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  1. Microscopic Particles Of 'Active Matter' Dance To The Tune Of Electrochemical Reactions 3/5/2025

    A new University of Maryland study revealed a coordinated dance of microscopic particles—breaking up and clustering back together in just seconds—after receiving electrical and chemical stimuli.

  2. Chemistry: Triple Bond Formed Between Boron And Carbon For The First Time 3/4/2025

    Boron, carbon, nitrogen and oxygen: these four elements can form chemical triple bonds with each other due to their similar electronic properties. Examples of this are the gas carbon monoxide, which consists of one carbon and one oxygen atom, or the nitrogen gas in the earth's atmosphere with its two nitrogen atoms.

  3. LyondellBasell Approves Propylene Expansion Project 3/3/2025

    LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB) today announced an investment to expand propylene production capacity at its Channelview Complex near Houston. 

  4. International Research Team Decodes How To Safely Incinerate 'Forever Chemicals' 3/3/2025

    An Australian-led team of international scientists have shown how per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) can be safely destroyed by burning them.

  5. NEXTCHEM (MAIRE) Awarded A Licensing Contract By Transition Industries For A 2.1 Million Tons Per Year Ultra-Low Carbon Methanol Plant In Mexico Based On Its Proprietary NX AdWinMethanol® Zero Technology 2/27/2025

    MAIRE (MAIRE.MI) announces that NEXTCHEM's subsidiary KT Tech has been awarded a licensing contract for the implementation of NEXTCHEM's proprietary NX AdWinMethanol® Zero technology for Pacifico Mexinol, an ultra-low carbon methanol facility near Los Mochis, Sinaloa, on the Pacific coast of Mexico, with an output in excess of 2.1 million tons per year.

  6. Sekisui Specialty Chemicals Achieves ISCC PLUS Certification, Advancing Sustainability In Polymer Production 2/27/2025

    Sekisui Specialty Chemicals is proud to announce that it has earned the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC PLUS) for a broad suite of its Selvol™ Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVOH) homopolymers.

  7. Biogas In France: TotalEnergies Starts Its 2nd Largest Unit In Normandy 2/26/2025

    TotalEnergies announces the commissioning of BioNorrois, its 8th biomethane production unit1 in France, located in Fontaine-le-Dun (Normandy).

  8. Arkema Has Decided To Increase Its PVDF Capacity By 15% In North America 2/26/2025

    This 15% capacity expansion of Arkema’s PVDF production site in Calvert City, Kentucky, represents an investment of around 20 million US dollars and is aligned with the strategy of the Group to increase its global PVDF footprint at a pace and with capabilities that match market development.

  9. Haffner Energy Successfully Commissioned Its Hydrogen-From-Biomass Production Unit In Marolles, France – A Breakthrough For The Hydrogen Industry 2/26/2025

    Haffner Energy (ISIN: FR0014007ND6 – Ticker: ALHAF) announces the commencement of hydrogen2 production utilizing its proprietary solid biomass thermolysis technology at its Marolles hydrogen production, testing, and training center, as was announced in the 12/17/2024 press release.

  10. AGAE Technologies Announces The Industrial Production Of Rhamnolipid Biosurfactant From A Full-Scale Manufacturing Plant In Asia 2/26/2025

    AGAE Technologies (“AGAE”), a US-based leader in rhamnolipid production and technology, with its partners, has officially opened the largest retrofitted manufacturing plant complex in Asia.