Current Headlines

  1. Green Ammonia Revolution: New Electrolyte Strategy Boosts Sustainable Fertilizer Production 7/24/2025

    A joint international research team has, for the first time, unveiled the crucial link between the structure of the solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) and the efficiency of lithium-mediated nitrogen reduction to ammonia, a promising eco-friendly approach to fertilizer production.

  2. Developing A New Chemical Tool For N₂ And C-H Activation 7/23/2025

    Nitrogen (N₂) is the most abundant gas in Earth’s atmosphere and, as such, the most important feedstock for the production of nitrogen-containing chemicals, such as fertilizers.

  3. Indian Caustic Soda Major TGV SRAAC Selects thyssenkrupp nucera For New Expansion Contract 7/23/2025

    Indian caustic soda major TGV SRAAC Ltd. (formerly Sree Rayalaseema Alkalies and Allied Chemicals Ltd.), has commissioned thyssenkrupp nucera to expand its chlor-alkali plants in Kurnool in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The package includes supply of proprietary cell elements, while the engineering covers the cell room with electrolyzers and associated equipment.

  4. Essar Energy Transition Wins Government Backing For SAF Production Hub At Stanlow 7/22/2025

    Essar Energy Transition (EET), which plans to create the world’s leading low carbon process refinery, has been awarded £2.5M from the UK Government’s Department for Transport (DfT), as part of its Advanced Fuels Fund (AFF) scheme, to develop its plans for the creation of one of the UK’s largest advanced Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) production hubs.

  5. Advances In Chemistry Unlock New Pathways For Industrial Carbon Capture, New Research Finds 7/22/2025

    Recent key advances in chemistry could tackle emissions from the world’s most polluting industries, according to a new study from a team led by Professor Mercedes Maroto‑Valer, Champion and Director of the Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC) and Director of the Research Centre for Carbon Solutions (RCCS) at Heriot-Watt University, and Dr Steve Griffiths, Professor and Vice Chancellor for Research at American University of Sharjah (AUS).

  6. New Play In The Chemical-Reaction Playbook Uncovered 7/22/2025

    Speeding up chemical reactions is key to improving industrial processes or mitigating unwanted or harmful waste. Realizing these improvements requires that chemists design around documented reaction pathways.

  7. U Engineers Develop Novel Material That Efficiently Removes 'Forever Chemicals' 7/22/2025

    University of Utah researchers have developed a material that addresses an urgent environmental challenges: the efficient removal and real-time detection of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), a toxic and persistent member of the PFAS “forever chemicals” family, from contaminated water.

  8. BASF Achieves Mechanical Completion For Acrylics Complex At Zhanjiang Verbund Site 7/21/2025

    BASF has reached a major construction milestone at the Zhanjiang Verbund site with the successful mechanical completion of the first batch of plants in the acrylics complex, including the glacial acrylic acid (GAA) and butyl acrylate (BA) plants.

  9. Uranium-Based Catalyst Turns Air Nitrogen Into Ammonia 7/21/2025

    EPFL researchers have created a uranium catalyst that converts nitrogen gas into ammonia using a unique binding method, potentially offering insights into more sustainable fertilizer production.

  10. Air Liquide Strengthens Its Advanced Materials Leadership With A New Molybdenum Manufacturing Plant In South Korea To Support Next-Generation Semiconductors 7/21/2025

    Air Liquide has successfully started up a new plant in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. This Molybdenum manufacturing plant, the largest in the world, will supply leading semiconductor customers with its breakthrough advanced materials offer Subleem.