“Restore trust and get Bayer on track for better performance”

Three-year process of rejuvenation launched

29-Apr-2024 - 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 Friday’s virtual Annual Stockholders’ Meeting. The company has made great progress conducting research into new ...

Safer alternative for an explosive reaction

The chemical industry has been using a reaction with explosive chemicals for over 100 years - now scientists have discovered a safer alternative

29-Apr-2024 - 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 chemicals that are required for certain reactions. Aryldiazonium salts, which have been used for 140 ...

CARBIOS celebrates the groundbreaking of its PET biorecycling plant

CARBIOS’ first plant is also a world first using revolutionary enzymatic depolymerization technology

29-Apr-2024 - 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 first PET biorecycling plant in the presence of representatives of local authorities, partner brands ...

Chemical Rope Trick at Molecular Level

Mechanism Research Helps when "Trial & Error" Fails

29-Apr-2024 - 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 reaction mechanism, and it is a kind of black box: nobody knows what is happening at the molecular level ...

Returning rare earth element production to the United States

ReElement Technologies licenses Purdue critical mineral refining tech and will begin production in late 2024

29-Apr-2024 - 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 for commercial and industrial use. The license was signed during thePurdue Innovates Startup and ...

Wanhua Chemical Launches Barcelona R&D Center

Unveiling Signified Focus and Commitment in Europe and Beyond

26-Apr-2024 - 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 and beyond with a quicker response to the requirements of downstream customers and bolsters efforts in ...

Decisive breakthrough for battery production: Foundations for sustainable battery technology developed

Storing and utilising energy with innovative sulphur-based cathodes

26-Apr-2024 - 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 used for the cathodes of these batteries, which jeopardise the environment and the health of people in ...

Scientists accelerate spectroscopic analysis

"This innovation expands the application of compressed sensing to real-time spectroscopic measurement"

26-Apr-2024 - 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 disadvantage is the considerable measuring time this technique usually requires, which often leads to lengthy ...

Synthesis of new forms of carbon compounds

In a groundbreaking study, researchers have gained new insights in the field of high-pressure carbon chemistry

26-Apr-2024 - 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 explanation of wide spread of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Universe. Under the leadership of Prof. Dr. ...

This salt battery harvests osmotic energy where the river meets the sea

26-Apr-2024 - 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 sources of sustainable, “blue” osmotic energy. Researchers in ACS Energy Letters report creating a ...