Petrochemicals – News and Features

Researchers are investigating a car fuel comprised of a liquid that is converted to hydrogen by a solid catalyst. The used liquid is then emptied from the tank and charged with hydrogen.

A new study finds that the lack of metabolic responses to salinity may explain why some freshwater insects often struggle in higher salinity, while other freshwater invertebrates (like mollusks and crustaceans) thrive.

A new study published by a University of New Mexico scientist with colleagues from across the U.S. warns that water from many wells and community water systems contains unsafe levels of toxic contaminants, exposing millions to health risks.

Scientists have developed a technology that uses an exceptionally efficient organocatalyst to allows the conversion of a conventionally unrecyclable mixture of plastic waste into useful chemicals.

Scientists hoping to make bio-based manufacturing more renewable and carbon-neutral have developed a new workflow that combines CRISPR gene editing and computational models of microbial gene expression and enzyme activity.

Researchers have developed a "lab-on-a-drone" that can detect and analyze pollutants, such as hydrogen sulfide, while on the wing.

The Demand.ninja model, created by researchers at Imperial College London and TU Delft, was designed to show how the weather influences hourly energy consumption in buildings.

Although plastics have been marketed as recyclable, the reality is that nearly 90% of plastic waste ends up in landfills. Researchers showed that table salt can outperform much more expensive materials being explored to help recycle plastics.

According to researchers, if global warming reaches or exceeds two degrees Celsius by 2100, it is likely mainly richer humans will be responsible for the death of roughly one billion mainly poorer humans over the next century.

In countries such as Peru, it’s not uncommon for people who live in foggy areas to hang up nets to catch droplets of water. These droplets then trickle down the mesh and are collected to provide water for drinking, cooking and washing.