News tagged with refined petroleum products
One Sponge-Like Material, Three Different Applications
May 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new sponge-like material that is black, brittle and freeze-dried (just like the ice cream astronauts eat) can pull off some pretty impressive feats. Designed by Northwestern University chemists, it can ...
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Alternative fuels may drain dwindling water supplies
Oct 20, 2008 |
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As the search for new fuels intensifies, researchers in Texas report that switching to certain alternative fuels to power cars, trucks, and SUVs may require the use of much more water than conventional petroleum-based gasoline ...
US petroleum dependency factor of history
Feb 14, 2009 |
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When the Drake Oil Well in Titusville, Pennsylvania began seeping crude oil 150 years ago, humanity allowed itself to become engulfed in the ecology of oil, according to a Penn State environmental historian. Now in the midst ...
Greenhouse gas emissions set to rise as new sources for transport fuel are used
Dec 07, 2006 |
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The use of low-quality sources of petroleum, such as tar sands, will dramatically raise global greenhouse gas emissions according to a new study.
Extreme makeover chemistry style
Jun 16, 2009 |
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In revisiting a chemical reaction that's been in the literature for several decades and adding a new wrinkle of their own, researchers with Berkeley Lab and the University of California (UC) Berkeley have ...
Microbial cleaning of pollution is refined
Oct 19, 2005 |
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University of Massachusetts-Amherst scientists say strategies using microbes to clean polluted sites are becoming more refined due to gene sequencing.
Net energy -- a useless, misleading and dangerous metric, says expert
Aug 09, 2007 |
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As oil becomes scarce, the world needs new transportation fuels. As new fuel options develop we need means of assessing which are most effective at replacing petroleum. So far many scientists have used a measure called ‘net ...
Military action to influence oil-producing nations ineffective, expert says
Mar 26, 2008 |
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There is another inconvenient truth about finite resources and human behavior on Planet Earth, an expert on international security and energy says. Trying to influence oil supply with military force in the ...
Researchers Investigate Supercritical Method of Converting Chicken Fat and Tall Oil into Biodiesel
Dec 19, 2007 |
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Chemical engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have investigated supercritical methanol as a method of converting chicken fat into biodiesel fuel. The new study also successfully converted ...
Microbes in mud flats clean up oil spill chemicals
Mar 30, 2009 |
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Micro-organisms occurring naturally in coastal mudflats have an essential role to play in cleaning up pollution by breaking down petrochemical residues. Research by Dr Efe Aganbi and colleagues from the University of Essex, ...
Toys made of liquid wood
Dec 02, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Most plastics are based on petroleum. A bio-plastic that consists of one hundred percent renewable raw materials helps to conserve this resource. Researchers have now optimized the plastic ...
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