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  1. A Green Future Powered By Blue Pigments 9/29/2026

    What if the blue pigment in your ink or dye could help power the future of clean energy? A recent study has shown that this may be a future possibility.

  2. 'AI Hypothesizes And Reasons Like A Scientist' — High-Performance Catalyst Design Using Multiple AI Agents 9/29/2026

    Researchers have developed MAESTRO (which stands for Multi-Agent-based Electrocatalyst Search Through Reasoning and Optimization), a multi-agent framework in which large language models (LLMs) design catalyst structures on their own and improve performance by learning from their own previous design results.

  3. KBR Ammonia Technology Selected For One Of The Largest Fertilizer Complexes In Saudi Arabia 9/29/2026

    KBR (NYSE: KBR) announced today that SABIC Agri-Nutrients (SABIC AN) has selected its Purifier® technology for a new grassroots ammonia plant in Jubail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

  4. thyssenkrupp nucera Secures New Chlor-Alkali Order From Hongniu Lanzhou In China 9/29/2026

    thyssenkrupp nucera has secured another chlor-alkali technology order in the low double-digit million-euro range in China, further strengthening its market position and expanding its installed base in Northwest China, a key hub for large-scale chlor-alkali production.

  5. Petkim, As Part Of The Master Plan Project, Has Begun Licensing And Engineering Studies With Leading Global Technology Companies For New Ethylene, Polypropylene And Polyethylene Plants 9/28/2026

    FEED studies have officially begun for Petkim’s Master Plan project, the company’s long-term investment plan in the petrochemical sector. As part of the project, FEED, licensing and engineering agreements have been signed with licensors and engineering companies distinguished by their strong track records.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.