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  1. New Ligand Engineering Strategy Creates More Active Nanocluster Catalysts 7/10/2026

    A joint research group from Tohoku University, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, and the Japan Fine Ceramics Center has successfully developed a thermal catalyst that exhibits high carbon monoxide (CO) oxidation activity under low-temperature conditions.

  2. Adani–Dioxycle Partnership To Advance Low-Carbon Chemical Manufacturing 7/10/2026

    Adani Enterprises Ltd (AEL), the flagship company of the Adani Group, and Dioxycle, a French clean-technology company specialising in chemical manufacturing, today announced a long-term partnership to develop and scale low-carbon chemical production in India.

  3. Rewriting The Reactivity Rules: A New Catalyst For Recycling Mixed Plastics 7/10/2026

    Ever wondered where your plastics end up? A PET bottle can be washed, shredded, melted, and given a second life.

  4. EU Project Pursues Electrochemical CO2 Conversion From Industrial Waste 7/9/2026

    Platform chemicals such as ethylene are most often made from fossil source materials and generate considerable CO₂ emissions. The EU-funded project REACT, in which Empa is one of the partners, aims to instead produce ethylene from industrial CO₂ waste, thus closing the carbon loop.

  5. Chevron And ZL Chemicals Announce Technology Licensing Agreement For Advanced Chemical Surfactant Technology 7/8/2026

    Chevron Technical Center, a division of Chevron U.S.A. Inc., a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation, and ZL Chemicals Ltd today announced a technology licensing agreement under which ZL may commercialize Chevron-developed chemical surfactant technology.

  6. Precisely Controlled Catalytic Synthesis Of Main Group BN-Polymers 7/7/2026

    BN-polymers are potential pre-ceramic precursors for producing technologically important shaped boron-nitride materials. A new report now unlocks their precisely tuneable synthesis, on scale and with very small amounts of catalyst, all enabled through a detailed understanding of the catalytic mechanism.

  7. Cheaper Catalytic System Turns Captured Carbon Into Ethanol 7/7/2026

    An international team of researchers has developed a homogeneous catalytic process that converts methanol, carbon dioxide and hydrogen into ethanol using inexpensive and stable catalyst precursors.

  8. Self-Renewing Catalyst Turns Greenhouse Gases Into Valuable Syngas 7/6/2026

    Dry reforming of methane is a chemical process that converts two abundant greenhouse gases, methane and carbon dioxide, into syngas, a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide that can be a feedstock for fuels and a wide range of industrial chemicals.

  9. Unexpected Discovery Yields New Graphene Oxide Production Method 7/3/2026

    Researchers in the Texas A&M University J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering have developed a new method for producing graphene oxide, a high-value carbon nanomaterial used in batteries, electronics and advanced manufacturing.

  10. Yara Acquires Gulf Coast Ammonia Plant 7/2/2026

    Yara International ASA, a leading crop nutrition and ammonia company, today announced that its U.S. subsidiary, Yara North America, Inc., has reached an agreement to acquire Gulf Coast Ammonia's (GCA) ammonia production facility in Texas City, Texas from GCA Holdings LLC, affiliated with Lotus Infrastructure Partners and MB Energy for a consideration of USD 1.3 billion.