Chang Liu is in the Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery and the Department of SICU, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710061, China. Ernst and colleagues ...

Methanol is metabolized into the natural gas methane by many microbes living under Earth’s surface, but its source has been unclear. It emerges that some bacteria convert formate molecules into ...

Warming temperatures may cause methane emissions from wetlands to rise — by helping methane-producing bacteria thrive. Higher temperatures favor the activity of wetland soil microbes that produce the ...

Scientists are exploring a bacteria that consumes methane to produce biodegradable plastics. Called Methylocystis suflitae, the bacteria offers a dual win for climate and sustainability as it brews ...

A groundbreaking catalyst has been unveiled by scientists, enabling the direct conversion of methane into bioactive compounds ...

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McFadden, PhD, is an associate professor of dairy cattle biology in the Department of Animal Science at Cornell University. He studies dairy cattle nutrition and the efficiency of milk production ...

Molten Industries is working to ensure electric vehicle batteries are made in the U.S. The Oakland, California-based startup, which produces graphite and hydrogen, raised $25 million in a Series A ...

The findings are important because methane is over 25 times more powerful than carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas. Arctic lakes are already major natural methane sources globally, but the processes ...