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 ...

Scientists are finding new ways to replace expensive, scarce platinum catalysts with something far more abundant: tungsten ...

I was fascinated by the idea of jet packs when I was a kid. They were sci-fi magic, and the idea that you could strap into an oversized backpack wrapped in tinfoil and fly around was very enticing.

Bayernoil Raffineriegesellschaft mbH successfully revamped two of its three diesel hydrotreaters in preparation for Germany's introduction of ultra low sulfur diesel (ULSD), that is, diesel with a ...

Scientists have developed a catalyst that can curb emissions of nitrogen oxides from diesel-powered vehicles. The team focused on copper-exchanged zeolites, a particular class of catalysts used to ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Researchers have discovered a new reaction mechanism that could be used to improve catalyst designs for pollution control systems to further reduce emissions of smog-causing ...

A mobile reactor to convert waste plastic into fuel, that uses technology developed by an India-born chemist, is soon to make its debut in California in a demonstration project. “Using our efficient ...

Having now reached the deepest parts of the ocean, the plastic pollution problem is calling for some creative solutions. Plastic-eating bacteria or edible alternative materials could help, as could ...

New York, Nov. 19, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "Global Heavy Duty Diesel (HDD) Catalysts Industry" - https://www ...

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bong-su] Amid the emergency in domestic industrial sites caused by China's urea export restrictions, a catalyst capable of converting nitrogen oxides, the main culprit of ...

The spatially resolved capillary inlet MS (SpaciMS) from Hiden Analytical enables both axial and radial species determination and temperature profiles, with high spatial and temporal resolution and ...

A solid catalyst being developed by a cross-disciplinary UK team could allow farmers to produce biodiesel from a variety of plant oils in a single step. Because plant-oil feedstock contains small ...