A new containerized system developed for the U.S. Air Force will produce aviation fuel from thin air and electric power, anywhere in the world. AIRCO has just announced a contract to deliver the first ...

Converting petroleum into fuels involves crude chemistry first invented by humans in the 1800s. Meanwhile, bacteria have been producing carbon-based energy molecules for billions of years. Which do ...

Scientists use iron-based catalyst to overcome barriers in chemical process, bringing tech closer to industrial reality ...

Aviation uses about 100 billion gallons of jet fuel each year, and finding a cleaner alternative that works on a large scale has been a challenge, especially without relying on used cooking oil. Now, ...

A complex and compact arrangement of pipes and vessels is in a space with a steel-grating floor. AirCo plans to duplicate its Brooklyn, New York, pilot plant (shown) as a field-deployable CO 2-to-fuel ...

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — Near signs that warn of radioactive risk at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a half-dozen workers from the nuclear power company X-energy are making what appear to be gray billiard ...

The big picture: Most hydrogen production still relies on natural gas. However, a new technique that uses only sunlight and water could allow humanity to move away from using fossil fuels to produce ...

A new generation of fuels could power planes and ships without warming the planet. CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex. — The tangle of pipes at this industrial plant doesn’t stand out in this city built around the ...