Cordula Buse talked to Karsten Müller, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, about the state of hydrogen storage technologies

Behind the Science: How to Store Hydrogen

Improvement of REACH Registration Dossiers
Critics demand improved quality of registration dossiers for the EU's regulation of chemicals; industry offers voluntary action plan

Detecting Harmful Gases with Nanodiamonds
Phosphine-functionalized diamantanes for sensing air pollutants

Improved Hematite Photoelectrodes for Water Splitting
Nanostructured collector combined with ultrathin absorber layer

Future of European Chemical Industry
The European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) started a dialogue about the European way, circular models, and being at the forefront of new technologies

More Checks for REACH Registrations
ECHA to raise minimum target for compliance checks of registration dossiers in each tonnage band to 20 %

Research and Art Benefit from Each Other
Experiences with an art exhibition held at SETAC Europe’s Annual Meeting in Helsinki, Finland

LyondellBasell and Neste Produce Bio-based Plastic from Renewable Materials
First production of bio-based polypropylene and bio-based low-density polyethylene simultaneously at commercial scale

Greener Dimethyl Ether (DME) Production
BASF and Lutianhua plan to pilot a production process that significantly reduces carbon dioxide emissions

Bisphenol A and Parabens in Socks for Babies
91 % of tested socks contain bisphenol A; ethyl-paraben was found in 100 % of socks