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  1. Trash Into Treasure: ISU Researchers Developing Polymers To Extract Rare Earth Elements From Waste 9/28/2026

    Rare earth elements are a group of 17 elements used to produce everything from smartphones and consumer electronics to wind turbines, electric vehicles, and more.

  2. New Possibilities Uncovered For Efficiently Converting Sunlight Into Clean Energy 9/28/2026

    Researchers at Oregon State University have developed a new family of materials that use light to produce hydrogen from water, opening the door to new ways of converting the sun’s rays into clean energy.

  3. Chonnam University Researchers Discover How A Century-Old Solvent Can Solve Efficient Amide Synthesis 9/25/2026

    Amide bonds are chemical linkages that are essential in biology, medicine and materials chemistry. Peptide bonds, a class of amide bonds, link amino acids together to form proteins.

  4. Nanosilver As An Electrocatalyst For CO2 Reduction 9/24/2026

    Via electrolysis, CO2 can be reduced to CO, a raw material for further chemical products such as fuels. Within the GreenQuest Project, an internation team led by HZB chemist Prashanth Menezes has now systematically investigated catalyst layers made of silver nanoparticles, varying both the size of the particles and their density.

  5. Unveiling The Mechanism Of A Next-Generation Method For Ammonia Synthesis: Experiment And Theory Reveal Full Catalytic Mechanism 9/24/2026

    A research team led by Prof. Kazunari Yoshizawa of Kyoto University, Prof. Yoshiaki Nishibayashi of The University of Tokyo, Prof. Hiromasa Tanaka of Daido University, and Dr. Taiji Nakamura of Kyoto Institute of Technology has elucidated the previously unresolved catalytic mechanism of a next-generation ammonia synthesis method using a molecular molybdenum catalyst※1.

  6. INEOS Idles Europe's Last World-Scale Acetyls Plant As Energy Prices Hit 12 Times US Level 9/22/2026

    INEOS in Hull operates three world scale chemical intermediate plants producing the building blocks for a wide range of industries throughout Europe including pharmaceuticals, food products, clothing, cosmetics, detergents, construction materials and high energy military explosives.

  7. U-M Chemists Develop Method To Break Down Stubborn Pollutant 9/22/2026

    The molecular culprit behind harmful algal blooms and some contamination in groundwater is the same thing that’s kept civilization fed for millennia: a stable form of nitrogen called nitrate.

  8. 3D-Printed, Solid-State Bioreactor Converts Methane Waste To Useful Chemicals 9/22/2026

    When landfills and wastewater treatment plants create methane as a byproduct, much of it is simply burned and its value is lost. But the gas is an energy-rich resource, and it could be recycled as a fuel, chemical feedstock or bioproduct.

  9. Making Ammonia At Lower Temperatures: The World's First Air-Stable Surface Electrene 9/22/2026

    Ammonia (NH₃), an essential ingredient in fertilizers and many other products, is made from nitrogen (N₂) and hydrogen (H₂). However, nitrogen—which makes up about 80% of the air—is extremely unreactive.

  10. Century Lithium Advances Plans For Chlor-Alkali Plant 9/22/2026

    Century Lithium Corp. (TSXV: LCE) (OTCQX: CYDVF) (Frankfurt: C1Z) ("Century Lithium" or "the Company") is pleased to announce its plans to develop a commercial-scale chlor-alkali plant ("CA Plant").