Traditional techniques of converting fossil fuels for heat and power generation and chemical production increase the carbon ...

Florida State University researchers have discovered a pathway within a certain type of molecule that limits chemical ...

New chemical reactor efficiently makes propylene from shale gas. Hydrogen gas separation allows for higher propane pressures and more propylene production. A plant producing 500,000 metric tons of ...

A study reveals that cells produce excess heat as a 'tax' for maintaining chemical reactions far from equilibrium for ...

Hydrogen cyanide, a toxic chemical, may have helped spark the chemistry that led to life. When frozen, it forms crystals with ...

Important everyday products—from plastics to detergents—are made through chemical reactions that mostly use precious metals such as platinum as catalysts. Scientists have been searching for more ...

A new way to make an important ingredient for plastics, adhesives, carpet fibers, household cleaners and more from natural gas could reduce manufacturing costs in a post-petroleum economy by millions ...

A research project conducted by the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung shows how biomass can be used as a raw material ...

Reaction engineering plays a vital role in chemical transformations where raw materials are converted into value-added products such as fuels, commodity chemicals, and pharmaceuticals. Like many other ...