Japanese Mega-ton project is aiming to develop the world's first megaton per day desalination plant

New Desalination Era

The Chemistry of Tasty Tomatoes
Set of aroma volatiles defines tomatoes' flavor intensity and consumers' preferences

Short History of Chromatography
In his essay R. Ditz, Merck KGaA, asks if 100 years of chromatograohy are enough

One-Pot Enzymatic Oxidation of Alcohols
A one-pot conversion of primary alcohols to aldoximes can be carried out in aqueous solution with the appropriate bacterial enzymes

The Shape of Things To Come
Structures of rubrene anions and their aggregation with alkali-metal ions investigated to provide insight into their shapes and properties

Drive Sustainability in Agricultural Business
BASF’s method for measuring sustainability in agriculture took joint first place in competition for sustainable corporate management

Alternative to Precious Metal
Crystal of iron-aluminium compound could replace a palladium catalyst, reducing the cost of plastic production

Direct Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Pyrazolidine Derivatives
A highly enantioselective, metal-free cascade reaction as an entry to 3-hydroxypyrazolidine derivatives

Explosives Detection Gels
Universal, portable and convenient detection system for the explosive triacetone triperoxide has been developed by US researchers

Strategic Partnership Between SABIC And ExxonMobil
World-scale specialty elastomers facility constructed at the Al-Jubail Petrochemical Company (Kemya) manufacturing joint venture