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1. Atomically Dispersed Catalysts Are Tough Puzzles To Solve, But Worth The Effort 4/25/2025

   Many modern industrial processes depend on complex chemistry. Take fertilizer production, for example: to make it, companies must first produce ammonia, a key ingredient.

2. Phelps Advises CF Industries On Development Of New $4B Low-Carbon Ammonia Facility 4/25/2025

   A team of Phelps lawyers advised CF Industries Holdings, Inc., the world’s largest producer of ammonia, on a joint venture with JERA Co., Ltd. (JERA) Japan’s largest energy company and Mitsui & Co, a global investment and trading company, to build a $4B low-carbon ammonia production facility in Ascension Parish, Louisiana.

3. Wärtsilä, Höegh Evi And Partners Successfully Complete Development Of World's First Floating Ammonia-To-Hydrogen Cracker 4/24/2025

   Wärtsilä Gas Solutions, part of technology group Wärtsilä, and Höegh Evi, a global leader in marine energy infrastructure, have successfully completed development of the world’s first floating ammonia-to-hydrogen cracker.

4. Chiyoda Awarded A Joint EPC Contract From Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. For A Large-Scale Lithium Sulfide Production Facility For The Mass Production Of All-Solid-State Battery Materials 4/24/2025

   Chiyoda Corporation (Chiyoda) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a joint Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract with KOBELCO E&M Co., Ltd. (KOBELCO E&M), from Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. (Idemitsu), for a large-scale lithium sulfide manufacturing facility at their Chiba Plant.

5. Scientists Develop Artificial Leaf That Uses Sunlight To Produce Valuable Chemicals 4/24/2025

   Researchers from the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) along with international collaborators have brought us one step closer to harnessing the sun’s energy to convert carbon dioxide into liquid fuel and other valuable chemicals.

6. New Model Predicts A Chemical Reaction's Point Of No Return 4/23/2025

   When chemists design new chemical reactions, one useful piece of information involves the reaction’s transition state — the point of no return from which a reaction must proceed.

7. Arkema Obtains Mass Balance ISCC PLUS Certification For UV-LED-EB Resin Production In Chatham, VA And West Chester, PA (US) 4/22/2025

   Arkema, a leader in specialty materials, has earned ISCC PLUS certification of its specialty (meth)acrylate oligomers and monomers production sites in Chatham, Va. and West Chester, Pa. (US). As a result, Arkema can now offer bio-attributed energy-curable solutions from their UV-LED-EB resin production facilities worldwide.

8. A Colloidal Crystal Model For Controlled Polymorph Selection 4/22/2025

   Polymorphs are not mythical, chimeric beasts - they are substances with identical chemical compositions but differing crystal structures that also exhibit different physical and chemical properties.

9. Researchers Develop New Design Strategy For Carbonized Polymer Dots To Discriminate Between TNT And TNP 4/22/2025

   2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) and 2,4,6-trinitrophenol (TNP) are stable explosives that can accumulate and pollute ecosystems, impacting environmental and human health. Therefore, sensitive and rapid on-site detection of TNT and TNP is essential for safety compliance.

10. Clariant & Midrex Fortify Partnership In DRI, Helping To Decarbonize The Steel Industry 4/22/2025

    Clariant, a sustainability-focused specialty chemical company, today announced that it has renewed its successful cooperation with Midrex and will intensify collaboration in direct reduced iron (DRI) technology for steel production.