/channels/taxonomy/term/2283/all en /channels/channels/news/science-mag-ultraviolet-light-could-provide-powerful-new-source-green-fuel-294895 <p>Methanol—a colourless liquid that can be made from agricultural waste—has long been touted as a green alternative to fossil fuels. But it’s toxic and only has half the energy as the same volume of gasoline. Now, <a href="/chemistry/faculty/cj-li">Chao-Jun Li</a> and colleagues report they’ve created a potentially cheap way to use sunlight to convert methanol to ethanol, a more popular alternative fuel that’s less harmful and carries more energy.</p> Thu, 21 Feb 2019 20:01:03 +0000 webfull 146664 at /channels /channels/channels/news/hanadi-sleiman-cj-li-awarded-killam-research-fellowships-287069 <hr /><div>ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ chemistry professors <a href="/chemistry/faculty/hanadi-sleiman"><strong>Hanadi Sleiman</strong></a> and <a href="/chemistry/faculty/cj-li"><strong>Chao-Jun Li</strong></a> are among the six recipients of this year’s Killam Research Fellowships. The two-year fellowships, awarded to exceptional researchers working on groundbreaking projects of broad significance, are valued at $70,000 a year.</div> <div> </div> Tue, 08 May 2018 13:33:59 +0000 webfull 137859 at /channels /channels/news/mcgill-profs-among-%E2%80%98most-influential-scientific-minds-237413 Wed, 09 Jul 2014 13:58:21 +0000 webfull 103482 at /channels /channels/news/breakthrough-organic-reactions-water-237276 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 20:24:56 +0000 webfull 103533 at /channels /channels/news/another-step-forward-green-chemistry-243991 <p>A tiny bit of silver, combined with water and air, can convert aldehydes into acids efficiently -- instead of the classical methods using stoichiometric amounts of expensive or toxic metal oxidants, according to a new study by ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ researchers. Fri, 27 Mar 2015 19:09:47 +0000 webfull 109146 at /channels /channels/news/making-hydrogenation-greener-228980 <p>Researchers from ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ, RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Wako, Japan) and the Institute for Molecular Science (Okazaki, Japan) have discovered a way to make the widely used chemical process of hydrogenation more environmentally friendly – and less expensive.</p> <p> Thu, 27 Jun 2013 19:02:43 +0000 webfull 97152 at /channels