A new kind of methane reactor is promising something that has long sounded too good to be true: turning fossil gas into clean hydrogen while locking the carbon away in valuable nanotubes instead of ...

Catalysts are the hidden engines of modern manufacturing, directly involved in more than 80% of chemical processes. However, ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — An international team, led by Penn State’s Institute of Energy and the Environment Director Bruce Logan, has developed a new reactor design that efficiently converts carbon ...

Boilers are a major source of greenhouse gas emissions. In a recent study, researchers developed a method to convert CO2 emissions from small boilers into methane, which makes use of an optimized ...

Scientists in the US have accidentally discovered a new way to produce graphene oxide ...

Photograph of a floating catalyst chemical vapor deposition reactor. Recycling gases through this floating catalyst chemical vapor deposition reactor offers a more efficient route to making carbon ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. Conclusion: Together with reduced carbon dioxide emissions, rapid and sustained ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Scientists from the University of Cambridge have developed a new reactor that converts natural gas (a common energy source primarily composed of methane) into two highly valuable resources: clean ...