As a greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide (CO 2) contributes to climate change as it accumulates in the atmosphere. One way to reduce the amount of unwanted CO 2 in the atmosphere is to convert the gas into ...

Turning waste carbon into useful products is a vital part of sustainable manufacturing. Recycling carbon dioxide creates ...

Some of the thinnest materials known to humankind -- MXene and MBene compounds -- may provide solutions to scientists in their quest to curb the effects of global warming. These substances are only a ...

A joint research team has developed a new electrochemical catalyst that promotes the conversion from carbon dioxide (CO 2) to ethylene (C 2 H 4). Through joint efforts led by Professors Dae-hyun Nam ...

The idea of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to turn back the clock on climate change is an appealing one. Can these technologies deliver on their promise? By Eden Weingart The world has a ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, Chinese scientists have developed a novel technology that not only combats climate change but also produces the powerful antioxidant lycopene, known for its ...

Watch a Cornell ice hockey game at Lynah Rink and you'll spend three periods looking at—or rather, through—a methacrylate, a type of polymer used widely in paints, adhesives and glass substitutes. But ...

The window to prevent catastrophic climate change is closing. Concentrations of planet-warming carbon pollution in the air are at their highest level in more than 2 million years – and the world has ...

Where would carbon-based life be without carbon? There are 118 known chemical elements, but carbon is the fourth most abundant and perhaps the most important to human life. Everywhere you look, ...