The latest short science news items from C&EN. The new devices run at ambient temperatures and pressures, making them smaller and cheaper than the reactors used to heat amines for CO 2 release.

Humanity has littered the sky with the refuse of fossil fuel use, releasing enough CO 2 to change the planet’s climate. We ...

Amine solvents are the leading technologies for post-combustion capture, but innovation is ongoing The current scale of carbon capture technologies for post-combustion capture, pre-combustion capture, ...

In the face of rising CO2 levels, scientists are searching for sustainable ways of pulling carbon dioxide out of the air, so-called direct air capture. A new type of porous material, a covalent ...

Carbon capture may be the future, so technology development and testing are underway today. Unless something dramatic happens to alter the political landscape within the next few years, it seems all ...

With the increase in international economic exchange, the shipping industry, as the main mode of global trade, has expanded steadily. However, this growth has resulted in a pressing issue: rising ...

Carbon capture is a promising method to help slow climate change. With this approach, carbon dioxide (CO­­ 2) is trapped before it escapes into the atmosphere, but the process requires a large amount ...

HOUSTON & BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Chevron New Energies (CNE), a division of Chevron U.S.A. Inc., announced a lead investment in ION Clean Energy (ION), a Boulder-based technology company ...

Process gas chromatography is one of the most consistent tools supporting the safe, compliant and optimal operation of ...

Capturing and storing the carbon dioxide humans produce is key to lowering atmospheric greenhouse gases and slowing global warming, but today’s carbon capture technologies work well only for ...