Transforming gas into fuels with better alloys
(PHYSorg.com Chemistry)

Technological advances in oil and gas well stimulation over the past decade now allow for the production of natural gas from shale gas trapped in rock formations underground. With the sudden increase in the availability of shale gas, scientists have regained interest in carbon-hydrogen (C-H) activation, the process of breaking C-H bonds from gases such as methane to form chains of hydrocarbons that can be used as fuel.