A new electrocatalyst called a-CuTi@Cu converts carbon dioxide (CO2 ) into liquid fuels. As reported by a team of Chinese researchers in the journal Angewandte Chemie, active copper centered on an amorphous copper/titanium ...
Materials Science
Nov 15, 2021
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Sometimes, doing things close to home may be more feasible than doing them on a grand scale, even if they cost a bit more. This may be the case for controlling carbon emissions, according to a team of researchers who looked ...
Environment
Sep 15, 2021
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NASA completed an engine test firing of its moon rocket Thursday, after the first attempt in January ended prematurely.
Space Exploration
Mar 19, 2021
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Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have discovered a way to convert the methane in natural gas into liquid methanol at room temperature.
Materials Science
Feb 19, 2021
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Scientists at Japan's Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) are leading efforts to synthesize stronger and efficient materials for hydrogen fuel cell membranes. Most fuel cells currently on the market employ ...
Polymers
May 13, 2020
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A research team led by North Carolina State University has engineered a new catalyst that can more efficiently convert ethane into ethylene, which is used in a variety of manufacturing processes. The discovery could be used ...
Materials Science
Apr 24, 2020
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What do you see in the picture above? Merely a precisely-drawn three-dimensional picture of nanoparticles? Far more than that, nanotechnologists will say, due to a new study published in the journal Science. Whether a material ...
Nanomaterials
Apr 2, 2020
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Making methanol just got a lot easier, now that chemists at Yale have opened up a new electron highway.
Materials Science
Nov 28, 2019
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Fuel cells are pollution-free power sources that convert chemical energy to electricity with high efficiency and zero emissions. Fuel cell cars, trucks, and buses would allow people to travel long distances with convenient ...
Materials Science
Aug 15, 2019
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Norwegian aviation executives like to joke among themselves that when God created aviation, he was thinking of Norway.
Environment
Nov 20, 2018
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