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  1. Yale's MicroED Brings Hidden Hydrogen Into Focus 9/17/2026

    Hydrogen—the lightest atom—does the heavy lifting when it comes to important chemical reactions. It can be stored and released as clean fuel, and its movements help catalysts build medicines, fertilizers, and materials.

  2. Transforming Chemical Reactions; Researcher Awarded Prestigious £2M ERC Starting Grant 9/17/2026

    Dr Kristina Rusimova, Reader in the Department of Physics and Co-Director of the Centre for Photonics at the University of Bath, has been awarded a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant worth €2.5M to develop a revolutionary new way of controlling chemical reactions one molecule at a time.

  3. Toward Circular Elastomers: Covestro Opens Pilot Plant In Leverkusen 9/16/2026

    Covestro has opened a new pilot plant for the chemical recycling of high-performance elastomers at its Leverkusen site. The double-digit million-euro project moves a novel recycling process for Vulkollan from laboratory development into pilot operation.

  4. Técnicas Reunidas Enters The South African Market With An Engineering Services Contract For A Large Green Hydrogen And Ammonia Plant 9/16/2026

    Hive Hydrogen South Africa (HHSA) has awarded Técnicas Reunidas the design engineering services, through a FEED (front-end engineering design) contract, for a large green hydrogen and ammonia production plant.

  5. Developing New Asymmetric Catalytic Reactions For The Synthesis Of Complex Molecules 9/16/2026

    Professor Do Hyun Ryu’s research team in the Department of Chemistry has developed two new asymmetric catalytic methods for the precise synthesis of complex molecules using chiral organic catalysts.

  6. Tiny Crystal Pores Trigger Selective CO2 And Benzene Recognition 9/15/2026

    Chemical separation can be energy-intensive when molecules have similar sizes and properties. Researchers from Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan, developed an interlayer adaptive crystal that changes its spacing to recognize specific molecules.

  7. Researchers Develop Inexpensive, Fast And Environmentally Friendly Method For Organic Synthesis 9/15/2026

    Much of organic chemistry, including the type used to create and alter medicinal drugs, relies on the modification of carbon bonds.

  8. Electricity And Plasma Turn CO2 Into Fuel And Other Useful Things 9/14/2026

    Carbon dioxide (CO₂) can be harmful to the environment in large amounts, but can be used in the production of fuels and other useful chemicals.

  9. $1M Award Will Establish New Chemical Reaction Dynamics Facility At UH Mānoa 9/13/2026

    The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa has been awarded $999,997 from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to build a Tunable Photoionization Chemical Dynamics Facility—a powerful scientific facility that lets researchers closely examine chemical reactions, helping them understand not just what chemicals are produced and what happens during chemical reactions, but exactly how and why the reactions happen.

  10. Bridging Interfacial Water Structure And Reactivity In Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution At Tio2 Interfaces 9/11/2026

    Understanding how interfacial water governs photocatalytic hydrogen evolution is essential for rational photocatalyst design. Here, we directly characterize the adsorption state and hydrogen-bonding structure of interfacial water and correlate them with hydrogen evolution activity.