At the start of the new year, nuclear chemists Hiromitsu Haba and Kouji Morimoto slide precisely 119 Japanese yen into the collection box at their local shrine. They are seeking good fortune in their ...

Why it matters: The periodic table organizes elements by atomic number and properties, making it a powerful tool for predicting reactivity and bonding tendencies. Learning made easier: Interactive ...

Scientists have engineered a highly selective catalyst that can convert methane, a major component of natural gas, into methanol, an easily transportable liquid fuel, in a single, one-step reaction.

Abstract: Pseudo-periodic signals are frequently encountered in modern scientific and engineering applications. Most current signal modeling methods focus on strictly periodic signals, and they may ...

Researchers at Northwestern University in the US have successfully produced methanol from methane gas using a lightning plasma in glass tubes. The achievement demonstrates that the potential for ...

A landfill in Chile. An oil well in Turkmenistan. A coal mine in China. These are among the world’s biggest sources of planet-warming methane, identified in a new analysis by the United Nations ...