As a biofuel, ethanol has drawbacks. Conventional engines and infrastructure can corrode when exposed to it. The alcohol can absorb water from the air, reducing its already low energy density and ...

A startup specializing in carbon-negative artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure powered by renewable energy systems has ...

A University of Maine engineer and his research team have discovered a revolutionary new chemical process that can transform forest residues, along with other materials such as municipal solid waste, ...

With pyrolysis, organic material is 'cracked' in a few seconds by heating it in the absence of oxygen. The UT is specialized in the pyrolysis of biomass such as wood, straw, grass and algae. Fuels and ...

Come August, negotiators will congregate in Geneva for yet another round of talks on hammering out a Global Plastics Treaty, under the aegis of the United Nations Environment Programme. They will pick ...

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras have developed a microwave process to produce biofuel from plastic waste, rice straw and sugarcane bagasse. A team of three researchers led by ...

14 million motor vehicles are scrapped in the EU each year, representing an enormous waste problem. Seventy-five percent of a modern car is composed of ferrous and non-ferrous metals, which are ...