Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Carbon-neutral aviation, a term that sounds like science fiction, might be around the corner. For decades, soaring across the sky ...

Researchers at Caltech recently devised a new solar-powered method for jet fuel production. By prompting the required chemical reactions through a "photothermocatalytic reactor," the process of making ...

Why it matters: At 100 billion gallons and counting, global aviation fuel consumption has a huge carbon footprint. The industry aims to shift to 100% renewable fuel, and research is bringing it closer ...