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De-icing fluids are typically sprayed on aircraft to remove ice, while anti-icing agents prevent the build-up of ice, providing so-called ‘holdover protection’. Such fluids play a vital role in the safe operation of aircraft in low-temperature conditions. They are based on glycol/water solvent mixtures, with anti-icing fluids having polymer additives that generate a barrier to inhibit ice formation.

Recent global regulations have significantly reduced sulfur emissions from ships, something that has been confirmed by a new study led by researchers from the Department of Chemistry at the University of York and National Centre for Atmospheric Science.

Lucy Carpenter, in her role as a Co-Chair of the Scientific Assessment Panel of the Montreal Protocol, presented key items for discussion at the Thirty-Seventh Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (MOP37) at the UN complex in Nairobi, Kenya.

The Green Chemistry Sustainability Team are continuing their Operation SHINE project by launching a dynamic awareness campaign to promote green chemistry and lab sustainability.

A team of scientists from the Department of Chemistry in York have been recognised for their innovative work to decolonise the chemistry curriculum.

The discovery of fundamental rules informs the rational selection of catalysts to minimise energy input and maximise performance in the chemical recycling of polymers into pure monomers.

A new bioinformatics-driven approach called signal-strapping, supported by spectroscopy and crystallography, uncovers previously unknown metalloproteins essential for bacterial metal uptake.

Researchers in the Departments of Chemistry and Biology have made a fluorinated inhibitor that reduces bacterial motility by potentially disrupting the biosynthesis of a sugar essential for flagella formation.