Researchers Developed A Highly Efficient Catalyst That Can Easily Convert Propane Gas Into Hydrocarbons

CHEMISTRY 05.25.2017 09:27 AM

A highly efficient catalyst that converts propane gas into heavier hydrocarbons has been developed by Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. (KAUST) researchers. It significantly speeds up a chemical reaction known as alkane metathesis, which could be used to produce liquid fuels.

Bacteria Can Help Create Organic Fuel Cell: Generating Cleaner Methane Power

05.23.2017 19:16 PM

Scientists have discovered that microbe can help to convert methane directly into electric power, reducing the leak of methane into the atmosphere

One-Dimensional Metallic Material: Scientists Constructed World's Thinnest Nanowire

05.22.2017 02:08 AM

Scientists have developed world’s thinnest metallic nanowire which can be applied in future for minimizing the size of electronic components used in everyday life. The nanowire developed in thinner than a human hair.

Production Of Hydrogen Gas From Ammonia: Carbon-Free Catalyst Discovered

05.21.2017 17:17 PM

The requirement of heat for producing hydrogen from ammonia can now be fulfilled with the help of a newly discovered catalyst by the scientists in Japan.

Scientists Find Nanoscale Process Can Boost Catalytic Performance of Cerium Oxide

05.20.2017 07:49 AM

The performance of the key industrial catalyst, cerium oxide, can be improved significantly using a certain nanoscale processing.

Graphene-Nanotube Hybrid Improves Performance of Lithium Metal Batteries Three Times Better Than Lithium-Ion

05.19.2017 14:16 PM

The performance of lithium metal battery can be improved to three times capacity of the lithium-ion battery using a hybrid of graphene and carbon nanotube.

Fertilizer From Air Production Promoted For Efficiency And Cost-Saving

05.18.2017 13:26 PM

A research has now been developed bringing a positive result. Ph.D. candidate Bhaskar S. Patil created a reactor to make a fertilizer from the air, which is found to be more efficient than the currently available fertilizers.

Liquid-crystal & Bacterial Living Materials Self-organize & Move Together

05.17.2017 19:39 PM

When liquid crystals are blended with bacteria, they form living materials and move in tandem. Liquid crystals, when combined with bacteria, can create living materials and move together.

Scientists Are Surprised To Find Bacteria In Marine Sponge Produces Toxic Fire Retardant Compound

05.13.2017 06:05 AM

The sponges were collected in Guam and following the laboratory analysis, scientists found it produces a toxic compound similar to the artificial fire retardant.

Are Snowflakes Really Uniquely Patterned? Know How These Tiny Ice Crystals Are Formed

05.11.2017 07:11 AM

Can a snowflake have a twin? How do they really form their unique shapes? Find the answers here. A research from turfs University unleashed a new perspective on the beyond the 400-year-old question of the world famous mathematician and scientist Johannes Kepler, how are snowflakes really formed? Kepler has only speculated about the hexagonal shape and the microscopic building blocks of this crystal ice, including the factors behind this phenomenon.

Creating Superconductor At Room Temperature Is Now Possible With Laser Pulses, Reseach Shows

05.11.2017 02:52 AM

Scientists in Italy have found a way to produce superconductivity at room temperature using the laser pulses to interfere the electron interactions

Scientists Find Way To Produce Single-Layer Of Graphene From Ethylene With High-Temperature Process

05.06.2017 14:50 PM

A high-temperature step-by-step process has been able to produce a single layer graphene from ethylene, the simplest hydrocarbon alkene.

Carbon Fiber Composites Recycling: Researchers Develop New Method To Decompose Complex Form

05.04.2017 15:07 PM

The researchers were capable of protecting the carbon fibers as well as the flammable organic substance in a convenient form that could be simply re-utilized.

Polymers Formation: New Approach To Imrpove Strength & Durability

04.30.2017 22:57 PM

Things that are made up of polymers feel, look and act depending on their molecules and atoms which are connected. Researchers tried new techniques to improve the strength of the materials.

Barley Genome Sequencing Finally Completed: Top Class Beer, Whisky May Be On Their Way

04.28.2017 00:12 AM

After long research of some 10 long years, scientists have finally managed to crack down complete sequencing of barley's genome; know more here