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Rubbish reform: changes to waste management could slash emissions
Oct 04, 2022 (AFP)
Governments around the world have pledged to reduce emissions of methane (CH4) -- which absorbs 80 times more solar radiation over short periods than carbon dio...
Catalytic process with lignin could enable 100% sustainable aviation fuel
Sep 28, 2022 (SPX)
Researchers at three institutions-the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), ...
Turning fish waste into quality carbon-based nanomaterial
Aug 04, 2022 (SPX)
Unfortunately, the conventional methods for producing CNOs have some serious drawbacks. Some require harsh synthesis conditions, such as high temperatures or va...
Brazilian scientists reveal method of converting methane gas into liquid methanol
Aug 03, 2022 (SPX)
The term bar as a unit of pressure derives from the Greek word for weight (baros). One bar is equivalent to 100,000 Pascals (100 kPa), which is very close to th...
MSU researchers create method for breaking down plant materials for earth-friendly energy
Jul 14, 2022 (SPX)
"We use 20 million barrels of oil a day in the U.S.; that's about a fifth of the world's usage," said Ned Jackson,a professor of organic chemistry in the Colleg...
Solar-powered chemistry uses CO2 and H2O to make feedstock for fuels, chemicals
Jul 11, 2022 (SPX)
"If we can generate syngas from carbon dioxide utilizing only solar energy, we can use this as a precursor for methanol and other chemicals and fuels. This will...
Study points to Armenian origins of ancient crop with aviation biofuel potential
Jul 06, 2022 (SPX)
Multidisciplinary research from Washington University in St. Louis is revealing the origins and uses of camelina and may help guide decisions critical to achiev...
Technologies boost potential for carbon dioxide conversion to useful products
Jul 06, 2022 (SPX)
In working to advance the technology, various researchers have tested a range of catalysts for carbon dioxide hydrogenation, but there are still challenges in a...
An unusual triangular molecule that makes jet fuel
Jul 01, 2022 (SPX)
"In chemistry, everything that requires energy to make will release energy when it's broken," says lead author Pablo Cruz-Morales (@pablocruzmoral1), a microbio...
Reaction insights help make sustainable liquid fuels
Jun 29, 2022 (SPX)
As we struggle to juggle the impact of emissions with our desire to maintain our energy hungry lifestyle, using carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to create new f...
New biobatteries use bacterial interactions to generate power for weeks
Jun 29, 2022 (SPX)
As our tech needs grow and the Internet of Things increasingly connects our devices and sensors together, figuring out how to provide power in remote locations ...
New PET-like plastic made directly from waste biomass
Jun 24, 2022 (SPX)
Of course, producing competitive biomass-based plastics is not straightforward. There is a reason that conventional plastics are so widespread, as they combine ...
First helicopter flight powered solely by sustainable aviation fuel
Jun 23, 2022 (SPX)
This flight, which follows the flight of an H225 with one SAF-powered Makila 2 engine in November 2021, is part of the flight campaign aimed at understanding th...
Bacteria could transform paper industry waste into useful products
May 29, 2022 (SPX)
The researchers used the Canadian Light Source (CLS) at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) to study an enzyme that breaks down the ring structures found in ...
Toward customizable timber, grown in a lab
May 27, 2022 (SPX)
In an effort to provide an environmentally friendly and low-waste alternative, researchers at MIT have pioneered a tunable technique to generate wood-like plant...
Ultrathin fuel cell uses the body's own sugar to generate electricity
May 13, 2022 (SPX)
Engineers at MIT and the Technical University of Munich think so. They have designed a new kind of glucose fuel cell that converts glucose directly into electri...
Mystery solved about active phase in catalytic CO2 reduction to methanol
May 06, 2022 (SPX)
Methanol is currently one of the most important petrochemical basic chemicals, with an annual production of 110 million tones, and can be converted into tens of...
Using human energy to heat buildings will pay off
Apr 28, 2022 (The Conversation)
Let's look at the science. The average human body emits about 100 watts of heat at rest. When exercising, that heat can easily exceed 1,000 watts: energy that c...
Dung power: India taps new energy cash cow
Apr 20, 2022 (AFP)
Cows are venerated as sacred creatures by the country's Hindu majority. They also have pride of place in India's rural communities, where they are still regular...
Biden's biofuel: Cheaper at the pump, but high environmental cost?
Apr 14, 2022 (AFP)
But the decision hasn't pleased scientists who study the environmental impact of ethanol. - What is ethanol? - Fuel ethanol is based on the same type of alcohol...
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