New carbon could signal step-change for the world’s most popular batteries
Scientists have created a new type of carbon that could make the batteries in our phones, tablet computers and laptops safer, more powerful, quicker...
Distinguished scientists elected as Fellows and Foreign Members of the Royal Society
Automotive industry heavyweights, artificial intelligence pioneers and food bio-fortification luminaries are amongst the fifty eminent scientists elected as Fellows of the Royal Society and...
An Outline of the US Regulations for the Import of Chemical Substances
Introduction to US regulations
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was established in 1970, with the objective to protect human health and the environment. Regulation of...
Two-billion-year-old salt rock reveals rise of oxygen in ancient atmosphere
A 2-billion-year-old chunk of sea salt provides new evidence for the transformation of Earth's atmosphere into an oxygenated environment capable of supporting life as...
EcoVadis rates Croda’s environmental practices as outstanding
Croda, who create, make and sell innovative, sustainable, high performance speciality chemicals that are relied on by industries and consumers everywhere has this month...
New evidence of nuclear fuel releases found at Fukushima
Uranium and other radioactive materials, such as caesium and technetium, have been found in tiny particles released from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors.
This...
Chemicals confidence remains strong
EU Commission Business Survey data showed that chemical business trading conditions became more favourable in the third quarter of 2017, compared to the previous...
Scientists recognised for outstanding contributions
DowDuPont Specialty Products Division named three scientists as 2017 Pedersen Award Medalists, the award named in honour of DuPont’s Nobel Laureate Charles J. Pedersen...
Research leads to new painkiller options
Scientists on the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) in America have developed new opioid pain relievers that reduce pain on a...
Green potential
A study has shown that the global chemical industry has the possibility to make an important contribution to a low carbon future.
It demonstrates how...
