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July 19, 2021 —The carbon-hydrogen bonds in alkanes -- particularly those at the ends of the molecules, where each carbon has three hydrogen atoms bound to it -- are very hard to 'crack' if you want to ...
June 24, 2021 —Measuring ethane in the atmosphere shows that the amounts of methane going into the atmosphere from oil and gas wells and contributing to greenhouse warming is higher than suggested by the U.S. ...
Feb. 23, 2021 —Alkanes, an important component of fuels for combustion engines and an important class of urban trace gases, react via another reaction pathways than previously thought. These hydrocarbons, formerly ...
June 1, 2023 —使用of short flashes of X-ray light brings scientists one big step closer toward developing better catalysts to transform the greenhouse gas methane into a less harmful chemical. The result ...
May 26, 2023 —A new iron complex has been developed as a catalyst for the oxidation of methane to selectively convert it to methanol. This complex can efficiently oxidize methane by internally trapping methane ...
Oct. 24, 2022 —The mystery of the origin of hydrocarbons found in extraterrestrial environment may finally be resolved, thanks to a technique based on a 13C-13C abundance analysis. By measuring the abundance of ...
Oct. 29, 2020 —A new study confirms the success of a natural-gas leak-detection tool that uses sensors and machine learning to locate leak points at oil and gas fields, promising new automatic, affordable sampling ...
Dec. 22, 2021 —Microorganisms can convert oil into natural gas, i.e. methane. Until recently, it was thought that this conversion was only possible through the cooperation of different organisms. In 2019, a ...
Apr. 12, 2022 —Generating power while purifying the environment of greenhouse gases should be achievable using bacteria. Microbiologists have demonstrated that it is possible to make methane-consuming bacteria ...
Dec. 18, 2020 —Using an unusual, light-dependent enzyme and a newly discovered enzymatic mechanism, researchers have enabled the biological synthesis of high-yield industry relevant production of climate neutral ...