Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Aug. 2017

(DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory) New method turns used cooking oil into biofuel with carbon derived from recycled tires; novel technique protects innermost fusion reactor wall from energy created when hydrogen isotopes reach sun-like temps; new catalyst production process doubles output of high-value renewable BTX used in plastics and tires; crystalline thin film vanadium dioxide makes outstanding electrode for lithium-ion batteries.
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - Category: Biology Source Type: news