News An Air-Quality Monitor You Take with You Startup Chemisense is developing a wearable chemical sensor that could help asthma sufferers avoid attacks. by Rachel Metz 2014-08-18T00:00:00-04:00
Sustainable Energy Want Cheap Biofuel? A Startup Makes It with Natural Gas Virent says supplementing biomass with fossil fuel could increase yields and lower costs. by Kevin Bullis 2012-01-17T00:00:00-05:00
Sustainable Energy To Survive, Some Biofuels Companies Give Up on Biofuels Companies such as Gevo hope to become profitable by turning corn into chemicals. by Kevin Bullis 2011-12-21T00:00:00-05:00
Sustainable Energy Khosla Biofuel IPO Draws Doubters As yet another biofuels company prepares for a stock offering, some wonder if the company is worthy of going public at all. by Antonio Regalado 2011-05-06T00:00:00-04:00
Business Impact Natural Gas to Chemicals Virus-based nanowires are the key to making valuable chemicals out of methane, says Siluria. by Peter Fairley 2010-09-16T00:00:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines Introducing the Electromagnetic Bazooka A technique borrowed from acoustics could lead to a super-powerful amplifier of microwave radiation. by Christopher Mims 2010-06-07T00:00:00-04:00
Sustainable Energy From Biomass to Chemicals in One Step A startup’s catalytic process converts biomass directly into components of gasoline. by Katherine Bourzac 2010-03-29T00:00:00-04:00
Sustainable Energy Bacteria Make Diesel from Biomass Newly engineered E. coli streamline the conversion of cellulose into fuel. by Katherine Bourzac 2010-01-28T00:00:00-05:00
Sustainable Energy A New Way to Make Useful Chemicals from CO2 A copper-based catalyst helps turn the gas into antifreeze and household cleaners. by Kevin Bullis 2010-01-15T00:00:00-05:00
Rewriting Life Nanofibers Power Attoscale Chemistry A new way to perform experiments using just thousands of molecules. by Katherine Bourzac 2009-03-10T00:00:00-04:00