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Solar-Driven Process Converts Waste Plastics Into Hydrogen And Industrial Fuels
Apr 29, 2026 (SPX)
A new paper led by PhD candidate Xiao Lu explores how solar-powered photoreforming can break down waste plastics at relatively low temperatures using light-acti...
From sun to subsoil, how countries are moving away from fossil fuels
Apr 24, 2026 (AFP)
It's a long-burning question -- but one that is catching fire as energy costs soar due to the conflict in the Middle East, which has strangled exports of crude ...
Iron and UV light drive simple hydrogen production from alcohol
Apr 17, 2026 (SPX)
The study, published in Communications Chemistry, also showed that the same approach could produce hydrogen from other alcohols and from biomass-derived materia...
Waste water to clean energy: Japanese engineers harness the power of osmosis
Apr 03, 2026 (AFP)
The possibility of generating power from osmosis -- when water molecules pass from a less salty solution to a more salty one -- has long been known. But actuall...
Ethanol method boosts low temperature NOx cleanup catalysts
Mar 11, 2026 (SPX)
Nitrogen oxides, often grouped as NOx, are harmful air pollutants generated during the combustion of fossil fuels in power plants and heavy industry. They contr...
Denmark inaugurates first flight with sustainable fuel
Mar 04, 2026 (AFP)
A flight from low-cost carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle took off from Aalborg in northwestern Denmark at 3:29 pm (1429 GMT) headed for Copenhagen, using 40-percent...
Ancient guano drove Chincha coastal power
Feb 16, 2026 (SPX)
The research, published in PLOS One, examined biochemical signatures in 35 maize samples recovered from burial tombs in the Chincha Valley, a desert region that...
Salt solvent unlocks lignin for next generation biofuel plants
Feb 03, 2026 (SPX)
The project, led by postdoctoral research associate Tirath Raj and Integrated Bioprocessing Research Laboratory Executive Director Vijay Singh, focused on the c...
Neem seed biochar turns waste into thermal energy storage medium
Feb 02, 2026 (SPX)
The team developed a biochar based phase change material that can capture, store, and release heat efficiently while simultaneously sequestering carbon. In thei...
Pilot plant in Mannheim delivers tailored climate friendly fuel blends
Jan 21, 2026 (SPX)
According to Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), which provides scientific support, the plant is an important step toward scaling up regenerative fuels, kn...
Garden and farm waste targeted as feedstock for new bioplastics
Jan 07, 2026 (SPX)
"The work of the new Junior Research Group aims to offer plastics made from renewable raw materials as an industrially viable alternative to conventional plasti...
Beer yeast waste could provide scaffold for cultivated meat production
Jan 06, 2026 (SPX)
The study in Frontiers in Nutrition examines how bacterial cellulose grown from brewer's spent yeast can serve as a structure on which animal cells are cultured...
Biochar layer boosts hydrogen rich gas yields from corn straw
Jan 01, 2026 (SPX)
The team at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences used a high temperature pyrolysis reactor coupled to a tailored catalyst bed to process corn straw. By ...
Carbon monoxide enables rapid atomic scale control for fuel cell catalysts
Dec 04, 2025 (SPX)
Core-shell catalysts place a thin platinum shell over a different metal core to achieve high oxygen reduction reaction activity with less platinum, improving fu...
Singapore sets course for 'green' methanol ship fuel supplies
Nov 24, 2025 (AFP)
Three companies will kickstart methanol supply in the Port of Singapore from January 1, its Marine and Port Authority (MPA) said in a statement. Singapore is th...
Methane conversion enabled by iron catalyst delivers pharmaceutical compounds
Nov 15, 2025 (SPX)
Methane, ethane, and propane are the primary components of natural gas. Though widely used as fuel, their chemical stability previously limited their conversion...
Illinois team creates aviation fuel from food waste with circular economy benefits
Oct 31, 2025 (SPX)
The process uses thermochemical hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) to transform food waste into biocrude oil. Impurities are eliminated from the biocrude, then hyd...
Industrial microbe enables conversion of carbon monoxide to ethanol
Oct 30, 2025 (SPX)
C. autoethanogenum's capacity to tolerate and metabolize carbon monoxide has found wide application in industrial bioethanol production. Despite current industr...
Revolutionary microbe enables resilient renewable energy from food waste
Oct 24, 2025 (SPX)
The scientists published their findings in Nature Microbiology, led by Dr. Ryan Ziels. During an investigation at Surrey's Biofuel Facility, they noticed that t...
Finnish carbon-neutral ferry aims to set global benchmark for shipping
Oct 23, 2025 (AFP)
No smoke billowed from the stacks of the Aurora Botnia, a 150-meter (492-foot) cargo and passenger ferry that can transport around 900 people, as it quietly cro...
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