Green Chemistry News Archive

Conference report - European Science Parliament
06 November 2008
Read the report by Eva-Maria Leitner and Helena Hradilová on this meeting held recently in Aachen

Green Chemistry sponsored lecture
10 October 2008
Istvan Horvath presented a sponsored lecture as part of the 10 year celebrations for Green Chemistry at the Green Solvents Progress in Science and Application meeting

Conference Report: Gordon Research Conference on Green Chemistry
Read Josie Goodall's report on this conference held at the beginning of August in Lewiston, ME.

Conference Report: Dream Reactions - Synthesis and Processes for Sustainable Chemistry
29 August 2008
Read Axel Jacobi von Wangelin's report on this meeting held recently in Aachen

Green Chemistry celebrates 10 years of publishing
10 July 2008
An event to celebrate the 10th year of Green Chemistry was held at the Green Chemistry & Engineering conference

Green Chemistry's Impact Factor continues to rise!
19 June 2008
The latest citation data released by ISI shows Green Chemistry's Impact Factor has risen again this year to 4.836.

3rd International Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry
30 April 2008
Issue 4, 2008 of Green Chemistry features selected papers presented at the 3rd International Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry

Green Chemistry has a new Board Member
28 February 2008
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Steven Ley to the Green Chemistry Editorial Board.

Green Chemistry Top 10 2007
These were the top 10 most accessed articles from the entire Green Chemistry journal website in 2007

Water-based metathesis
06 February 2008
Polish chemists have demonstrated the unprecedented catalytic efficiency of olefin metathesis reactions in a water solution.

Get set
16 January 2008
Researchers from the US have discovered that soy bean oil could be used as a renewable feedstock for gels and resins.

Green chemistry pioneer receives top honour
10 January 2008
Professor Martyn Poliakoff has been awarded a CBE in the New Year's Honours List

The E-factor: 15 years on
03 December 2007
Issue 12 of Green Chemistry features a Perspective by Roger Sheldon reflecting on the impact the E-Factor has had since its publication 15 years ago.

Issue 11 of Green Chemistry
01 November 2007
Find out more about this month's issue of Green Chemistry

RSC Prospect count reaches 1000
17 October 2007
Another milestone for the project delivering enhanced html journal articles

Interview: A catalytic lifetime
20 August 2007
Bob Grubbs talks to Alison Stoddart about the beginnings of organometallic chemistry and his search for the next catalyst

Green Chemistry Impact Factor rises to an all-time high!
19 July 2007
The latest citation data released by ISI shows a huge increase in Green Chemistry's Impact Factor to 4.19.

A sweet future for biodiesel
26 March 2007
Sugar catalysts can turn waste vegetable oil into biodiesel, researchers have revealed.

Better fuel through chemistry
19 January 2007
It would be cheaper and cleaner to produce fuel from Fischer-Tropsch syncrude than from crude oil, according to a South African researcher.

Chemistry World goes interactive...
15 January 2007
Your favourite award-winning monthly magazine invites you to listen up and speak out.

Interview: The rise and rise of green chemistry in China
12 January 2007
Buxing Han talks to Nicola Nugent about becoming a chemist, his latest research interests and chemistry in China today

Green Chemistry Top 10 2006
These were the top 10 most accessed articles from the entire Green Chemistry journal website in 2006
Cover competition sparks voting frenzy
Competition to celebrate creative cover artwork attracts thousands of voters
Future Energy: Chemical Solutions conference - Call for Abstracts
08 January 2007
RSC conference, 12-14 September 2007 at University of Nottingham, UK, call for oral abstracts deadline on 26 January 2007.

Stepping up the fight against malaria
15 December 2006
Simple synthetic analogues of a Chinese herbal medicine could help tackle the spread of drug-resistant malaria.

Interview: Green-fingered chemistry
11 December 2006
Janet Scott tells Nicola Nugent about getting the green message across, the solution to pollution...and edible ionic liquids

International recognition for Green Chemistry Board Member
15 November 2006
Professor Steve Howdle is the recipient of this year's DECHEMA Award.

Green Chemistry board member wins prestigious award
25 September 2006
Dr. Paul Anastas has been awarded the 2006 Heinz Award for the Environment.

International Symposium on Green Chemical Processes for Pharmaceuticals and Fine Chemicals
21 September 2006
The next Canadian Green Chemistry Network event is to be held in Quebec, Canada, later this month.

How will Green Chemistry develop over the next ten years?
23 June 2006
The 2006 Green Chemistry Gordon Research Conference will provide a glimpse. The theme of the conference - Cradle to Grave - will focus on the multifaceted nature of any environment...

Royal recognition for green technology research
13 March 2006
Professor Ken Seddon's work on ionic liquids at Queens University Belfast has attracted a prestigious award.
And the winner is ...
10 February 2006
Competition to celebrate creative Green Chemistry cover art attracts hundreds of voters and the winning cover has now been announced.

The First China-USA Green Chemistry workshop
02 February 2006
The report from the first joint US National Science Foundation and Natural Science Foundation of China workshop which took place in Beijing on 27th May - 1st June, 2005.

Enzymatic synthesis of wood coatings
30 January 2006
Anna Petersson and colleagues have developed a solvent free, energy efficient and high yielding biotechnological method to transform rapeseed oil into a wax coating suitable for wo...




