Once upon a time, prevailing scientific opinion might have pronounced recently published research in Nature Communications by a team of Purdue University scientists as unneeded. Now, climate change ...

ITN Business launches news-style programme ‘Engineering a Sustainable World’ which explores the role chemical and process engineers are playing in addressing climate change, the importance of ...

Chemical product and process design constitutes a multidisciplinary endeavour integrating chemical engineering principles, advanced computational methods and sustainability objectives to develop ...

UC Santa Cruz chemists have discovered a new way to produce biodiesel from waste oil that both simplifies the process and requires relatively mild heat. This discovery has the potential to make the ...

Soda bottles, sour cream containers and disposable cutlery—these plastics (and many others) typically arrive at recycling plants mixed together in the same bin. But because they are made of different ...

In the semiconductor and flat panel display (FPD) industries*, the ultrapure water being used needs to be supplied without lowering its water quality. The types of pipe materials for this purpose ...

Note: Eastman Chemical Company’s first “molecular recycling” facility is now fully operational in Kingsport. It uses a process called methanolysis to reduce hard-to-recycle waste plastic to its ...

In response to the rising focus on sustainable manufacturing practices and corporate social responsibility, there has been a surge of interest in adopting environmentally friendly and green chemicals ...

Process chemists are responsible for identifying a chemical process that is safe, cost-efficient, and environmentally friendly. How do they do it on a day-to-day basis? Join ACS Institute Educator Joe ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (TOKYO: 4063) (Head Office: Tokyo; President: Yasuhiko Saitoh; hereinafter, “Shin-Etsu Chemical”) has developed equipment to manufacture ...

A Mableton-based chemical plant has filed an air quality permit application with the Georgia Environmental Protection Division for a new process area. Compass Chemical International, LLC manufactures ...