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MIT Engineers Develop Crude Oil Separation Process Cutting Carbon Pollution by 90%

2025-06-20

Chemical engineers at MIT have invented a novel crude oil separation process promising to slash harmful carbon pollution by up to 90%. The current method, using heat to separate crude oil into gasoline, diesel, and heating oil, contributes roughly 1% of global energy consumption and 6% of CO2 pollution. The MIT team's innovation employs a polymer membrane acting like a sieve, separating crude oil components based on size and shape, similar to reverse osmosis in water desalination. Addressing previous challenges of membrane swelling, they modified the membrane's chemical bonds to improve hydrocarbon permeability. This breakthrough offers a significant leap towards more efficient and cleaner oil processing, and opens doors for applying similar membrane technologies to other complex organic mixtures.

Biomass Satellite: Precisely Measuring Forest Carbon Storage to Combat Climate Change

2025-05-11

The European Space Agency and Airbus have developed the Biomass satellite, the first of its kind to directly measure forest carbon storage using P-band radar. Overcoming previous limitations of indirect measurement, Biomass uses its P-band radar to penetrate the canopy and precisely measure carbon stored in trunks and large branches, providing crucial data for assessing the impact of climate change. While the satellite's radar must be switched off over North America and Europe to avoid interference, its data collection in regions like the Amazon rainforest will fill critical information gaps, informing climate policy. This is vital in combating global warming by reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide levels.