Behold the Plastic Age: synthetic fibres found in fossil record
GEOLOGISTS could one day determine the age of rocks by measuring the amount of plastic found in s...
News - Research & Development
Record-breaking analysis
THE Barrow Group, in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Warwick, UK, has developed ...
Membrane for low-energy chemical separation
A METAL oxide-infused membrane has been developed that offers lower-energy chemical separation th...
US to help develop new nuclear reactors
THE US has launched a National Reactor Innovation Centre (NRIC) to help industry accelerate the d...
UK will increase R&D spending to OECD average
THE UK has pledged to increase R&D spending to 2.4% by 2027, bringing the country in line with th...
Novel process for damage-free algae biomass harvesting
RESEARCHERS at the University of Tsukuba, Japan have developed a novel, damage-free process for r...
Environmentally friendly alternative to polystyrene foam
A plant-based alternative to polystyrene foam has been developed that has better insulation prope...
Covestro partners with 3D printing pioneer to scale up production
COVESTRO is working to scale up the production of a resin developed by Silicon Valley firm Carbon...
Understanding localised corrosion of steel pipes
LOCALISED corrosion can cause failures in steel pipes used in the oil and gas industry, but new r...
Perstorp investigates sustainable methanol production
LEADING specialty chemicals company Perstorp is investigating the potential production of recycle...
Neste and LyondellBasell claim bioplastic first
NESTE and LyondellBasell are claiming an industry-first with the parallel, commercial-scale produ...
Avantium commercialising PEF production
CHEMICALS company Avantium is commercialising production of polyethylene furanoate (PEF), a 100% ...
A step towards closing the carbon loop
RESEARCHERS at the University of Toronto (UoT), Canada have developed a novel electrochemical pat...
New approach for desalinating hypersaline brines
USING a temperature-dependent solvent to desalinate water with high concentrations of dissolved s...
Researchers achieve commercially attractive carbon capture with a MOF
CHEMICAL engineers at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EFPL), Switzerland have, for ...
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