New quality control for ‘wonder material’ graphene oxide is cheapest and fastest yet
Scientists have created new way to characterise graphene oxide (GO) cheaper and quicker than ever before, helping get the emerging technology out of the...
Bioinsecticide start-up, bugbiome, focuses on lead product development after recent move
Investment boost puts company at heart of world-leading agri-tech community.
Agri-tech innovator BugBiome – which is developing new bioinsecticides from crop-associated microbes - has relocated...
Pharma veterans launch ‘Google for pharmaceutical data’
Four pharmaceutical manufacturing veterans with over 75 years’ combined experience have launched a new data connectivity company to address investigation delays that can set...
Enhancing caustic soda production with clamp-on ultrasonic flow measurement
Simon Millington, Emerson, discusses the capabilities of clamp-on ultrasonic flow measurement in the chemical industry.
Clamp-on ultrasonic flow measurement is an advanced, non-intrusive method of...
Closing the industry skills gap with automated microscopy
Advanced systems can simplify complex materials characterisation, says Dr. Anna Prokhodtseva, Product Marketing Manager at Thermo Fisher Scientific. She explains how automated microscopy technology...
Unveiled: titanium-based catalyst solution for sustainable polyester production
Clariant is set to launch a new titanium-based catalyst solutions for polyester polymerisation in 2026.
A spokesman says the technology “offers a more sustainable and...
Significant return on specialist chemical manufacturer sale
Redditch Medical, which specialises in cleanroom contamination control solutions, has been acquired by German healthcare company Schülke & Mayr.
The deal achieves a ‘significant return’...
Study raises red flags about BPA replacements
McGill researchers studying printed stickers on packaged food find some chemicals now used instead of bisphenol A can disrupt human ovarian cell function -...
New test to validate plastic-free claims and tackle plastic pollution
Materials developed by Xampla are the first to be identified via spectroscopy and microscopy as plastic-free, laying the groundwork for internationally recognised future standards.
Xampla...
Syensqo celebrates 2025 Nobel Prize laureates in Chemistry
Fourth and fifth Ernest Solvay Prize winners to receive the world’s highest scientific honour.
Syensqo has congratulated Professors Susumu Kitagawa and Omar Yaghi, who have...
