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by Matt Blois | November 04, 2022
Last fall, local residents and politicians got the state to deny a permit to PennEnergy Resources that would have allowed it to daily pump more than 7 million L of water from the creek and another 4 million L from its north fork for fracking sites in nearby Economy, Pennsylvania. PennEnergy has reapplied for its permit, and the battle is ongoing.
by Rick Mullin | May 09, 2022
I think some people are discouraged about even going into grad school for science because they think they have to fork over the money for it. So something I try to do is let students know that there’s a lot more at their fingertips than they think. What has working through these unprecedented times taught you about yourself?
by Carmen Drahl, special to C&EN | May 03, 2022
Finally, the group lists objects such as cutlery, stirrers, and straws—but only when they are provided as ancillary items to a package, such as forks that might come with a store-bought salad. In a written statement, Joshua Baca, vice president of plastics at the American Chemistry Council, a trade group, takes issue with the list.
by Alexander H. Tullo | February 07, 2022
Eating peas with a fork, even if they’ve been reconstituted, is far more enjoyable than slurping them through a straw, she says. Researchers are also investigating how 3D printing can be used to stave off hunger or provide nutritional support to people in low-income settings. C. Anandharamakrishnan, director of India’s National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management, is using the approach to develop snacks fortified with protein and fiber that can be provided as supplements in government-run programs focusing on women’s and children’s nutrition.
by Alla Katsnelson, special to C&EN | February 02, 2022
The Dry Fork power station in Wyoming sends some of its flue gas to the Wyoming Integrated Test Center, where users test new carbon-capture technologies. Almost like a filter Membranes separate gas mixtures on the basis of size or chemical properties. Some molecules can pass through, and others cannot.
by Craig Bettenhausen | July 18, 2021
Those ideas have caught on in the European Union as well, as part of the EU’s Farm to Fork Strategy. The European Commission is promoting carbon farming to member states and will help fund incentives. It plans to launch a carbon market by the end of the year. The Food and Agriculture Climate Alliance, a coalition of organizations representing US farmers, the food industry, state governments, and environmental groups, endorses the Growing Climate Solutions Act, pointing out that it “establishes a robust USDA advisory council composed of farmers, scientists and other climate stakeholders.”
by Melody M. Bomgardner, Britt E. Erickson | May 16, 2021
Pashman had initially envisioned a long shape, like fettuccine, but the prototypes proved a bit too hard to pick up with a fork and a bit too much as a mouthful. As the shorter noodles he settled on were extruded, they crashed into their neighbors in such a way to fortuitously create cascatelli’s characteristic J shape.
by Sam Lemonick | May 10, 2021