Few people have heard of the chemical ethylene oxide, but all of us have used products that rely on it for their production, from antifreeze and plastics to textiles and disinfectants. It is what’s ...

Team led by Tufts University researchers discovers process to create “platform chemical” that is used widely for plastics, textiles, and much more Few people have heard of the chemical ethylene oxide, ...

Companies Begin Work on Improved Ethylene Oxide Catalyst Copernic Catalysts, Inc. (Copernic) today announced that, in collaboration with Schrödinger, Inc. (Nasdaq: SDGR), the companies have surpassed ...

A new hybrid catalyst converts carbon dioxide into ethylene in one pot. A new hybrid catalyst converts carbon dioxide into ethylene in one pot. The catalyst was developed by scientists from Ames ...

Use of the greenhouse gas CO2 as a chemical raw material would not only reduce emissions, but also the consumption of fossil feedstocks. A novel metal-free organic framework could make it possible to ...

Shell and CNOOC let a contract to Shell Catalyst & Technologies to deliver process technology for a third major expansion of ethylene production capacity at the JV CSPC's petrochemical complex in ...

The US Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed a set of new restrictions on facilities that use the cancer-causing chemical ethylene oxide, a colorless, odorless gas that is used to ...