A multi-institutional research team, led by Osaka University, successfully converts biomass-derived long-chain fatty acids into fatty amines, opening the door to greener catalyst processes From alleviating your allergy symptoms to optimizing herbicide performance, alkylamines are molecules that have many uses. Unfortunately, common methods of producing alkylamines result in harmful waste byproducts.
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The President of the Nigerian Economic Society (NES), Prof. Adeola Adenikinju, has urged President Bola Tinubu to address crises plaguing the oil industry and privatize the nation’s refineries in order to optimize the benefits inherent in the sector. The don also called on the Tinubu government to give the nation’s refineries
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The government has confirmed it will invest £300m in a new programme to produce advanced nuclear fuel suitable for next-generation reactors. The money will go towards boosting domestic production of high-assay low enriched uranium (HALEU) as part of the UK’s efforts to deliver up to 24GW of nuclear power by 2050
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Hydrology is the scientific study of the movement, distribution, and quality of water on Earth. It encompasses the occurrence, circulation, and properties of water in the atmosphere, on the surface, and beneath the Earth's surface. Importance of Hydrology: Water Resource Management: Hydrology is essential for the sustainable management of water resources, including the
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Lightweight and inexpensive, miniaturized mass filters are a key step toward portable mass spectrometers that could identify unknown chemicals in remote settings. Mass spectrometers, devices that identify chemical substances, are widely used in applications like crime scene analysis, toxicology testing, and geological surveying. But these machines are bulky, expensive, and easy
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The federal government yesterday, disclosed that it was holding discussions with a Chinese firm to build a new steel plant in Nigeria as well as commence the building of military hardwares at the Ajaokuta Steel Plant. To this end, the government has sent a delegation led by the Minister of Steel
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Expectations that the Port Harcourt Refinery Company would come on stream by December, as promised by the Federal Government, have again been dashed. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Heineken Lokpobiri, had indicated the “mechanical completion” of repairs and promised that the refinery would resume operations by the end
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Electromobility – also known as e-mobility - is the principle of using electric propulsion for a wide range of transportation types An increasing number of electric cars are being sold, consequently raising the quantity of produced electric motors. At the end of their useful life, these electric motors are shredded and
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Daily oil production by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) would slip below 27 million barrels per day (bpd) by 2024. The gap less than 27 per cent of the total global supply of 102 million bpd following Angola’s exit from the group. The last time OPEC saw its market share
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The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) limited has sensitised hundreds of public schools teachers in Rivers State, on teaching mechanism for science and technology. The teachers selected from over 10 government-owned schools in the state expressed satisfaction at the end of the three-day capacity building workshop organised for them in Port
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