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Natural gas surges 20% on expectations for colder-than-usual January on the East Coast

A chimney from the Linden Cogeneration Plant is seen in Linden, New Jersey. Kena Betancur | View Press | Corbis News | Getty Images Natural gas futures prices surged on Monday, hitting a new 52-week high following reports of a colder-than-usual temperature outlook for January. Natural gas February futures rose nearly 19% during the session […]

Science

From gas storage to next-gen electronics

Illustration of the main topics of this review. Credit: SmartMat (2024). DOI: 10.1002/smm2.1309 A recent study shines a spotlight on the development of covalent organic frameworks (COFs), particularly imine-linked varieties. Known for their tunable structure and remarkable stability, imine-linked COFs are set to revolutionize industries ranging from gas capture to advanced electronics. By focusing on […]

Science

‘Living’ ceramics utilize bacteria for gas sensing and carbon capture

Living porous ceramic for carbon capture and gas sensing. Credit: Advanced Materials (2024). DOI: 10.1002/adma.202412555 A team of materials scientists and chemists at ETH Zürich has developed a way to make “living” ceramics that can detect small amounts of formaldehyde and capture carbon dioxide from the air. In their project, reported in the journal Advanced […]

Science

Enormous black hole napping after eating a ton of gas

You’ve likely been there–snoozing on the couch after a large or decadent meal. A similar phenomenon is being observed with a black hole detected in the early universe. Using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) a team of scientists detected a black hole that is laying dormant after consuming too much matter. The sleepy […]

Politics

Supreme Court to decide if California zero-emissions goal can be challenged

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court opened the door Friday for a potential challenge to California’s long-standing authority to set stricter emissions limits for new vehicles, including its “zero emissions” goal for 2035. The justices voted to hear an appeal from oil and bio-fuel producers who sued the Environmental Protection Agency, arguing it had given California too […]