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  1. Sunlight Gives Biodiesel By-Product A Second Life As Hydrogen And Valuable Chemicals 10/16/2026

    Australian researchers and international collaborators have demonstrated a solar-driven approach to convert glycerol, a low-value by-product of biodiesel production, into hydrogen and higher-value chemicals.

  2. Konoshima Chemical Launches Commercial Carbon Recycling Plant Using CO2 From Its Own Factory Emissions 10/16/2026

    Konoshima Chemical Co., Ltd., a member company of the Carbon Recycling Fund (CRF), began operations at its new commercial-scale CO₂ Recycle Production System at the Takuma Plant in Mitoyo City, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan, on May 18, 2026.

  3. Novel Ultrafast Solid Oxide-Ion Conductors For Low-Temperature Fuel Cells 10/15/2026

    Novel Sillén oxyhalides exhibit high oxide-ion conductivity at low temperatures, chemical stability, and negligible chemical expansion. One of the materials achieves 0.01 S cm⁻¹ bulk conductivity at 233 °C—within the “Norby gap.”

  4. Everllence Secures First PARSYN Order For Green Ammonia Project In India 10/14/2026

    Everllence has received an order to supply a PARSYN synthesis gas compressor train for AM Green’s green ammonia project in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India.

  5. Illinois Researchers Engineer Enzyme To Make Valuable Agricultural Chemicals 10/14/2026

    Nature is a remarkably good chemist. Inside every living cell, enzymes speed up chemical reactions, building, breaking apart, and rearranging molecules with a precision that human chemists have long tried to replicate.

  6. HydRegen Raises $8M (£6M) Series A To Bring Biocatalysis To Industrial Chemical Manufacturing 10/14/2026

    HydRegen, a biotechnology company making chemical manufacturing up to 40% more cost-effective while lowering carbon emissions by making biology perform like chemistry, today announced it has closed $8M (£6M) in the first close of its Series A financing.

  7. Evonik, Toyotsu Chemiplas And Sanyo Chemical Launch Polyurethane Recycling Initiative In Japan 10/13/2026

    Evonik has partnered with Toyotsu Chemiplas Corporation and Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd. to develop a recycling model for polyurethane foam in Japan for Japan.

  8. Gulbrandsen Expands Polyolefin Catalyst Portfolio With Commercial Launch Of HYPORE® 10/13/2026

    Gulbrandsen today announced the commercial launch and broader global introduction of HYPORE, a portfolio of advanced silica supports and silica-supported chromium catalyst precursors for polyethylene catalyst systems.

  9. New Electrode Design Breaks Key Barrier To Greener Ammonia Production 10/9/2026

    A new approach to producing ammonia using renewable electricity has overcome a fundamental energy limitation of the technology, opening new possibilities for cleaner and potentially more cost-effective production of one of the world’s most important chemicals.

  10. Arkema Inaugurates Its Next-Generation Acrylic Acid Purification Unit In Carling 10/8/2026

    Arkema has inaugurated a new acrylic acid purification unit featuring an innovative process at its Carling site in France.