The latest project coming to us from LLNL researchers involves natural gas. Their team of scientists has actually found a way to 3D print a polymer that can convert methane to methanol. In a recent paper just published, ‘Printable enzyme-embedded materials for methane to methanol conversion,’ the team of researchers explain how they have been able to break away from more conventional methods of using enzymes for conversion, instead isolating them an embedding them in 3D printed material which then allows the conversion to methanol, with scientists being able to measure just exactly how much. While this is a great breakthrough overall in using 3D printing in the gas industry and for controlling methane emissions, numerous factors still have to be considered, like cost-effectiveness, how to keep the enzymes alive longer, and the use of reductants. Read more at 3DPrint.com: https://3dprint.com/138657/llnl-3dp-convert-methane/