worldwide lack access to flush toilets or other adequate sanitation
September 10, 2012: Promoting Public Health: Green plants reduce pollution on city streets up to eight times more than previously believed
July 9, 2012: Promoting Public Health: New, inexpensive paper-based diabetes test ideal for developing countries
April 30, 2012: Combating Disease: Adapting personal glucose monitors to detect DNA
April 16, 2012: Providing Safe Food: Children may have highest exposure to titanium dioxide nanoparticles
December 19, 2011: Promoting Public Health: Household washing machines are a source of potentially harmful ocean “microplastic” pollution
December 5, 2011: Promoting Public Health: Recycling thermal cash register receipts contaminates paper products with BPA
September 12, 2011: Promoting Public Health: Toward a vaccine for methamphetamine abuse
July 11, 2011: Promoting Public Health: Toward new medication for chronic brain diseases
April 13, 2011: Promoting Public Health: High vitamin-D bread could help solve widespread insufficiency problem
November 22, 2010: Promoting Public Health: Black rice bran may fight inflammation
October 20, 2010: In the green of health: Just five minutes of “green exercise” optimal for good mental health
September 29, 2010: Promoting public health: Hand washing really helps stop spread of disease
July 19, 2010: Promoting Public Health: Dusting off a hidden challenge
June 24, 2010: Promoting Public Health: Toward a fast, accurate urine test for pneumonia.
November 20, 2009: Promoting Public Health: Saving lives with the first dry powder inhalable vaccine for measles
October 26, 2009: Promoting Public Health: Sandcastle worm’s secrets could yield new medical adhesive
July 22, 2009: Promoting Public Health: Redefining DNA: Darwin From the Atom up
December 08, 2008: Promoting Public Health

Providing Nutritious Foods

February 25, 2013: Providing Nutritious Foods: A new, super-nutritious puffed rice for breakfast cereals and snacks
May 7, 2012: Providing Nutritious Foods: Strong scientific evidence that eating berries benefits the brain
November 21, 2008: Providing Nutritious Foods

Providing Safe Foods

October 10, 2011: Providing Safe Foods: Flooding of farmland does not increase levels of potentially harmful flame retardants in milk
August 22, 2011: Providing Safe Foods: Safety of nanoparticles in food crops is still unclear
January 04, 2010: Providing Safe Foods: Heat forms potentially harmful substance in high-fructose corn syrup
November 11, 2009: Providing safe foods: “Killer spices” provide eco-friendly pesticides for organic fruits and veggies
February 10, 2009: Providing Safe Foods: Making grapefruit juice safer for people who take certain prescription drugs
November 10, 2008: Providing Safe Foods

New Fuels: The Sun and More

October 8, 2012: New fuels: The sun and more: Transparent solar cells for windows that generate electricity
September 24, 2012: New Fuels: The Sun and More: Toward super-size wind turbines: Bigger wind turbines do make greener electricity
October 27, 2008: New Fuels: The Sun and More

New Fuels: Biofuels

June 11, 2012: New Fuels: Biofuels: Real-life scientific tale of the first “electrified snail”
May 29, 2012: New Fuels Biofuels: Meeting biofuel production targets could change agricultural landscape
March 22, 2012: New Fuels: Biofuels: Biofuel cell generates electricity when implanted in False Death’s Head Cockroach
October 24, 2011: New Fuels: Biofuels: Alligator fat as a new source of biodiesel fuel: Alligator fat as a new source of biodiesel fuel
August 31, 2010: Developing new sources of energy: Producing cost-effective biodiesel from sewage sludge
June 10, 2010: New Fuels: Biofuels: A more economical process for making ethanol from non-food sources
December 04, 2009: New Fuels: An “artificial leaf” for making solar-energy
October 13, 2008: New Fuels: Biofuels

Combating Disease

January 14, 2013: Combating Disease: Leaves of carob tree, source of chocolate substitute, fight virulent food-poisoning bacteria
August 13, 2012: Combating Disease: A non-antibiotic approach for treating urinary tract infections
January 17, 2012: Combating Disease: Turning up the heat to kill cancer cells: “The Lance Armstrong effect”
November 14, 2011: Combating Disease: Genetically-engineered spider silk for gene therapy
May 23, 2011: Combating Disease: New rapid diagnostic test for MRSA “Superbugs”
April 26,2010: Combating disease: Coal from mass extinction era linked to lung cancer mystery
January 27, 2010: Combating disease: Should people over age 50 watch their copper and iron intake?
April 14, 2009: Combating disease: Much more than pasta and potatoes
September 29, 2008: Combating disease

Promoting Personal Safety & National Security

April 22, 2013: Promoting Personal Safety & National Security: Ancient “Egyptian blue” pigment points to new telecommunications, security ink technology
March 11, 2013: Toward a better cyanide antidote for terrorist attacks and other mass casualty events
January 28, 2013: Promoting Personal Safety & National Security: Boosting the sensitivity of airport security screening
May 21, 2012: Promoting Personal Safety & National Security: Killer silk: Making silk fibers that kill anthrax and other microbes in minutes
March 12, 2012: Promoting Personal Safety & National Security: New test could help track down and prosecute terrorists who use nerve gas and other agents
May 09, 2011: Promoting Personal Safety & National Security: New nanomaterial detects and neutralizes explosives
June 16, 2009: Promoting Personal Safety & National Security: Targeting ricin
April 30, 2009: Promoting Personal Safety & National Security: Another “Mother of Satan?”
August 11, 2008: Promoting Personal Safety & National Security

Our Sustainable Future

May 13, 2013: Our Sustainable Future: First mobile app green chemistry fosters sustainable manufacturing of medicines
February 11, 2013: Our Sustainable Future: New twist on using biomass for cosmetic, personal care and antioxidant-containing products
November 12, 2012: Our Sustainable Future: White rot fungus boosts ethanol production from corn stalks, cobs and leaves
July 23, 2012: Our Sustainable Future: Rivers flowing into the sea offer vast potential as electricity source
June 25, 2012: Our Sustainable Future: Ancient effect harnessed to produce electricity from waste heat
January 30, 2012: Our Sustainable Future: Peatland carbon storage is stabilized against catastrophic release of carbon
August 8, 2011: Developing new materials: Using banana peels to purify water
July 25, 2011: Our Sustainable Future: A “green grid” for delivering solar and wind-based electricity
June 27, 2011: Developing New Sources of Energy: Self-powered nanogenerator uses body movements to generate electricity, transmit data wirelessly
June 13, 2011: Our Sustainable Future: “Green” cars made from pineapples and bananas
April 25, 2011: Our Sustainable Future: A greener process for a key ingredient used to make paint, diapers, and other products
February 28, 2011: Developing News Sources of Energy: Sewage treatment plant wastewater as a huge new energy source
January 12, 2011: Our Sustainable Future: Biodegradable plastic from milk and clay
October 27, 2010: Our Sustainable Future: Saving energy by reducing food waste
September 7, 2010: Future Cities: Nanotechnology promises more sustainable buildings, bridges, and other structures
August 26, 2010: Our Sustainable Future: “Smart” roofs that can save energy
May 28, 2010: Our Sustainable Future: Roadmap for preserving the planet
May 14, 2010: Our Sustainable Future: Decomposing BPA-containing plastic using a “fungus among us”
May 22, 2009: Our Sustainable Future: Small generator, Big applications
August 01, 2008: Our Sustainable Future

Confronting Climate Change: The Quest for Permanent Solutions

September 26, 2011: Confronting Climate Change: Using the energy in oil shale without releasing carbon dioxide in a greenhouse world
October 15, 2009: Confronting Climate Change: “Green” roofs can help fight global warming
February 27, 2009: Global Climate Change: The Quest for Permanent Solutions
July 14, 2008: Confronting Climate Change: The Quest for Permanent Solutions

Confronting Climate Change: Stop-Gap Measures to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

December 10, 2012: Confronting Climate Change: Stop-Gap Measures to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Speed limits on cargo ships could reduce their pollutants by more than half
January 25, 2011: Future Cities: The right choices on transportation can shrink your own personal carbon footprint
August 14, 2009: Confronting Climate Change: Smoke to soak up future oil spills
July 08, 2008: Confronting Climate Change: Stop-Gap Measures to Reduce Green House Gas Emissions

Water Desalination: Fresh Water from the Sea

July 01, 2008: Water Desalination: Fresh Water from the Sea

Supplying Safe Drinking Water

June 10, 2013: Supplying Safe Drinking Water: The first caffeine-‘addicted’ bacteria
November 26, 2012: Supplying Safe Drinking Water: New analysis of drinking water-related gastrointestinal illness
October 22, 2012: Supplying Safe Drinking Water: Leveraging bacteria in drinking water to benefit consumers
February 27, 2012: Supplying Safe Drinking Water: “Miracle tree” substance produces clean drinking water inexpensively and sustainably
February 16, 2011: Supplying Safe Drinking Water: Don’t blame The Pill for estrogen in drinking water
November 15, 2010: Supplying Safe Drinking water: Electrified nano filter promises to cut costs for clean drinking water
June 16, 2008: Supplying Safe Drinking Water