US spot petrochemical prices climbed further last week, with spot polymer-grade propylene rising to its highest in more than three years after shipping disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz.

The Water-Soluble Polymer Market size was valued at USD 39.99 Billion in 2025 and is projected to reach USD 69.61 Billion by 2035, growing at a CAGR of 5.73% from 2026 to 2035. Due to the functional ...

U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) recently acquired a new melt ...

Self-healing polymers have evolved from early-stage laboratory concepts into commercially viable materials, particularly between 2022 and 2025, as industries increasingly focus on ...

Get a clearer, more complete picture of your materials by combining XPS (X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy) with SEM-EDS, bringing together detailed surface chemistry and high-resolution compositional ...

THE pan that made washing up easier, the kuali replacement that seduced almost every Malaysian kitchen from Penang to Johor ...

For decades scientists have thought, based on experimental observations, that the lower a glassy material’s melting rate, the ...

Microplastics pose health risks, but lab studies often fail to reflect real-world exposure, highlighting critical gaps in ...

Compleximers”—materials that can be molded like window glass but that resist impacts like plastic does—shouldn’t exist, ...

Mirror image crystals of poly(lactic acid) act as reversible crosslinks in a phase change material, delivering high latent heat, strong mechanics, and full recyclability at once.

Crude oil prices have surged past the $100 mark per barrel, leading to a dramatic rise in the cost of packaging materials and ...

Global specialty chemicals leader Nouryon is expanding production capacity for its premium grades of Levasil® colloidal silica at its manufacturing site in Guangzhou, China, to serve fast-growing ...