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  1. Lightbulb-Inspired Reactor Tackles Three Major Decarbonisation Challenges 7/28/2026

    Researchers from NUS have developed a lightbulb-inspired reactor that uses electricity to drive chemical reactions efficiently, with potential applications in hydrogen production, plastic recycling and methane conversion.

  2. Converting Captured CO2 Into Valuable Chemicals 7/28/2026

    With the aim of advancing integrated CO2 capture and electrochemical conversion, researchers from the Interface Science Department of the Fritz Haber Institute investigated how the concentration of KHCO3, a typical CO2 capture medium, controls the electrochemical conversion of CO2 on copper in a membrane-electrode-assembly (MEA) electrolyzer.

  3. A New Dual-Doping Strategy Makes Solar-Powered Ammonia Production Efficiency Boost More Than Four Times 7/27/2026

    Ammonia is one of the world's most important chemicals, essential for fertilizer production and increasingly recognized as a promising clean energy carrier. However, almost all ammonia is still produced using the century-old Haber-Bosch process, which requires high temperature, high pressure and large amounts of energy, resulting in significant carbon emissions.

  4. Low-Cost, Rare-Earth-Free Material For Carbon Recycling 7/27/2026

    To improve carbon recycling and reduce emissions, researchers at Science Tokyo developed iron-substituted calcium titanate (Fe-doped CaTiO3) as an environmentally friendly support material for chemical looping, a process that converts carbon dioxide (CO2) into carbon monoxide for fuel and chemical production.

  5. LLNL, Oxylus Energy Capture Commercialization Grant With Reactor That Converts Carbon Waste To Methanol 7/23/2026

    Many industrial processes produce large volumes of carbon as a waste product. New reactor technology from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has the potential to turn that waste into a valuable feedstock for useful chemicals and fuels.

  6. Next-Gen Catalyst Enables Energy-Efficient Carbon Dioxide Conversion 7/23/2026

    Carbon dioxide (CO₂) is a major greenhouse gas, but it can also be used as a raw material to create useful products such as methanol, an important fuel and building block for many chemicals.

  7. First Convincing Demonstration That Neutral Chalcogen-Bond Donors Can Deliver Enantioselective Catalysis 7/23/2026

    Chemists have demonstrated that neutral chalcogen-bond donors can induce asymmetry in chemical reactions, addressing a challenge that has limited the development of chalcogen-bonding catalysis.

  8. Eastern Mediterranean Petrochemical Cluster Developed By Rönesans Attracts Over US$3B In Investment 7/23/2026

    The Eastern Mediterranean Petrochemical Cluster (DAPEK), developed by Rönesans Holding in Ceyhan, Adana, has entered a new phase of growth with recent additions including polypropylene production facility, liquid bulk terminal, port investments.

  9. Caltech Joins The Genesis Mission 7/22/2026

    Two new multi-institution collaborations led by Caltech scientists have been selected to receive first-round funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as part of the Genesis Mission, a national effort to use AI to accelerate scientific discovery.

  10. Sustainable Battery Recycling With Supercritical Carbon Dioxide 7/21/2026

    In addition to valuable metals, lithium ion batteries (LIBs) also contain electrolyte components, the recovery of which has received little attention to date.