#Fuel

Joseph Shavit

May 21, 2022

AI helps drivers avoid idling at red lights and reduces carbon emissions

No one likes sitting at a red light. But signalized intersections aren’t just a nuisance for drivers; vehicles consume fuel and emit gases.

Joseph Shavit

May 6, 2022

Lunar soil has the potential to generate oxygen and fuel

Soil on the moon contains active compounds that can convert carbon dioxide into oxygen and fuels, scientists in China report.

Joseph Shavit

Apr 6, 2022

Meet the man with Britain’s lowest fuel bill as he drives the world’s smallest car

Alex became the proud owner of the world's smallest car - an adorable blue Peel P50 - after seeing Jeremy Clarkson drive one on Top Gear.

Joseph Shavit

Feb 14, 2022

New technology converts carbon dioxide into methane fuel with light

If carbon dioxide could be converted into energy, it would be killing two birds with one stone in addressing the environmental issues.

Joseph Shavit

Nov 23, 2021

How sugar-loving microbes could help power future cars

It sounds like modern-day alchemy: Transforming sugar into hydrocarbons found in gasoline. But that’s exactly what scientists have done.

Joseph Shavit

Nov 12, 2021

Chemists discover new way to harness energy from ammonia

A new way to convert ammonia to nitrogen gas through a process that could be a step toward ammonia replacing carbon-based fuels.

Joseph Shavit

Oct 30, 2021

A Mars colony could be a hydrogen factory, providing propellant for the inner solar system

Mars is a potential source of what is sure to be one of the most valuable elements in the space economy—hydrogen.

Joseph Shavit

Oct 28, 2021

Making Martian rocket biofuel on Mars

Researchers have developed a concept that would make rocket fuel on Mars, that could be used to launch future astronauts back to Earth.

Joseph Shavit

Sep 24, 2021

Carbon dioxide reactor makes Martian fuel

Engineers are developing new ways to convert greenhouse gases to fuel to address climate change and get astronauts home from Mars.