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Geopolitics

Electrochemist Liu Jiawei moves from Singapore to Hong Kong to start her own lab

South China Morning Post – World · China

For materials scientist and chemist Liu Jiawei, moving to Hong Kong supported her pivot into launching her own research group. After a decade immersed in Singa…

Tech & Startups

The Outlaw Chemist Teaching People How to Make Drugs From Scratch

Wired · Global

Willy Myco has made over 120 videos showing people his exact process for making everything from LSD to DMT vapes. Not everyone’s a fan of his methods.

Startups

Cellarim Labs makes cosmetic ingredients in India without fermentation

Your Story · India

Cellarim Labs converts renewable bio-waste into cosmetic ingredients and has raised Rs 6 crore to move from laboratory batches to pilot-scale production.

Startups

From a bag of naphthol to a ₹175 crore global colour business: The Vipul Organics story

Your Story · India

Vipul Organics grew from a small dye trader into a Rs 175 crore colour chemistry exporter serving manufacturers in 45 countries.

Geopolitics

China can turn plastic waste to jet fuel at a low cost: study

South China Morning Post – World · China

Global plastic production exceeds 460 million tonnes annually, and the material’s resistance to degradation is fuelling growing concern about its environmental…

Geopolitics

Award-winning chemist Zhang Wei leaves US to join China’s Great Bay University

South China Morning Post – World · China

Zhang Wei, former chairman of the chemistry department at the University of Colorado Boulder, has returned to China to join Great Bay University (GBU) as a ful…

Geopolitics

China is now world’s No 1 science power, top Russian scientist Artem Oganov says

South China Morning Post – World · China

Leading Russian chemist and materials scientist Artem Oganov, who received China’s top international science and technology award, said the honour from the wor…

Geopolitics

India’s ethanol rush prompts anger among vehicle owners, questions for gov’t

Al Jazeera – News · Middle East

Indian gas stations now only offer fuel with 20 percent ethanol blended in. But the rushed move has triggered criticism.

Geopolitics

The young Chinese scientist behind an ‘impossible’ breakthrough on sodium batteries

South China Morning Post – World · China

Scientist Lu Yaxiang, a professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Physics, has spent a decade working to make sodium-ion batteries commerciall…

Geopolitics

Nobel-winning materials scientist Omar Yaghi joins China’s Tsinghua University from the US

South China Morning Post – World · China

Omar Yaghi, the winner of last year’s Nobel Prize for chemistry, has left the United States to lead a new AI-driven research centre at China’s Tsinghua Univers…

Startups

Turning parents into co-therapists; Atomgrid’s big bet on speciality chemicals

Your Story · India

Mom’s Belief is a for-profit social enterprise focused on children with neurodevelopmental disorders. Its parent-as-co-therapist model trains parents to active…

Startups

Why Atomgrid is betting big on specialty chemicals

Your Story · India

Bengaluru-based Atomgrid is delving deep into agrochemicals, scaling R&D, manufacturing partnerships, and global distribution to carve a place in the trill…

Geopolitics

China’s ‘super catalyst’ turns waste water into fertiliser building block, tripling output

South China Morning Post – World · China

A team in China has designed a catalyst that can transform nitrate pollution from agricultural and industrial waste water into ammonia – the chemical backbone …

Geopolitics

Chemical leak at U.S. plant kills two, sends 19 more to hospital: Officials

The Hindu – World · India

A chemical gas reaction occurred at the plant involving nitric acid and another substance, an official said

Geopolitics

Chinese lithium battery electrolyte could double EV range and run in extreme cold

South China Morning Post – World · China

Chinese scientists have created an all-weather electrolyte that could improve lithium batteries, allowing them to operate more efficiently at room temperature …

Geopolitics

From semiconductors to medical tech, Iran war puts helium users on edge

South China Morning Post – World · China

Beyond oil, the Middle East conflict is fuelling fears of a shortage of helium – a by-product of liquefied natural gas (LNG) production that is critical for se…

Geopolitics

Turning coal to medicines: Chinese scientists bring a 160-year-old dream to life

South China Morning Post – World · China

Chinese scientists have discovered a way to turn cheap coal into valuable ingredients for medicine. This was once a long and difficult process, but now they ha…

Geopolitics

Unlimited petrol? Chinese firm claims it can produce fuel from air and water

South China Morning Post – World · China

A Shanghai-based start-up claims to have mastered a technique for producing synthetic petroleum at low cost from air and water, as China intensifies efforts to…

Startups

Beyond fragrance: Inside Kannauj’s attar and rose water distillation trade

Your Story · India

Kannauj’s attar and rose water industry continues its traditional distillation practices, supported by ODOP and growing domestic demand.

Geopolitics

Scientists turn plastic into vinegar using sunlight at University of Waterloo

Times of India – World · India

- TOI Science Desk is a team of journalists dedicated to science news, features, and articles for The Times of India readers. - Covers topics like genetic en…

Geopolitics

Science behind the lab-grown diamonds and how centuries of failed experiments led to affordable gems

Times of India – World · India

- TOI Science Desk is a team of journalists dedicated to covering science news, features, and articles for The Times of India readers. - They focus on making…

Geopolitics

Chinese scientists may have found battery that could double electric vehicles’ range

South China Morning Post – World · China

Chinese scientists have developed a promising new battery technology that could dramatically increase the driving range of electric vehicles and allow them to …

Engineering

New Path to Battery-Grade Lithium Uses Electrochemistry

IEEE Spectrum · Global

As electric vehicles roll off assembly lines, a bottleneck sits upstream: lithium refinement. Turning raw lithium into the compounds needed for batteries is ex…

Tech & Startups

Tide’s Evo Tiles Are a Fresh, Overengineered Take on the Tide Pod

Wired · Global

Tide’s Evo Tiles are lightweight, fibrous squares of detergent that simplify the laundry process—and also act as a slightly more eco-friendly alternative to th…

Geopolitics

Chinese scientists create new battery with electrolyte as safe as tofu brine

South China Morning Post – World · China

Chinese scientists have made a long-lasting, eco-friendly battery using organic electrodes and an electrolyte safe enough to be used as tofu brine. The team’s …

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