Researchers have found that manganese, an abundant and inexpensive metal, can be used to efficiently convert carbon dioxide ...

Elon Musk wants to turn one of humanity’s biggest problems into the fuel for its boldest journey. Instead of treating carbon ...

Scientists have created a device that captures carbon dioxide and transforms it into a useful chemical in a single step. The ...

Turning carbon dioxide from a climate liability into a practical fuel has long been a chemist’s moonshot. Now a new generation of catalysts is pushing that vision closer to reality, flipping CO2 into ...

Carbon dioxide levels keep climbing, even after years of promises to cut emissions. At the same time, plastic waste pours ...

This new technology turns everyday carbon emissions into a useful chemical—right at the source, even from thin air.

Jesús Velázquez, assistant professor of chemistry and Louise Berben, professor of chemistry are taking part in a new program to research converting carbon dioxide to fuels and chemicals. The project, ...

According to the scientists, the process does not convert carbon dioxide directly into jet fuel, but into “basic chemical building blocks” that can be used for low-emissions fuels and other ...

Rice University's Pulickel Ajayan and team have discovered a method to convert carbon dioxide into methane using copper-based catalysts. The process uses electrolysis and catalysts created by placing ...

The production of hydrocarbons occurs through two intermediates formed on the surface of the silver electrode to produce useful hydrocarbons like ethylene, ethane, propylene, and propane. Converting ...

The new system simplifies carbon recycling by combining carbon removal and conversion into a single process, reducing energy use and complexity that have hindered previous methods, offering a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ian writes on fossil energies, climate, and transition to renewables. This article is more than 3 years old. The smoke stacks at ...