I was visiting an automotive molder last week when our conversation turned to electrification. Big automakers are betting a lot of money on electric vehicles. They're developing new models, better ...

Indianapolis — Plastics automotive parts suppliers will need to be on top of their games in the years ahead to deal with the uncertainties of a changing market. The transition from gasoline to ...

Dr. Byungwook Hwang's research team from the CCS Research Department at the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) has successfully developed a process that applies the circulating fluidized bed ...

A hundred metric tons of innovative fuel pellets derived entirely from biogenic and plastic waste material—which would otherwise be bound for a landfill—have been successfully produced, marking a ...

The truth about plastic placed in recycling bins is that most ends up in landfills. Converting the energy stored in plastic into electricity via waste-to-energy power plants offers a beneficial option ...

A research team led by Dr. Chong-Pyo Cho from the Energy Convergence System Research Department at the Korea Institute of Energy Research (President: Yi Chang-Keun, hereinafter referred to as KIER) ...

Researchers have discovered a new method by which a catalyst can be used to selectively burn one molecule in a mixture of hydrocarbons -- compounds made of hydrogen and carbon atoms. For the first ...

Waste plastic oil derived from the thermal degradation of discarded polymers presents an emerging alternative to conventional diesel fuel. Through controlled pyrolysis, mixed or single‐type plastic ...

Due to its exceptional properties, graphene is now added to a wide range of plastics. The carbon-based material improves, for instance, the conductivity and stability of composites. Empa researchers ...