Tag: Northwestern University
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“Single Use Plastics Become Valuable Fuels”: Northwestern Scientists Create Miracle Catalyst That Converts Mixed Garbage Into High Quality Oils Without Sorting Or High Temperatures
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Nature and plastics inspire breakthrough in soft sustainable materials
Biodegradable structures could revolutionize energy, information technologies and advanced medicine
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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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How Waste-Eating Bacteria Digest Complex Carbons
A common environmental bacterium, Comamonas testosteroni, could someday become nature’s plastic recycling center. While most bacteria prefer to eat sugars,…
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Northwestern University Develops New Process to Upcycle Lignin and Plant waste
Biorefinery uses microbial fuel cell to upcycle resistant plant waste. Organic waste turns into antioxidant flavonoids for nutrition and medicine
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New Polymer Nanomembranes for Sustainable Chemistry
Novel synthetic nanomembranes show potential to improve efficiency and sustainability of chemical and pharmaceutical industries
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NorthWestern University Develops Bacteria to Convert CO2 into Chemicals
Carbon-negative production of acetone and isopropanol by gas fermentation at industrial pilot scale
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Converting Used Plastics in Biodegradable Surfactants
With this new science, plastics could see a second life as biodegradable surfactants
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US Develops New Method to Recycle Polyurethanes
Researchers at the University of Minnesota are part of a national team in the Center for Sustainable Polymers that has…
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Revolutionary Technology Breaks Plastic Into Liquid Oil
When Kenneth Poeppelmeier opened the reactor vessel in his lab and saw liquid, he said it was a real “eureka…
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Seminar on Designing With Nanoscale Building Blocks
Danielle Tullman-Ercek, an associate professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Northwestern University, will give a Chemistry…
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