People often muse over catching lightning in a bottle, and what an amazing feat it would be. But have you ever wondered what comes next if we do it? Well, researchers at Northwestern University have ...

Chemists have been searching for efficient catalysts to convert methane—a major component of abundant natural gas—into methanol, an easily transported liquid fuel and building block for making other ...

Methanol has wide-ranging potential as a cleaner fuel for powering advanced automobiles or producing plastic materials or other chemicals, and recently we're seeing how the production side of things ...

An international team of researchers, led by scientists at the University of Manchester, has developed a fast and economical method of converting methane, or natural gas, into liquid methanol at ...

New research detailed in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences describes a recent development in the process of methane conversion. The researchers from the University of ...

Scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory developed a highly selective catalyst that converts methane to methanol in a single, low-temperature step, potentially simplifying industrial processes.

ROCKLEDGE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--M2X Energy, a startup company with process technology that converts stranded natural gas into low-carbon methanol, and SCG Chemicals (SCGC), a leading petrochemicals ...

Researchers have discovered a way to convert the methane in natural gas into liquid methanol at room temperature. Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have discovered a way to convert the ...

Finding a method for large scale, inexpensive transformation of methane into methanol is like turning lead into gold, according to Tom Cundari, a Regents Professor of chemistry at the University of ...

Chemists have been searching for efficient catalysts to convert methane into methanol. Adding water to the reaction can address certain challenges, but it also complicates the process. Now a team has ...

Studies of a common catalyst suggest strategies for improving the conversion of a natural gas component to useful chemicals Chemists have been searching for efficient catalysts—substances that speed ...