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Longer-lasting and more sustainable green hydrogen production
Researchers led by Ryuhei Nakamura at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan have improved on their green and sustainable method of extracting hydrogen from water by u...
ETH spin-offs develop high performance batteries
The electrification of many areas of life is leading to an increased demand for high-performance batteries. Two ETH spin-offs are making waves in this field: while BTRY develops high-pe...
Freeze casting - a guide to creating hierarchically structured materials
Freeze casting is an elegant, cost-effective manufacturing technique to produce highly porous materials with custom-designed hierarchical architectures, well-defined pore orientation, and multif...
“Restore trust and get Bayer on track for better performance”
In 2023, the Bayer Group’s three divisions asserted themselves, and in some core areas, outperformed their peers. “That’s a sign of vigor and resilience,” said CEO Bill Anderson at Frida...
Safer alternative for an explosive reaction
Explosions and poisoning. Serious injuries and even deaths. In the history of the chemical industry there have been repeated accidents, sometimes fatal, often caused by dangerous and explosive c...
CARBIOS celebrates the groundbreaking of its PET biorecycling plant
CARBIOS, a pioneer in the development and industrialization of biological technologies to reinvent the life cycle of plastic and textiles, celebrated the groundbreaking ceremony for the world's ...
Chemical Rope Trick at Molecular Level
In most industrial chemical reactions, catalysts combine with the starting materials and accompany them through intermediate stages to the product. In chemistry, this pathway is known as the rea...
Returning rare earth element production to the United States
ReElement Technologies signed an exclusive license to use patented Purdue University technologies to domestically refine and sell minerals critical in manufacturing modern, high-tech products fo...
Wanhua Chemical Launches Barcelona R&D Center
The Barcelona R&D Center ("the Center") of Wanhua Chemical, located at Cornella de Llobregat, has officially opened its doors as a pivotal move by the company to advance its footprint in Europe ...
Decisive breakthrough for battery production: Foundations for sustainable battery technology developed
Electric vehicles and portable electronic devices such as laptops and mobile phones are unthinkable without lithium-ion batteries. The problem: highly toxic materials such as cobalt are often us...
Scientists accelerate spectroscopic analysis
Ultrafast laser spectroscopy allows the ascertainment of dynamics over extremely short time scales, making it a very useful tool in many scientific and industrial applications. A major disadvant...
Synthesis of new forms of carbon compounds
Researchers at the University of Bayreuth synthesized two new carbides – compounds of carbon and another chemical element – with unique structures. The results may provide an unexpected expl...
This salt battery harvests osmotic energy where the river meets the sea
Estuaries — where freshwater rivers meet the salty sea — are great locations for birdwatching and kayaking. In these areas, waters containing different salt concentrations mix and may be sou...
BASF with solid start to the year
BASF got off to a solid start in 2024. Sales in the first quarter of 2024 amounted to €17.6 billion, €2.4 billion below the figure of the prior-year quarter. This decline in sales was main...
https://www.chemeurope.com/en/news/1183297/basf-with-solid-start-to-the-year.html?WT.mc_id=ca0066
Bacteria for climate-neutral chemicals of the future
Researchers at ETH Zurich have engineered bacteria in the laboratory to efficiently use methanol. The metabolism of these bacteria can now be tapped into to produce valuable products currently m...
“Best CO2 Utilisation 2024” innovation prize awarded
230 participants from 27 countries worldwide joined the innovation award ceremony at the CO2-based Fuels and Chemicals Conference 2024 in Cologne, Germany, and online. Renowned as one of the pre...
Start-up Polytives starts a partnership with Nordmann
Polytives GmbH begins a partnership with the multinational chemical distributor Nordmann in Europe, Turkey and the UK in the field of high-performance polymer additives. Polytives develops and s...
The Big Quantum Chill: NIST Scientists Modify Common Lab Refrigerator to Cool Faster With Less Energy
By modifying a refrigerator commonly used in both research and industry, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have drastically reduced the time and energy req...
Nanofibers rid water of hazardous dyes
Dyes, such as those used in the textile industry, are a major environmental problem. At TU Wien, efficient filters have now been developed – based on cellulose waste. Using waste to purify wat...
Bio-based insulation textiles instead of synthetic insulation materials are set to revolutionise the construction world
Using bio-based and bio-degradable, recyclable insulation textiles to sustainably insulate heat and reduce energy consumption and the carbon footprint - the Aachen-based start-up SA-Dynamics has...
Research team develops sodium battery capable of rapid charging in just a few seconds
Sodium (Na), which is over 500 times more abundant than lithium (Li), has recently garnered significant attention for its potential in sodium-ion battery technologies. However, existing sodium-i...
Schenck Process becomes Qlar
The German-headquartered Schenck Process is taking the lead in climate-neutral material transformation processes. Guided by its aspiration “the future is cirQlar”, Schenck Process will rebra...
https://www.chemeurope.com/en/news/1183281/schenck-process-becomes-qlar.html?WT.mc_id=ca0066
Biotechnologists want to replace petroleum-based substances with a bacterium from bovine stomachs
Petroleum is found in most of our everyday products, for example in diapers and detergents. In future, such substances could be replaced by biodegradable raw materials that a bacterium can produ...
Molecule as supplier and energy storage solution for solar energy
Until now, the generation and storage of electricity from solar energy has been dependent on various devices, leading to conversion losses. That may change soon: chemists at Friedrich-Alexander-...
Bioluminescence - the natural glow
Many living organisms can glow in the dark. Researchers are already using this ability in medicine. A research team led by Prof. Dr. Stefan Schramm from HTWD is investigating how glowing molecul...
https://www.chemeurope.com/en/news/1183266/bioluminescence-the-natural-glow.html?WT.mc_id=ca0066
More Economical and Sustainable Rechargeable Batteries
Lithium salts make batteries powerful but expensive. An ultralow-concentration electrolyte based on the lithium salt LiDFOB may be a more economical and more sustainable alternative. Cells using...
Magnetic with a pinch of hydrogen
Magnetic two-dimensional materials consisting of one or a few atomic layers have only recently become known and promise interesting applications, for example for the electronics of the future. S...
https://www.chemeurope.com/en/news/1183271/magnetic-with-a-pinch-of-hydrogen.html?WT.mc_id=ca0066
Siemens opens its largest global research hub north of Munich
Siemens has opened the first building complex of the Siemens Technology Center (STC) at Garching Research Campus, north of Munich, Germany. In addition to Siemens, other institutions next to the...
Producing chemicals in an environmentally friendly and energy-saving way: More yield through nanopores
Flow-through reactors packed with enzymes can produce certain chemicals in a gentle and careful way. However, their performance has so far been limited. A research team from the Helmholtz-Zentru...
A single atom layer of gold
For the first time, scientists have managed to create sheets of gold only a single atom layer thick. The material has been termed goldene. According to researchers from Linköping University, Sw...
https://www.chemeurope.com/en/news/1183256/a-single-atom-layer-of-gold.html?WT.mc_id=ca0066
Arkema strengthens its range of solutions for next-generati... with the acquisition of a majority stake in start-up Proionic
Arkema has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake of nearly 78% in Proionic, a leading start-up in the production and development of ionic liquids, which are key components for the next...
BASF, SABIC, and Linde celebrate the start-up of the world's first large-scale electrically heated steam cracking furnace
BASF, SABIC, and Linde have inaugurated the world’s first demonstration plant for large-scale electrically heated steam cracking furnaces. Following three years of development, engineering, an...
The energy and mobility transition: Sending demand for critical raw materials soaring
The world's industrial base and the global economy are undergoing a fundamental transition away from fossil fuels towards a carbon-neutral future. The shift to clean energy and electric drivetra...
Digital ID for innovative advanced materials
Creating new, innovative materials is vital to the industry. However, any new product raises the question of how it can be produced and later recycled in the most sustainable and climate-friendl...
Chemists invent a more efficient way to extract lithium from mining sites, oil fields, used batteries
Chemists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have invented a more efficient way to extract lithium from waste liquids leached from mining sites, oil fields and used bat...
BASF has started prototype metal refinery for battery recycling
BASF has successfully started operating its prototype metal refinery for battery recycling in Schwarzheide, Germany. The state-of-the-art plant allows for the development of operational procedur...
Breakthrough technology to rapidly identify unknown molecules at scale
When developing new drugs, nutritional products, or pesticides, it’s critical that unknown molecules are identified correctly. But accurate identification is a lengthy process and all too ofte...
Electrochemistry Paves the Way: Sustainable Synthesis Method Reveals N-Hydroxy Modifications for Pharmaceuticals
New highly selective and scalable electro-organic synthesis of novel benzo-1,2,4-thiadiazine-1,1-dioxides which represent an important structural motif of APIs (active pharmaceutical ingredients...
Wacker Chemical Corporation under new management
Christoph Kowitz, currently head of WACKER’s Corporate Research Department, takes charge of the Group’s U.S. subsidiary Wacker Chemical Corporation (WCC) at the beginning of May. He succeeds...
Trash to treasure – researchers turn metal waste into catalyst for hydrogen
Scientists have found a way to transform metal waste into a highly efficient catalyst to make hydrogen from water, a discovery that could make hydrogen production more sustainable. A team of res...
Development of robot-based solutions for laboratory automation
The Center for Life Science Automation (CELISCA) at the University of Rostock and Yaskawa have agreed to continue their cooperation in the development of robot-based solutions for laboratory aut...
Particle surface properties and their understanding - a trend also among young scientists
On June 10th and 11th, 2024, LUM GmbH will be hosting the 11th International Conference on Dispersion Analysis and Material Testing (ICDAMT 2024) in Berlin. Prof. Dr. Dr. Lerche, Chairman of the...
Eco-friendly textiles without PFAS
Rain jackets, swimming trunks or upholstery fabrics: Textiles with water-repellent properties require chemical impregnation. Although fluorine-containing PFAS chemicals are effective, they are a...
https://www.chemeurope.com/en/news/1183225/eco-friendly-textiles-without-pfas.html?WT.mc_id=ca0066
Chemists pioneer work to reduce carbon emissions
Production of ethylene is one of the most important chemical processes used today, with about 300 million metric tons of the tiny chemical produced each year. Ethylene gas is used to create ever...
Novel hydrogel removes microplastics from water
Microplastics pose a great threat to human health. These tiny plastic debris can enter our bodies through the water we drink and increase the risk of illnesses. They are also an environmental ha...
Improving sodium ion batteries with mechanically robust nanocellular graphene
Ever since its discovery in 2004, graphene has been revolutionizing the field of materials science and beyond. Graphene comprises two-dimensional sheets of carbon atoms, bonded into a thin hexag...
Tiny plastic particles are found everywhere
Microplastic particles can be found in the most remote ocean regions on earth. In Antarctica, pollution levels are even higher than previously assumed. This is one finding of a recent study invo...
analytica 2024 confirms its position as the world’s leading trade fair for the laboratory sector
Great atmosphere in the exhibition halls, lively discussions, and crowded aisles characterized analytica 2024, where the international laboratory sector met in Munich from April 9 to 12. 1,066 e...
New ways to fine tune electrochemistry
Optimizing electrochemical reactions is essential for the transition to renewable energies. In electrochemical reactions, electric currents and potential differences are used to binding and indu...
AI start-up helps companies to use their data to make the best possible decision under any circumstances
The German data analytics & AI start-up Scavenger AI secures its pre-seed financing in Q1 2024. A total of € 1.1 million was raised under the lead of HTGF together with Calm/Storm Ventures, Fe...