Catalytic routes to hydrocarbons underpin the production of fuels and chemical feedstocks from diverse carbon sources, including fossil-derived syngas, biomass and carbon dioxide. Central to these ...

Researchers used platinum and aluminum compounds to create a catalyst which enables certain chemical reactions to occur more efficiently than ever before. The catalyst could significantly reduce ...

Despite the wide disparity of views among experts about remaining recoverable hydrocarbon resources and the timing of peak production of conventional reserves, certain trends are not in dispute: Crude ...

Methane, a greenhouse gas that contributes significantly to global warming, is also an important source of energy and an essential chemical resource. When used as a chemical feedstock, methane is ...

The paradigm of global energy is shifting as Japanese researchers successfully demonstrate what sounds like modern alchemy: ...

A team of researchers at the Center for Catalytic Hydrocarbon Functionalizations, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS, South Korea), have designed a novel strategy to synthesize ring-shaped ...

Organometallic compounds tend to marry metals with aromatic hydrocarbons so that the metal sits above or below the carbon-based group’s flat plane and interacts with the hydrocarbon’s p orbitals. The ...

Tiny copper 'nano-flowers' have been attached to an artificial leaf to produce clean fuels and chemicals that are the backbone of modern energy and manufacturing. Tiny copper 'nano-flowers' have been ...

Atmospheric CO 2 levels have increased as a result of anthropogenic activities. This rise has contributed to global warming, ocean acidification, and the degradation of ecosystems. Addressing this ...

A 3D model of a sheet of hydrocarbon chains that form a honeycomb pattern. Each side of the honeycomb contains three benzene rings with short linkers between them. A new covalent organic framework is ...

In nature, organic molecules are either left- or right-handed, but synthesizing molecules with a specific "handedness" in a lab is hard to do. Make a drug or enzyme with the wrong "handedness," and it ...