Carbon-plated running shoes may not be for everyone or every type of run. As Coach Kelvin put it, "Super shoes are designed for faster paces and often feel sloppy and unstable at slower paces." ...

This paper describes a highly enantioselective epoxidation of α,β-unsaturated esters using the fructose-derived ketone 2 as catalyst and Oxone as oxidant. High ee's have been obtained for a number of ...

Employing chiral organic bases allowed us to realize efficient desymmetrizations using carbon nucleophiles, such as 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds, cyanoacetates, and oxindoles. These reactions, performed ...

Carbon monoxide—that invisible, odorless silent killer—could be a risk in your hotel room. Unfortunately there’s no real way of knowing how protected you are unless you take precautions.

Earth’s atmosphere now has more carbon dioxide in it than it has in millions — and possibly tens of millions — of years, according to data released Thursday by the National Oceanic and ...

The Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) abrupt termination of 24 previously awarded projects—including four prominent power-related carbon capture projects— will rescind $3.7 billion in ...

Shell has cut its plans for low-carbon investment to $3.5 billion annually from $5.6 billion, and TotalEnergies is maintaining its spending of $5.0 billion in 2025. Projects are progressing.

Breakthroughs by private enterprises and facilitating the outbound reach of Chinese companies are the highlights at this year's Shanghai International Carbon Neutrality Expo in Technologies ...

The carbon cost of airfreighting food. Globally, transport emissions account for just six percent of food’s carbon footprint on average. But “when 1kg of produce is moved, a mile by air ...

The sugar found in fruit such as apples and oranges can be converted into a new type of low-carbon fuel for cars, US scientists have said. The fuel, made from fructose, contains far more energy than ...