Researchers have created an iron-based catalyst that controls methane’s extreme reactivity, opening the door for natural gas ...

Professor Kotohiro Nomura's research group at Tokyo Metropolitan University has developed an efficient method for the ...

Natural gas—one of the planet's most abundant energy sources—is primarily composed of methane, ethane, and propane. While it ...

A groundbreaking catalyst has been unveiled by scientists, enabling the direct conversion of methane into bioactive compounds ...

Dr. Ali Er, associate professor of physics at Western Kentucky University, has been awarded a Petroleum Research Fund grant ...

The soft plastic water bottle next to your monitor, the hard-plastic dash in your car, and the range of other plastics surrounding you are a combination of unique materials mixed to achieve properties ...

Supported catalysts are systems in which the active catalytic materials, such as metals, are dispersed on a solid support ...

Engineers rely on catalysts for a vast array of applications from food manufacturing to chemical production, so finding efficient, environmentally friendly catalysts is an important avenue of research ...

A team has developed new chemical compounds that make catalysts more efficient. With their electronic and spatial properties, the new class of what are known as phosphine ligands ensures that ...

(Nanowerk News) A team led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers has invented a groundbreaking new catalyst technology that converts renewable materials like trees and corn to the key ...