Carbon nanotubes are closing the gap on copper conductivity

Carbon nanotubes are one technology that many observers believe hasn't quite lived up to the extreme hype that surrounded ...

Alameda brewery pulls CO2 out of the air to carbonate its beer

A few weeks ago, the brewery launched Flow on tap and in cans. It's the first commercial beer on the planet carbonated with ...

Bay Area brewery taps into the air to make beer that's better for the environment

Almanac Beer Company in Alameda is the first brewery in the world to carbonate its beer by capturing carbon dioxide from the ...

Carbon nanotube wiring gets closer to competing with copper

Relevant to this last application, the doping doesn’t alter the durability of the (very tough) carbon nanotube fibers. They ...
Chemistry World

Water-based membrane waves through carbon dioxide, blocks other gases

A thin water layer stabilised by hydrophilic nanopores can facilitate carbon dioxide separation. The new membrane shows better selectivity and permeability than state-of-the-art materials, with a ...
C&EN

A ‘molecular fence’ helps turn carbon dioxide into fuel

Converting carbon dioxide to hydrocarbons could become a cleaner alternative to producing fossil fuels. Now, a team of researchers in China has envisioned a strategy using “molecular fences” to trap ...
Nature

Schrödinger’s carbon’: The misclassification of carbon capture and storage as standard mitigation

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has a central role in decarbonization pathways (see Nature https://doi.org/qwnf; 2025). It tends to be portrayed as a cost-effective ...
Reuters

Carbon capture edges forward despite cost challenge

Industry Insight from Reuters Events, a part of Thomson Reuters. Pockets of carbon capture projects are emerging in U.S. and Europe as developers capitalize on surging power demand and public funding ...