Formic acid is also a major byproduct of acetic acid manufacture. Formic acid has a wide range of uses: in leather tanning, as a decalcifier and cleaning product, as a chemical reducing agent, as a ...

A researcher at AIST, in collaboration with the University of Tsukuba, has developed a highly efficient method for the direct formic acid synthesis from carbon dioxide and hydrogen.

Formic acid is nontoxic and easy to store. Because formic acid can be generated catalytically from CO2 and biomass-derived hydrogen, the cycle is CO2 neutral in principle.

A research group has developed an engineered E. coli strain that converts formic acid and CO2 to pyruvate and produces cellular energy from formic acid through reconstructed one-carbon pathways.

Formic acid, which can be produced electrochemically from carbon dioxide, is a promising energy carrier. A research team has now developed a fast-charging hybrid battery system that combines the ...

Woodland ants fire jets of formic acid into the air to ward off aerial predators when they feel threatened in a forest in Dorset. 17 March 2014 • 2:55pm .

On top of that, formic acid occurs naturally in some plants and ants, but it can also be manufactured easily on an industrial scale. All the CO2 created in the process of turning the formic acid ...