Category: R&D and Technology
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Strengthening of polymer composites with an addition of Ashoka seeds and Eggshell powder particles
Strengthening of polymer composites with an addition of Ashoka seeds and Eggshell powder particles
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Chinese scientists have created a fireproof and waterproof alternative to glass
Chinese scientists have created a fireproof and waterproof alternative to glass
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Development of technology for producing bioplastics from agricultural and food byproducts by the World Institute of Kimchi
Development of technology for producing bioplastics from agricultural and food byproducts by the World Institute of Kimchi
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Assessment of open cell bio-based flexible polyurethane composites on mechanical, thermal and electrical properties for futuristic applications
Assessment of open cell bio-based flexible polyurethane composites on mechanical, thermal and electrical properties for futuristic applications: An Initiative towards net-zero carbon emissions
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NT/ A machine learning-based approach to discover nanocomposite films for biodegradable plastic alternatives
NT/ A machine learning-based approach to discover nanocomposite films for biodegradable plastic alternatives
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New bioplastic material absorbs contaminants from water, decomposes into fertiliser
New bioplastic material absorbs contaminants from water, decomposes into fertiliser
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‘Balik Scientist’ creates bioplastic packaging from plant waste
‘Balik Scientist’ creates bioplastic packaging from plant waste
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Synthesis of bio-based polyimine networks with flame-retardancy, acid-degradablility, and reprocessability
Synthesis of bio-based polyimine networks with flame-retardancy, acid-degradablility, and reprocessability
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Bacteria for climate-neutral chemicals of the future
Bacteria for climate-neutral chemicals of the future
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Biodegradable polymers from lignocellulosic biomass and synthetic plastic waste: An emerging alternative for biomedical applications
Biodegradable polymers from lignocellulosic biomass and synthetic plastic waste: An emerging alternative for biomedical applications
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Highly cited researcher Prof. Yong Sik Ok’s groundbreaking work in sustainable plastic management
Highly cited researcher Prof. Yong Sik Ok’s groundbreaking work in sustainable plastic management
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Fellowships support student research on compostable cutlery, sustainable solutions, and shorebird conservation
Fellowships support student research on compostable cutlery, sustainable solutions, and shorebird conservation
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Japanese Team Create Biodegradable Plastic Fit For Industrial Use
Japanese Team Create Biodegradable Plastic Fit For Industrial Use
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Enhancing photocatalytic destruction of lignin via cellulose derived carbon quantum dots/g-C3N4 heterojunctions
Enhancing photocatalytic destruction of lignin via cellulose derived carbon quantum dots/g-C3N4 heterojunctions
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A microbial plastic factory for high-quality green plastic
Microbial Platform for Tailor-made Production of a Biodegradable Polylactide Modifier: Ultrahigh-Molecular-Weight Lactate-Based Polyester LAHB
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Promotion of levoglucosan production from biomass pyrolysis by hydrogen peroxide pre-oxidation
Promotion of levoglucosan production from biomass pyrolysis by hydrogen peroxide pre-oxidation
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Emerging role of waste lignin-derived materials for energy storage
From Waste to Watts: Emerging role of waste lignin-derived materials for energy storage
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Development of a biodegradable packaging with antimicrobial properties from cassava starch by incorporating Ocimum tenuiflorum extract
Development of a biodegradable packaging with antimicrobial properties from cassava starch by incorporating Ocimum tenuiflorum extract
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Effect of polydimethylsiloxane on the structure and barrier properties of starch/PBAT composite films
Effect of polydimethylsiloxane on the structure and barrier properties of starch/PBAT composite films
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Orthotropic mechanical properties of PLA materials fabricated by fused deposition modeling
Orthotropic mechanical properties of PLA materials fabricated by fused deposition modeling
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Strain engineering of Bacillus coagulans with high osmotic pressure tolerance for effective L-lactic acid production from sweet sorghum juice under unsterile conditions
Strain engineering of Bacillus coagulans with high osmotic pressure tolerance for effective L-lactic acid production from sweet sorghum juice under unsterile conditions
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Down-conversion luminescence nanocomposites based on nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots@bioplastic for applications in optical displays, LEDs and UVC tubes
Down-conversion luminescence nanocomposites based on nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots@bioplastic for applications in optical displays, LEDs and UVC tubes
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Researchers Crack Sugarcane’s Complex Genetic Code
Researchers Crack Sugarcane’s Complex Genetic Code
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Gadung starch for bifunctional purposes: Wastewater treatment by photocatalytic systems and bioplastic production
Gadung (Dioscorea hispida Dennst) starch for bifunctional purposes: Wastewater treatment by photocatalytic systems and bioplastic production
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Researchers Develop Biodegradable Plastic Than Won’t Leave Microplastics Behind
Research shows plant-based polymers can disappear within seven months
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New CELF process can turn waste lignin into useable fuels, chemicals
Economics and global warming potential of a commercial-scale delignifying biorefinery based on co-solvent enhanced lignocellulosic fractionation to produce alcohols, sustainable aviation fuels, and co-products from biomass
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KTH Scientists turn food waste into plastic-free diapers and sanitary pads
KTH Scientists turn food waste into plastic-free diapers and sanitary pads
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Promising environmental degradation of PISOX polyesters
Promising environmental degradation of PISOX polyesters
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US EPA approves pro-oxidant additives (OXO) bioplastics technology (FREE)
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued an important Report into pro-oxidant masterbatches which in its own words “could significantly reduce the persistence of plastic pollution without creating undesired by-products.” This is a FREE article
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Computational Models Can Accelerate and Scale Up Biomass Conversion
Simulations of biomass compression-screw feeding using a compressible non-Newtonian constitutive model
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Super-tough PLA blends via tunable dynamic vulcanization of biobased polyurethanes
Super-tough polylactic acid blends via tunable dynamic vulcanization of biobased polyurethanes
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Microalgae from Umeå can be used to produce bioplastic
Microalgae from Umeå can be used to produce bioplastic
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Embrace Sustainable Plastic Technologies And Don’t Be Obsessed With Recycling, Says Symphony Environmental (FREE)
A recent report from the Centre for Climate Integrity claims it has uncovered shocking insights into how the plastics industry deceived the public for decades and contributed to the plastic waste crisis. This is a FREE article
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Strategy to enrich cyanobacteria PHB-producers
Photosynthetic species composition determines bioplastics production in microbiomes: Strategy to enrich cyanobacteria PHB-producers
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Selective production of phenolic monomer via catalytic depolymerization of lignin over cobalt-nickel-zirconium dioxide catalyst
Selective production of phenolic monomer via catalytic depolymerization of lignin over cobalt-nickel-zirconium dioxide catalyst
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Linden-based mucilage biodegradable films: A green perspective on functional and sustainable food packaging
Linden-based mucilage biodegradable films: A green perspective on functional and sustainable food packaging
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Tinder Fungus: Revolutionary Biodegradable Plastic Alternative Discovered
Tinder Fungus: Revolutionary Biodegradable Plastic Alternative Discovered
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NREL Researchers Produce First Macromolecular Model of Plant Secondary Cell Wall
Answers to Macromolecular Puzzle Hold Key to More Efficient Utilization of Biomass for Fuels, Chemicals, and Materials
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New Research Pathway Uses Renewable Electricity to Produce Formic Acid from Carbon Dioxide
This technology was developed in the BETO-funded CO2RUe consortium mission and can be used to produce sustainable aviation fuel.
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Digimarc Accelerates the Global Fight Against Plastic Pollution
Digimarc Corporation, the pioneer and global leader in digital watermarking technologies, today announced the wide availability and easy accessibility of Digimarc Recycle following successful pilots and testing in multiple countries worldwide.
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High performance renewable bioplastic developed with acetylated xylan
New blend of renewable bioplastic based on starch and acetylated xylan with high resistance to oil and water vapor
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Three unexpected foods in alternatives to traditional plastics
Future alternatives to fossil fuel-based plastics could be hiding in kitchen cabinets and waste bins. Researchers are looking to foodstuffs as starting ingredients for polymer-based materials, including coffee grounds, tomato peels and gluten.
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Advanced artificial photosynthesis catalyst uses CO2 more efficiently to create biodegradable plastics
An innovative and more efficient way to produce fumaric acid that not only reduces carbon dioxide emissions, but also reuses waste resources to make biodegradable plastics
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DOE to Fund Mixed Algae and Wet Waste Feedstocks R&D for Bioproducts
Department of Energy Issues Notice of Intent to Fund Mixed Algae and Wet Waste Feedstocks R&D for Biofuels and Bioproducts
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Intensified Continuous Flow Process for the Scalable Production of Bio-Based Glycerol Carbonate
Intensifying the production of high-value compounds from industrial waste
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Researchers engineer bacteria that convert plastic into Spider Silk
For the first time, researchers have used bacteria to “upcycle” waste polyethylene
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Catalytic Combo Converts CO2 to Solid Carbon Nanofibers
Tandem electrocatalytic-thermocatalytic conversion could help offset emissions of potent greenhouse gas by locking carbon away in a useful material
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WUSL Research on plastic alternatives
A team of researchers in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis has established the Synthetic Biology Manufacturing of Advanced Materials Research Center (SMARC) to create an integrated education, research and innovation ecosystem enabled by the convergence across multiple disciplines and research areas.
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Northwestern University develops catalyst that degrades Nylon in minuites
Durable plastic pollution easily, cleanly degrades with new catalyst. Fishing nets, carpet, clothing break down without leaving harmful byproducts behind
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Investigation of structure-property relationship of lignin as a carbon catalyst precursor
Doctoral candidate Daria Robertson embarked on a 12-week research collaboration with Imperial College London UK (ICL) to advance the production of a carbon catalyst from lignin, a by-product of industries like pulp and biofuel.
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A Novel Strategy for Extracting White Mycelial Pulp from Fruiting Mushroom Bodies
Researchers successfully extract mycelial fibers from fruiting bodies of mushrooms without destroying their microsized mycelial structures.
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Novel Chemical Recycling System for Vinyl Polymers of Cyclic Styrene Derivatives
Researchers propose a new strategy for obtaining monomer precursors via depolymerization of cyclic α-substituted styrene-based vinyl polymers
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Reimagining Polymers and Their Environmental Implications
The increased production of plastic materials owing to high demand for domestic and industrial purposes has led to a massive increase in plastic waste. Governments all over the world are devising effective plans to reduce environmental pollution, specifically caused by plastics and microplastics.
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The dawn of aqueous deep eutectic solvents for lignin extraction
The application of aqueous deep eutectic solvents (ADESs) for lignin valorization has garnered significant attention in recent years
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Sulzer launches SULAC™ – a new technology for PLA production
Sulzer enhances its leadership in biopolymers and circularity with its new process solution – SULAC™ .
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Researchers Combine Biopolymers Derived From the Ocean to Replace Synthetic Plastic Films
Hierarchically reinforced biopolymer composite films as multifunctional plastics substitute
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Researchers develop biodegradable polymers that are traceable without toxic contrast agents
New Biodegradable Polymers Traceable Without Toxic Contrast Agents
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ICIQ researchers describe a more sustainable process to recycle biobased polycarbonates
Researchers from ICIQ describe a circular process to recycle polycarbonates, a specific polymer often used in plastic applications, using less chemicals and user-friendly conditions
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Chemist Unlocks Plastic Alternatives Using Proteins and Clothing Scraps
Challa Kumar has developed methods to create novel plastic-like materials using proteins and fabric
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Algae-Based Manufacturing System Uses Co2 To Create Eco-Friendly Plastic
Biodegradable plastics made from sustainable sources and CO2 are one step closer to reality thanks, in part, to a Mizzou Engineer’s expertise in bioprocesses and bioproducts.
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Japan Develops stronger, stretchier, self-healing plastic
Japan: Scientists develop self-healing, stronger and partially biodegradable plastic
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Using Plant Sugars To Generate Biofuels and Bioproducts
Engineered enzymes that modify grass plants could make the conversion of plant sugars to biofuels more efficient.
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Sumitomo Chemical to produce propylene from ethanol
Sumitomo Chemical to Establish a New Environmentally-Friendly Process for Producing Propylene Directly from Ethanol: Starting Construction of a Pilot Facility for Demonstration of the Technology as a Green Innovation Fund Project
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Essentra invests in new global Centre of Excellence to test the future of sustainable plastics manufacturing
Essentra, a leading provider of essential components and solutions, has created a new Centre of Excellence at its manufacturing and distribution site and UK headquarters in Kidlington to test and develop new materials that will in turn enable it to offer even more sustainable product ranges globally for its customers.
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New biobased recyclable polyesters exhibiting excellent tensile properties beyond polyethylene and polypropylene
Accelerating research and development on sustainable polymers enabled by synthesis using high-performance catalyst
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Massachussets researchers devise way to turn plastic into fuel (video)
One group of researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute has come up with a groundbreaking way to turn that plastic into fuel and it could be a game changer when it comes to cleaning up our oceans.
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The role of switchgrass in the bioeconomy
Research on Panicum virgatum, a species native to North America commonly known as switchgrass, and the big role it could play in a more sustainable future.
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New Pipeline Makes Valuable Organic Acid from Plants — Saving Money and Emissions
In a breakthrough for environmentally friendly chemical production, researchers at the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) have developed an economical way to make succinic acid, an important industrial chemical, from sugarcane.
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Bionaphtha for plastics: a building block toward sustainability
Bionaphtha, a co-product in biodiesel or sustainable aviation fuel production, is set to see a growing market in Europe and Asia, spurred by bioplastics demand and fuel blending mandates.
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Pyrowave Introduces Nanopurification Technology
A revolutionary short-loop chemical recycling innovation to remove toxic additives and contaminants in plastics
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New recycling technology deconstructs mixed plastics
Selective deconstruction of mixed plastics by a tailored organocatalyst
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Transforming plastic waste into detergents with dirty process
Our plastic waste can be used as raw material for detergents, thanks to an improved catalytic method
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New model to help valorize lignin for bio-based applications
Quantitative prediction of the solvent fractionation of lignin
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Coca-Cola announces second partnership to explore CO2 upcycling technology
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) has today announced an investment into cutting-edge carbon conversion research, with the potential to create more sustainable packaging materials.
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Enerkem and Technip Energies Partner on Circular Chemicals
Enerkem and Technip Energies Join Forces on Waste-to-Biofuels and Circular Chemicals Technology Deployment
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Chemical recycling of polycarbonates reaches a major milestone (FREE)
Robust process developed on a laboratory scale. Pilot-scale technical implementation starts. Recycled monomer can be used for the production of polycarbonate. This is a FREE article
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Nexam Chemical receives another patent in recycling – Creates new opportunities to recycle polyethylene (FREE)
Nasdaq First North-listed Nexam Chemical – which invents, develops, produces and sells additives to the plastics industry worldwide – has been informed that the European Patent Office will approve a second important patent in Reactive Recycling™ technology. This is a FREE article
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Transforming flies into degradable plastics (FREE)
This article was published on the ACS American Chemical Society website. This is a FREE article
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Researchers use enzymes to develop a new class of materials for biocatalytic processes
Industrial biocatalysis with enzymes is deemed to be a “game changer” in the development of a sustainable chemical industry. Enzymes can be used to synthesize an impressive range of complex molecules, including pharmaceutical substances, under environmentally compatible conditions.
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Polystyrene upcycling
Polystyrene, a prominent polymer utilized in plastic tableware and insulating materials, has been extensively employed but poses recycling challenges. In a breakthrough study published in the journal Angewandte Chemie, a group of researchers from the United States has successfully devised a thermochemical method, facilitating the retrieval of valuable chemicals from discarded polystyrene in a straightforward…
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Bio- and chemocatalysis combined for green chemistry
Chemist Professor Dr. Harald Gröger of Bielefeld University is a pioneer in the field of so-called one-pot chemoenzymatic synthesis. The concept describes the performance of several reactions without separation steps in one reactor, combining conventional chemocatalysts and environmentally friendly biocatalysts (enzymes).
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Self-healing plastic becomes biodegradable
Konstanz chemists develop mineral plastics with numerous positive properties from sustainable basic building blocks and, together with biologists, demonstrate the material’s excellent microbiological degradability.
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Physicists Discover an Exotic Material Made of Bosons
Take a lattice — a flat section of a grid of uniform cells, like a window screen or a honeycomb — and lay another, similar lattice above it.
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Harnessing synthetic biology to make sustainable alternatives to petroleum products
Visolis, founded by Deepak Dugar SM ’11, MBA ’13, PhD ’13, is working to decarbonize the production of everything from rubber to jet fuel.
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IFF Pioneers Designed Enzymatic Biomaterials Technology Platform to Deliver Sustainable Biopolymers
IFF today announced the launch of its new-to-the-world Designed Enzymatic Biomaterials (DEB) technology for the development of biobased materials at scale.
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Opportunity for Chemicals and Fuels From Carbon Dioxide: Researchers Assess Roadblocks for Industrial Deployment of CO2 Electrolysis
Barriers and opportunities for the deployment of CO2 electrolysis in net-zero emissions energy systems
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The Science Behind Bioplastics: Understanding the Materials and Processes
Bioplastics have emerged as a promising alternative to traditional petroleum-based plastics, offering a more sustainable and environmentally friendly option for a wide range of applications. As the world grapples with the ever-growing problem of plastic pollution, understanding the science behind bioplastics is crucial for their successful development and implementation.
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Addressing Rigor and Reproducibility in Thermal, Heterogeneous Catalysis
Achieving ChemCatBio’s mission of accelerating catalyst and process development relies on rigorously collected and reproducible catalytic data. However, the best practices for collecting, processing, and reporting catalytic data can be difficult to find and are rarely assembled in a single location. In addition to establishing catalytic research best practices, the report collects valuable reference material…
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Archaic equation helps scientists control CO2 transformations
To manage atmospheric carbon dioxide and convert the gas into a useful product, Cornell scientists have dusted off an archaic – now 120 years old – electrochemical equation. The group aims to thwart the consequences of global warming and climate change by applying this long-forgotten idea in a new way.
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Solinatra and ATMI IGI Partner on Bioplastics Center of Excellence
Solinatra and ATMI IGI are pleased to announce the launch of a new Center of Excellence, in Surakarta, Indonesia.
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PepsiCo Launches Compostable Packaging R&D Center
Frito-Lay and Quaker Open New Industry-Leading Greenhouse Learning Center to Fast-Track Sustainable Packaging Innovation — RETHINKING MATERIALS Innovation and Investment Summit – May 16-17, London. 10% discount with code BPN10
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Johnson Matthey and Perstorp Partner on Sustainable Methanol
Johnson Matthey technology chosen to produce sustainable methanol for Perstorp Group’s Project Air
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University of Sydney Develops New Method for CO2 Capture and Conversion
Researchers double efficiency of CO2 conversion method
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DOE Announces $156 Million for Applied Research and Development Projects to Drive Industrial Decarbonization
The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy announced a $156 million funding opportunity that will advance high impact applied research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) projects to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the U.S. industrial sector.
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The Barta Group Novel Lignocellulose Valorisation Concepts and Innovative Synthesis Pathways
Embracing complexity in renewable resources enables a more sustainable chemical industry
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MIT Develops New Method for CO2 Removal from Seawater
A new method for removing the greenhouse gas from the ocean could be far more efficient than existing systems for removing it from the air.
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A newly developed catalyst makes single-use plastics easier to upcycle, recycle and biodegrade
Researchers created a new catalyst that transforms hydrocarbons into chemicals and materials that are higher value, easier to recycle, and biodegrade in the environment.
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