The biggest challenge to limiting climate change to 2°C, the upper target of the 2015 Paris agreement, is this: methane ...

The quantum rules shaping molecular collisions are now coming into focus, offering fresh insights for chemistry and materials science. When molecules collide with surfaces, a complex exchange of ...

Discover how the latest CCC Carbon Budget masks flawed science and misguided policies that could undermine the economy and farming livelihoods.

Figure 1. Mechanism for photocatalytic conversion of methane to ethanol. In advancing sustainable energy solutions, an ...

The Republican crusade against a fee that would impose penalties on oil and gas companies for planet-warming emission leaks ...

A recent study reveals that methane emissions could unexpectedly boost ozone layer recovery, particularly in the Arctic and ...

Scientists have revealed how quantum interference and symmetry dictate molecular behavior in collisions with gold surfaces, offering new insights into molecular interactions. The findings can have ...

A new study published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences sheds light on the complex relationship between methane emissions ...

In the quantum world, every state of a molecule has a specific symmetry, and transitions between states must follow strict symmetry rules. If two states of a methane molecule had incompatible ...

EPFL researchers, with colleagues in Germany and the United States, developed a method to simplify this process. They ...