M. Taillefer, France, has been awarded European sustainability award by EuCheMS for his work on Cu- and Fe-based catalysis

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New catalyst could reduce waste in the large-scale manufacturing of Plexiglas

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BASF, Cargill and Novozymes jointly develop industrial biotechnology-based production process for acrylic acid from renewable raw materials

(Bio)Materials rich in amine groups are proposed as an ideal support for recovering Pd from waste