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Researchers from Caltech and UC San Diego report very high performance catalysts to convert seed oils to olefins

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Researchers from Caltech and UC San Diego have developed a family of ruthenium-based metathesis catalysts that have shown exceptional activity in the conversion of seed oils to linear-chain olefins. The ethanolysis of fatty acids derived from seed oils could provide a renewable source of LAOs. —Marx et al. Sullivan, A.

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Ukraine Is Riddled With Land Mines. Drones and AI Can Help

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In light of those conversations, we developed a user-friendly Web application called SpotlightAI. Maybe we’ll eventually have separate models for places such as Angola, Iraq, and Laos. The biggest challenge we’re grappling with now is how to detect EO through thick and high vegetation.

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