Robert Wilhelm Bunsen did groundbreaking work in organic chemistry and spectrometry, but he's most famous for the Bunsen burner

BASF and PETRONAS will commence a feasibility study for a new plant for superabsorbent polymers

Chun-Li Bai was recently appointed president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Nano-cellulose fibers from plants may lead to stronger, lighter, and more sustainable materials to replace automotive plastics

Efficient light-harvesting metal-free chromophore for solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs)

The freshwater content of the upper Arctic Ocean which has an impact on global ocean circulation has increased by about 20 % since the 1990s

Ahmed H. Zewail, California Institute of Technology, USA, awarded ACS's highest honor

Michael E. Strem, president of high purity chemicals maker Strem Chemicals, receives the ACS award for outstanding public service

First international business directory of major suppliers of bio-based plastics and composites, called iBIB2011

Biofuel production processes that separate cellulose from lignin could also generate lignin feedstock from their waste stream