Current Headlines

  1. LLNL, Oxylus Energy Capture Commercialization Grant With Reactor That Converts Carbon Waste To Methanol 7/23/2026

    Many industrial processes produce large volumes of carbon as a waste product. New reactor technology from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has the potential to turn that waste into a valuable feedstock for useful chemicals and fuels.

  2. Next-Gen Catalyst Enables Energy-Efficient Carbon Dioxide Conversion 7/23/2026

    Carbon dioxide (CO₂) is a major greenhouse gas, but it can also be used as a raw material to create useful products such as methanol, an important fuel and building block for many chemicals.

  3. First Convincing Demonstration That Neutral Chalcogen-Bond Donors Can Deliver Enantioselective Catalysis 7/23/2026

    Chemists have demonstrated that neutral chalcogen-bond donors can induce asymmetry in chemical reactions, addressing a challenge that has limited the development of chalcogen-bonding catalysis.

  4. Eastern Mediterranean Petrochemical Cluster Developed By Rönesans Attracts Over US$3B In Investment 7/23/2026

    The Eastern Mediterranean Petrochemical Cluster (DAPEK), developed by Rönesans Holding in Ceyhan, Adana, has entered a new phase of growth with recent additions including polypropylene production facility, liquid bulk terminal, port investments.

  5. Caltech Joins The Genesis Mission 7/22/2026

    Two new multi-institution collaborations led by Caltech scientists have been selected to receive first-round funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as part of the Genesis Mission, a national effort to use AI to accelerate scientific discovery.

  6. Sustainable Battery Recycling With Supercritical Carbon Dioxide 7/21/2026

    In addition to valuable metals, lithium ion batteries (LIBs) also contain electrolyte components, the recovery of which has received little attention to date.

  7. Low-Cost Innovation Boosts Green Hydrogen Production 7/21/2026

    RMIT researchers and international collaborators have demonstrated a new way to significantly increase green hydrogen production using low cost materials, offering a potential pathway to cheaper clean fuel.

  8. €1.5M For Sustainable Specialty And Fine Chemicals 7/21/2026

    NWO and the National Growth Fund foundation GroenvermogenNL award €19.3M to the HyFINE project to make the synthesis of speciality and fine chemicals more sustainable.

  9. KBR Ammonia Technology Selected By Pampa Energía For Its Facility In Argentina 7/20/2026

    KBR announced today that its Purifier technology has been selected for Pampa Energía’s new ammonia-urea complex in Argentina.

  10. Pampa Enters The Fertilizer Business By Building LatAm's Largest Urea Plant 7/17/2026

    Pampa Energía S.A. announces that its Board of Directors approved the final investment decision of US$2.7B to build a granular urea production plant in Bahía Blanca, in southern Buenos Aires Province (the ‘Project’).