Researchers can produce methane from captured CO2 and renewable hydrogen, paving the way for cheaper synthetic natural gas. Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed a method to convert captured…

Extracting CO2 from the atmosphere is one of the most effective ways to reverse climate change without relying on expensive technologies, complicated tax schemes, or denying billions of people access to the energy they require…

The Sicán civilization was one of Peru’s most important pre-Incan civilizations. Most information of the Sicáns has been lost for 700 years, but ornate gold artifacts discovered in graves reveal much of what we do…

Biofuels are derived from living organisms or the waste they generate. Plants are used to produce ethanol, one of the most common biofuels. The plant material used is the edible part of the plant, such…

Honeywell International Inc. claims to have developed a commercially viable method for converting low-grade plastic waste into oil suitable for feeding into a refinery. Over the last 50 years, the world has generated approximately six…

Marie-Antoinette, France’s last queen remains a symbol of controversy and fascination 228 years after her execution. There are many misunderstandings about her, the most famous of which being that she stated, “let them eat cake,”…

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2021 has been awarded to Benjamin List and David MacMillan “for the creation of asymmetric organocatalysis” by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The prize money of 10 million…

Scientists and business leaders in Germany are collaborating to develop what they hope will be the first viable market for a carbon-neutral version of the kerosene that already powers most modern aircraft. The science is…

According to a study published in the journal Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition, solar parks could reduce land surface temperature by up to 2.3 degrees Celsius. As more countries pledge to achieve net-zero carbon emissions,…

Engineers developed a new type of battery by combining two promising battery sub-fields into a single battery. The battery incorporates a solid-state electrolyte as well as an all-silicon anode, resulting in a silicon all-solid-state battery.…