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81. Developing World-Leading Technology To Convert Greenhouse Gas Carbon Dioxide Into High-Value Industrial Chemicals 8/5/2026

    A research team led by Professor Jung Kyu Kim from the School of Chemical Engineering (first author: Ph.D. candidate Won Tae Hong, co-first author: Professor Jun Young Kim from the Catholic University of Korea), in joint collaboration with Professor Sang Uck Lee’s research team from the Department of Chemical Engineering (co-first author: postdoctoral researcher Seong Chan Cho) and Dr. Jai Hyun Koh’s research team from the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), has developed a highly efficient catalyst that directly converts carbon dioxide—a major contributor to global warming—into industrially high-value 2-propanol.

82. Transforming Low-Cost Plastic Waste Into Premium Lubricants 8/5/2026

    A multidisciplinary team of researchers from Texas A&M University, Virginia Tech and the California Institute of Technology has developed a new approach to transform one of the world’s most challenging plastic waste streams into high-performance lubricants with exceptional energy-saving potential, creating a pathway toward more efficient industrial technologies.

83. Sinopec Commissions 50,000-Ton Specialty PVA Facility, Creating World's Largest Single-Site High-End PVA Production Base 8/5/2026

    China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (HKG: 0386, "Sinopec") has commissioned a specialty polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) resin facility with an annual production capacity of 50,000 metric tons at its subsidiary, Chongqing SVW Chemical Co., Ltd.

84. IIT Roorkee Develop Sustainable Method For Converting Renewable Alcohols Into High-Value Chemicals 8/4/2026

    Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee have developed a sustainable catalytic method that converts renewable alcohols into complex organic molecules, important building blocks used in pharmaceuticals and advanced organic materials.

85. DGIST–Caltech Joint Research Team Secures Key Photocatalyst Technology For Converting Greenhouse Gases Into Future Fuels 8/4/2026

    A joint research team led by Professor Su-Il In of the Department of Energy Science and Engineering at DGIST (President Kunwoo Lee) and Professor William A. Goddard III of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has significantly improved the performance of a sunlight-driven photocatalyst for converting carbon dioxide into methane by integrating two distinct cocatalysts and elucidating the underlying mechanism.

86. New Technology Could Turn Dirty Factory Exhaust Directly Into Useful Fuel 8/3/2026

    The breakthrough, published in Nature Communications, overcomes one of the biggest challenges facing carbon capture technologies: the complex mix of gases found in industrial flue, a major source of global CO_₂ emissions.

87. SNU Researchers Enhance Ammonia Selectivity By Controlling Molecular Arrangement: Suppressing Hydrogen While Preserving Nitrogen Reduction 8/3/2026

    A new technology has been developed that can produce ammonia—an essential carrier for storing and transporting clean hydrogen energy—more efficiently.

88. Development Of A New Catalyst To Convert Carbon Dioxide Into Ethanol Using Electricity 8/3/2026

    A research team led by Professor Hyoyoung Lee from the Department of Chemistry has developed a new catalyst that converts carbon dioxide into ethanol with high selectivity.

89. Randomly Mixed Atoms Arranged In Rows For Sustainable Catalysis 7/31/2026

    Can order and disorder be combined? Epitaxial mixed crystals can do this and thus provide a platform for understanding new electrocatalysts.

90. Oxford Chemists Unlock Appel Fluorination With KF 7/30/2026

    Alcohols are among the most abundant building blocks in chemistry. Fluorinated compounds, meanwhile, are essential for many modern medicines, crop protection products and advanced materials.