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  1. Randomly Mixed Atoms Arranged In Rows For Sustainable Catalysis 7/31/2026

    Can order and disorder be combined? Epitaxial mixed crystals can do this and thus provide a platform for understanding new electrocatalysts.

  2. Oxford Chemists Unlock Appel Fluorination With KF 7/30/2026

    Alcohols are among the most abundant building blocks in chemistry. Fluorinated compounds, meanwhile, are essential for many modern medicines, crop protection products and advanced materials.

  3. Milliken Begins Commercial Production Of Millad ClearX™ 9000 To Support Growing Demand For Advanced Polypropylene Solutions 7/30/2026

    Milliken & Company today announced the successful startup of dedicated production capacity for Millad ClearX™ 9000, the company's fifth-generation clarifier technology designed to deliver exceptional clarity, performance, and processing efficiency in polypropylene applications.

  4. Evonik-Licensed Hydrogen Peroxide Mega Plant Starts Operations In Leshan, China 7/30/2026

    Production has begun at the new hydrogen peroxide megaplant operated by Fuhua and licensed by Evonik in Leshan, Sichuan Province, China.

  5. A New Application For Industry's Toughest Lignin 7/29/2026

    The pulp and paper industry, which manufactures everything from tissue paper to cardboard, also generates a significant yet often overlooked byproduct — a complex polymer called lignin.

  6. Plants Employ Rare Method To Produce Valuable Chemical Compound 7/29/2026

    Land plants have spent nearly half a billion years honing a vast array of metabolic skills that help them survive an onslaught of ecological threats.

  7. Turning Nitrate Into Ammonia With Sunlight And Gold 7/29/2026

    Plants need nitrogen fertilizers, which are usually ammonia-based. Ammonia is therefore one of the most important chemical products of all. However, its production is currently extremely energy-intensive.

  8. A Successful, Sustainable Catalyst For Ethanol Dehydrogenation 7/29/2026

    Ethanol is an alcohol used in a huge number of industrial and household applications. When dehydrogenated — in this case, stripped of some of its hydrogen atoms — it yields another important compound: acetaldehyde, which is used to make resins, dyes, perfumes, and synthetic flavors, among many other products.

  9. thyssenkrupp nucera Hands Over State-Of-The-Art Chlor-Alkali Plant To Chlorum Solutions In Palmeira, Brazil 7/29/2026

    thyssenkrupp nucera has successfully handed over a new chlor-alkali electrolysis plant to Chlorum Solutions at its site in Palmeira, Brazil. The facility has now been successfully commissioned and is fully operational.

  10. Scientists Repair Damaged Plastics At The Molecular Level, Boosting Recycling Potential 7/28/2026

    Plastic recycling could become far more effective thanks to a new technique that restores the strength of damaged engineering plastics by repairing them at the molecular level, researchers at Tohoku University have demonstrated.