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New Material Converts Toxic Pollutant into Useful Industrial Chemicals

Whenever fossil fuels are burnt, they release a harmful pollutant. Now, an international group of researchers has developed a new, sophisticated material that captures this pollutant from the exhaust gas stream and changes it into valuable industrial chemicals using just air and water.

25 Nov 2019

Analyzing Economic Viability of Fractionation Processes to Produce Bioethanol

With over 200 commercial plants processing more than 16 billion gallons annually, the United States is the world’s leading producer of bioethanol as a renewable liquid fuel.

5 Nov 2019

Researchers Discover New Technique to Produce Carbon-Neutral Fuels

If the thought of flying on battery-powered commercial jets make people nervous, they can now relax a bit, thanks to a recent discovery.

18 Sep 2019

New Study Could Help Develop More Efficient, Affordable Algae-Based Biofuels

Researchers from Rutgers University have found how diatoms—a kind of alga that can generate 20% of the atmospheric oxygen—are able to use solar energy for photosynthesis.

14 Aug 2019

Combination Technique can Improve the Conversion of Biofuels

Fuels developed from forestry or agricultural wastes are called lignocellulosic biomass. Such fuels have traditionally been a champion in the search for reducing the use of fossil fuels.

5 Aug 2019

New Approach can Electrochemically Reduce Carbon Dioxide to Methane

An increasing number of researchers are searching for rapid, cost-effective methods to transform carbon dioxide gas into useful chemicals and fuels.

5 Aug 2019

Biochemical Method for Converting Alkanes into Liquid Fuel

Recently, the bioconversion of natural gas into liquid fuel has gained increasing interest as a favorable approach. However, the selective hydroxylation of methane—the key component of natural gas—has been one of the crucial challenges for the research community.

1 Aug 2019