The quantum rules shaping molecular collisions are now coming into focus, offering fresh insights for chemistry and materials science. When molecules collide with surfaces, a complex exchange of ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Although it is less abundant than carbon dioxide, methane gas contributes disproportionately to global warming because it traps more heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide, due to ...

By recycling the gases passing through a pyrolysis reactor, researchers have demonstrated a more efficient way to convert ...

Scientists discovered deep Arctic methane mounds that release gas, shape ecosystems, and inform climate risks.

Several situations, including when takeaway capacity is limited at remote oil-well sites, result in methane flaring. To avoid ...

You send all that light out, you get it back, and you can tell what’s in the air.” Because the light absorption frequency is different for each gas, a molecule of nitrogen, which makes up 79% of the ...

The technical name for these organisms is methanotrophs and they are actually quite common in nature. They can only get the energy they need to survive and grow from methane or methanol – they can’t ...

When it comes to greenhouse gasses, people tend to zero in on CO 2, which is responsible for the majority of global warming. But then there’s methane, which has driven about 30% of climate change, ...