Current Headlines

1. Production Milestone At Beaumont New Ammonia 12/28/2025

   The Beaumont New Ammonia (BNA) facility, located in southeast Texas, has produced first ammonia following the completion of systems testing, representing the first phase of operations commissioning of the facility.

2. An AI-Based Blueprint For Designing Catalysts Across Materials 12/24/2025

   Hydrogen peroxide is widely used in everyday life, from disinfectants and medical sterilization to environmental cleanup and manufacturing.

3. NEXTCHEM (MAIRE) To Acquire 100% Of Ballestra Group, Composed Of Ballestra S.P.A. (Italy), Buss Chemtech Ag (Switzerland) And Ballestra Engineering And Projects Pvt (India), With Approximately 450 Employees, Expanding Its Intellectual Property And Technol 12/24/2025

   MAIRE (MAIRE.MI) announces that NEXTCHEM has signed a binding agreement to acquire the entire share capital of BallestraGroup (“Ballestra”), a global leader in the licensing, design and engineering of processing plants, as well as the supply of proprietary technologies and equipment for the chemical industry.

4. A Molecular Switch For Green Hydrogen: Catalyst Changes Function Based On How It's Assembled 12/23/2025

   Hydrogen production through water electrolysis is a cornerstone of the clean energy transition, but it relies on efficient and stable catalysts that work under acidic conditions—currently dominated by precious metals like iridium and platinum.

5. Artificial Metabolism Turns Waste CO₂ Into Useful Chemicals 12/22/2025

   In a breakthrough that defies nature, Northwestern University and Stanford University synthetic biologists have created a new artificial metabolism that transforms waste carbon dioxide (CO₂) into useful biological building blocks.

6. Predictive 'Mismatch' Leads To Carbon Capture Breakthrough 12/22/2025

   When experimental results don’t match scientists’ predictions, it’s usually assumed the predictions were wrong.

7. Imperial And SOLVE Chemistry Bring Chemical Reaction Data To Machine Learning 12/22/2025

   Researchers from Imperial and its spinout company SOLVE Chemistry have presented a chemical dataset at the prestigious AI conference NeurIPS that could help accelerate the use of machine learning to solve solvent challenges in industrial chemistry.

8. ChemOntology: Artificial Intelligence With Human-Like Intuition For Exploring And Analyzing Chemical Reactions 12/22/2025

   Chemical reactions are the breaking and forming of chemical bonds, which are fundamental to the creation of new technologies. Inevitably, discovering and developing new chemical reactions is a time-intensive process of trial and error.

9. Toxin-To-Treasure: Chonnam National University Scientists Use Engineered Enzyme To Turn Formaldehyde Pollutant Into High-Value Chemical 12/22/2025

   Formaldehyde is a common chemical used in various industries as a disinfectant, resin precursor, and synthetic intermediate.

10. World's First Dynamic Green Ammonia Plant Starts Operations In Denmark 12/22/2025

    Topsoe, a global leader in carbon emission reduction technologies, and its partners Skovgaard Energy, a Danish developer of green energy assets, and Vestas, the global leader in wind energy solutions, have reached a major milestone in their partnership: The world’s first dynamic green ammonia plant is now in operation and producing green ammonia.