Agricultural waste is often seen as a disposal problem, but new research suggests it could be a powerful tool for climate ...

A joint research team has developed a technology to produce high-value-added plastic raw materials called dicarboxylic acids ...

Kevin A. Schug receives funding from the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes for Health, ExxonMobil, and Weaver Consultants Group. He is affiliated with VUV Analytics, Inc. and ...

For this project, the researchers found a way around both of these obstacles and developed a highly selective, energy-efficient, and catalyst-free pyrolysis method that can convert plastic into ...

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Last year, I became obsessed with a plastic cup. It was a small container that held diced fruit, the type thrown into lunch boxes. And it was the ...

While wind energy is becoming one of the fastest-growing energy sources in the world, wind turbine blade waste emerges as a critical issue. Addressing this, Lithuanian researchers have developed an ...

The growing emphasis on reducing the carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel-based power plants has increased the importance of harnessing clean and renewable sources such as wind to generate energy ...

Methods that don't employ a catalyst, though, tend to have low rates of converting the waste into products of use. For this project, the researchers found a way around both of these obstacles and ...