This module uses transportation fuels as the theme to connect the organic concepts of hydrocarbon structure, intramolecular forces and physical properties to green and sustainable chemistry. The ...

Earlier in 2006, I wrote about research in the areas of biorenewable fuels and chemicals production in Environmental Protection magazine. 1 However, literally every day new reports come out regarding ...

In approximately 5 billion years, the sun will deplete its hydrogen fuel and collapse under its own gravity, becoming a white dwarf. Though Earth-sized, this dense remnant will retain much of the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract An investigation has been conducted to determine the relative magnitude of the various factors that cause changes in combustion phasing (or ...

The workshops of molecular machinists seem to be growing louder by the year. You can almost hear the imaginary whirring of their nanoscale devices, accompanied by an anvil chorus of tiny but ...

In June, the U.S. Department of Energy made an announcement that seemed fairly banal — it set aside $100 million this year to fund 22 new Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) and renew several ...

Millions of metric tons of plastic are produced each year and in reality, very little of it is recycled. But what if there were more ways of turning this waste into something valuable, such as new ...

EPA deems perchlorate levels safe, but advocacy group says public is at risk. April 3, 2009— -- When a parent puts a bottle of baby formula to a child's lips, the parent might not know exactly ...

What every rocket designer wants for Christmas is a new and better fuel so that his birds can blast off with extra energy. What every chemical engineer in the business is trying to do is play Santa ...