Making industrial chemicals like ethylene glycol — a key component in polymer production and familiar to many as antifreeze — consumes large amounts of energy and releases significant carbon dioxide ...

Scientists have developed a new technique that doubles the amount of hydrogen produced when splitting water molecules with ...

Manzoor, U., Mujica Roncery, L., Raabe, D. et al, ‘Sustainable nickel enabled by hydrogen-based reduction’, Nature 641, 365–373 (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s41586 ...

Many vitamins are produced in chemical factories, often synthetically, but researchers at the Technical University of Denmark have succeeded in developing a natural and simple method for producing ...

Japan’s new osmotic power plant in Fukuoka can generate 880,000 kWh annually - enough to power 220 households or support a desalination facility. Osmotic energy, produced by mixing fresh and salt ...

A research team at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities has investigated a new method to produce iron, the main component of steel. For the first time, the researchers were able to observe chemical ...