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New catalytic reactor turns CO2 into liquid fuel
Sep 03, 2019 (UPI)
The technology, described this week in the journal Nature Energy, could inspire a variety of carbon conversion technologies. Turning CO2 into pure formic acid u...
Researchers use AI to plot green route to nylon
Aug 27, 2019 (SPX)
A team at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering reported that in its search to develop an innovative, environmentally friendly process to make adiponitrile (ADN)...
Dangerous wild grass will be used in batteries
Aug 27, 2019 (SPX)
Supercapacitors are storage devices. They are distinguished from traditional batteries by their high power, long shelf life, and long service life. Such propert...
Biomaterials smarten up with CRISPR
Aug 23, 2019 (SPX)
Now, reporting in Science, a research team at Harvard's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)...
EU slaps anti-subsidy duties on Indonesian biodiesel
Aug 13, 2019 (AFP)
The European Commission, the EU's executive arm, imposed temporary duties ranging from eight percent to 18 percent but warned it could impose permanent measures...
Protein factors increasing yield of a biofuel precursor in microscopic algae
Aug 09, 2019 (SPX)
In particular, the storage molecule triacylglycerol (TAG), found in microscopic algae, is one of the most promising sources of fat for biofuel production, as mi...
Supercomputing improves biomass fuel conversion
Aug 05, 2019 (SPX)
In a leap forward that could be a game changer for understanding how plant biomass can be more efficiently broken down, a research team at the University of Cal...
Novel catalysis approach reduces carbon dioxide to methane
Aug 05, 2019 (SPX)
Now, an international team of researchers has revealed a new approach that utilizes a series of catalytic reactions to electrochemically reduce carbon dioxide t...
A catalyst for sustainable methanol
Jul 31, 2019 (SPX)
Scientists at ETH Zurich have now teamed up with the French oil and gas company Total to develop a new technology that efficiently converts CO2 and hydrogen dir...
Researchers develop technology to harness energy from mixing of freshwater and seawater
Jul 31, 2019 (SPX)
The paper, recently published in American Chemical Society's ACS Omega, describes the battery and suggests using it to make coastal wastewater treatment plants ...
Whole-tree harvesting could boost biomass production
Jul 31, 2019 (SPX)
In the U.S., coal plants are closing, but carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere continues to rise; pivoting toward renewable energy sources like wind, ...
Solar energy becomes biofuel without solar cells
Jul 31, 2019 (SPX)
This has been presented in a new study published in the scientific journal Energy and Environmental Science. "We have systematically designed and created a seri...
Vampire algae killer's genetic diversity poses threat to biofuels
Jul 24, 2019 (SPX)
"DNA sequences show what are likely different species, suggesting a much larger diversity in this family than we originally assumed," said Blake Hovde, a Los Al...
Research shows black plastics could create renewable energy
Jul 22, 2019 (SPX)
While a small proportion of the hundreds of types of plastics can be recycled by conventional technology, researchers found that there are other things that can...
How to capture waste heat energy with improved polymers
Jul 11, 2019 (SPX)
Now a team at the University of Massachusetts Amherst led by chemist Dhandapani Venkataraman, "DV," and electrical engineer Zlatan Aksamija, report this month i...
Left out to dry: A more efficient way to harvest algae biomass
Jul 11, 2019 (SPX)
This research has a great potential for the application of producing cleaner, cheaper, and more efficient biofuels, vitamins, and chemicals. In the fight agains...
Total starts production at French biofuel refinery
Jul 10, 2019 (AFP)
The site at La Mede near Marseille is a former oil refinery which has been converted and is now one of the largest biorefineries in Europe. Situated on the shor...
Applying pressure is way toward generating more electricity from waste heat
Jul 01, 2019 (SPX)
In addition to improving the thermoelectric properties of a material, the researchers revealed that the material's thermoelectric properties originate from a tr...
UT study shows how to produce natural gas while storing carbon dioxide
Jul 01, 2019 (SPX)
The study, published June 27 in the journal Water Resources Research, used computer models to simulate what happens when mixtures of carbon dioxide and air are ...
Symbiotic upcycling: Turning 'low value' compounds into biomass
Jul 01, 2019 (SPX)
It works almost like photosynthesis, only that it uses chemical energy instead of light energy. Many animals rely on chemosynthetic bacteria to supply them with...
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