The southern coast of Australia is composed of three distinct biogeographic provinces distinguished primarily by intertidal community composition. Several ecological mechanisms have been proposed to explain their formation and persistence, but no consensus has been reached. The marine clam Lasaea australis is arguably the most common bivalve on southern Australian rocky shores and occurs in all...

Although less famous than low-spin trivalent cobalt found in [CoIII(NH3)6?xClx]Cl3?x (x ? 3), which was exploited by Alfred Werner during the early part of 20th century for establishing basic rules coordination chemistry, related chromium complexes exhibit comparable kinetic inertness, a rare property along 3d-transition series. The associated slow isomerisation processes are compatible with is...

Chitosan (Ch)-derived from biowaste along with smectite, an abundant clay mineral, were used in a low-cost and eco-friendly synthesis of new type catalyst. Nanocomposite catalysts constituted Co supported on smectite chitosan-derived carbon loading obtained using impregnation?carbonization procedure denoted as Co/cCh-S-T (T stands for applied carbonization temperature). The was performed the te...