The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft opened an office in Bangalore, India, on October 30th

Guy B. Marin, Ghent University, Belguim, has been awarded the 2012 Danckwerts Lecture for his work in the field of chemical engineering

The Bionic Award of the VDI (Association of German Engineers) presented to team behind biologically inspired flapping mechanism

Cellulose is effectively converted into methanol, propylene, and ethylene glycol over Cu-based catalysts

Merck’s organic light-emitting diode (OLED) materials combined with Epson’s technology that converts OLED materials into ink

Nanosheets of boron carbon nitride have large capacity for lithium ions and could be used as "green" electrodes in rechargeable batteries

Naoaki Yabuuchi, Japan, awarded €50,000 prize by Volkswagen and BASF for his new Na-ion battery electrode materials

Asia is expected to overtake North America in bio-based polylactic acid (PLA) capacity by 2020

A new process for making ammonia could reduce the overall energy costs in the manufacture of this crucial chemical

Uhde Inventa-Fischer, Switzerland, is to build a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plant for JBF Industries Ltd., India, in Belgium