Formic acid is the simplest carboxylic acid. Its discovery in the distillation products of ants is usually attributed to English scientist John Gray in 1671, although there is evidence that a Samuel ...

With the goal of achieving a carbon-neutral society and eliminating greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, efforts are accelerating to utilize hydrogen as a key energy source. To achieve this goal, the ...

All the CO2 created in the process of turning the formic acid-based hydrozine is used in the energy production process, making it a net zero-emissions fuel source.

A group of students from Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands are debuting the world's first formic acid bus.

To explore the hypothesis that formic acid concentrations in urine can be a biomarker of Alzheimer's disease, the researchers recruited almost 600 subjects at various stages of cognitive decline.

Ants use their own acid to disinfect themselves and their stomachs. A team has found that formic acid kills harmful bacteria in the animal's food, thereby reducing the risk of disease. At the same ...

A method for the depolymerization of oxidized lignin under mild conditions in aqueous formic acid is described that results in more than 60 wt% yield of low-molecular-mass aromatics.

Woodland ants fire jets of formic acid into the air to ward off aerial predators when they feel threatened in a forest in Dorset ...

Methyl formate, a clear, volatile liquid, is the simplest carboxylate ester. It can be made in the lab by the acid-catalyzed esterification of formic acid and methanol. Industrially, it is produced by ...

Researchers develop efficient paired electrolysis system to produce formic acid from CO₂ and methanol feedstocks by Liu Jia, Chinese Academy of Sciences Editors' notes ...

The bus has an electric drive system, developed by bus builder VDL, that receives additional power from the formic acid fuel cell system mounted in a range-extender trailer, towed behind.