8+ hour, 42+ min ago   (729+ words) From left to right: Ulrike Zimmer, Head of the Science, Technology, and Environment Division at the VCI and Managing Director of the Chemical Industry Fund (FCI); Thomas Wessel, Chair of the VCI Committee on Research, Science, and Education. VCI / Thomas…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (853+ words) Methanol is found in plastics, paints, and many other chemical products, and is also gaining importance as a climate-friendly marine fuel. So far, however, it has mostly been produced from natural gas or coal. Capturing CO₂ from the air can contribute…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (729+ words) The newly inaugurated “aerobrew” demonstration plant is located on the campus of the Paul Scherrer Institute © Paul Scherrer Institute PSI/Markus Fischer A look ahead to the future of flying: on August 20, the “aerobrew” demonstration plant was officially inaugurated on…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (668+ words) The researchers will present their results at the fall meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) during the “Undergraduate and Graduate Research in Biochemistry and Chemical Biology” symposium in McCormick Place. ACS Fall 2026 is being held August 23-27. “We were trying…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1170+ words) Batteries and fuel cells will dominate in the future – “e-fuels” will only play a very minor role These processes occur simultaneously at the microscale, making their individual effects difficult to distinguish experimentally. Existing computational models have also relied mainly on…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (639+ words) Cross-section of a 3D representation of the exchange-correlation (XC) energy density for a benzene molecule. F. Pöschel, J. Pototschnig, F. Stein, A. Knüpfer, T. Vogels, S. Battaglia, S. Ehlert, J. Hutter, T. D. Kühne: Molecular Implementation of the Machine-Learned Skala Exchange-Correlation Functional in…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (737+ words) Left to right: Prof Oliver Zielinski, Dr Torsten Brinkmann (Hereon), Lisa Büscher (Holcim Deutschland) and Patrick Schiffmann (Cool Planet Technologies) Partnership marks a significant milestone in the pursuit of green ammonia power generation solutions “Höver will be one of the…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (670+ words) Dr. Christoph Wulf and Dr. Simon Haida (from left) present a portion of the synthesized material Crucial new technologies such as hydrogen production or carbon capture require new catalysts. Experiments show: It's not just the material that matters, but also…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (834+ words) The teams from Fraunhofer UMSICHT, Fraunhofer IAP and SGC Energy at the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding. Agreed to future collaboration on CO2 electrolysis, hydrogen, and batteries (from left): Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Doetsch (Fraunhofer UMSICHT), Ken Yoon (SGC Energy)…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (671+ words) Clariant announced the official launch of two new research and development laboratories for its additives business in China: one at the Daya Bay production site in Huizhou and one at the One Clariant Campus (OCC) in Shanghai. The milestone marks…...