IMAGE: This artistic view of the Earth’s interior shows hydrocarbons forming in the upper mantle and transported through deep faults to shallower depths in the Earth’s crust. The inset shows a… Click ...

We discovered that Dicrateria rotunda (D. rotunda), a species of Haptophyte, can synthesize hydrocarbons equivalent to petroleum (saturated hydrocarbons with a carbon number ranging from 10 to 38). No ...

Researchers have successfully converted sawdust into building blocks for gasoline. Using a new chemical process, they were able to convert the cellulose in sawdust into hydrocarbon chains. These ...

2-Methylbutane, commonly known as isopentane, is a branched-chain, saturated hydrocarbon. It has two structural isomers, pentane and neopentane. Branched alkanes constitute the largest group of ...

THE optical properties of hydrocarbons, such as the refractive index and the magneto-optical rotating power, are controlled by absorption frequencies in the far ultra-violet region of the spectrum.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 14, No. 11 (Nov. 15, 1928), pp. 857-864 (8 pages) ...

This is science at its best: When I was growing up, the only practical use for sawdust was to soak up vomit, but thanks to scientists at a Belgian university who developed a new chemical process, that ...

The fully saturated hydrocarbon backbone of EPDM rubber results in outstanding weatherability, ultraviolet stability and low/high temperature resistance. Therefore, EPDM rubber has been established as ...