WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.— The United Nations estimates that more than 8 million tons of plastics flow into the oceans each year, but a new chemical conversion process could turn that waste into clean ...

The danger of the ever-increasing levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in Earth's atmosphere has become one of the most pressing issues of our age. As such, much research has been conducted to find ways not ...

Chinese scientists have developed an industrial pathway for converting carbon dioxide directly into jet fuel using an ...

Researchers at MIT and Harvard University have developed an efficient process that can convert carbon dioxide into formate. Formate, in its liquid or solid form can be used to power a fuel cell and ...

New research has resulted in a greater understanding of how the Haber-Bosch process converts nitrogen to ammonia. For the past 100 years, the Haber-Bosch process has been used to convert atmospheric ...

Bloomington, Ind. — A joint study conducted by E-Certa Inc. and Sanmina-SCI shows it's possible to re-use lead- (Pb) containing parts by converting them to Pb-free for use in consumer-grade ...

Instead, the process chemicals needed to convert the white phosphorus are recyclable. "Economic factors still stand in the way of industrial application of the process, however a rethink is currently ...