Australian researchers are pursuing low-temperature, liquid metal-based catalysts as a way to make the chemical industry less emissions-intensive. In a paper published in Nature Nanotechnology on Friday, the team of Professor Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh, Dr Junma Tang and Dr Arifur Rahim showed how nickel and tin could be dissolved in a gallium-based liquid metal to access…
By Sarah Wilson, University of Technology Sydney and Rachael Wakefield-Rann, University of Technology Sydney There’s growing global concern about potential risks to human health and the environment from a group of industrial chemicals commonly known as PFAS, or “forever chemicals”. While the full extent of harm from PFAS is still emerging, the fact these chemicals…
The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Murray Watt has released a damning review of the regulation of agricultural chemicals under the previous federal government. A review into the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) by law firm Clayton Utz found serious and systemic issues with the operations, conduct and governance of the authority.…
