Tag: University of Minnesota
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New Catalysts Could Make Acrylics from Corn Cheaper than Fossil Equivalent
Chemical researchers discover catalyst to make renewable paints, coatings and diapers
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Bio-Based Products Are Gaining Momentum
Propelled by government investment and shareholder demand, manufacturers are pushing to get bio-based products into the marketplace. These new materials — made from plants, fungi, and microbes — aim to replace those that contain toxins and are difficult to recycle or reuse.
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UBC Reseachers on Marine Deoxygenation
Ancient marine deoxygenation events highlight the fragility of our oceans’ biochemical cycles
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New Catalyst Strategy for Bio Chemicals
A team of researchers from the U.S. National Science Foundation Center for Sustainable Polymers based at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have developed a chemical technology of combined fermentation and chemical refining that can produce petroleum-like liquids from renewable plants
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Lakril Technologies to Convert Lactic Acid to Bio Acrylics
Låkril Technologies Launches Business to Convert Lactic Acid to Sustainable Bio-based Acrylics
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NRRI Patents Two Bio Binders from Waste
NRRI patents two bio-based binders from waste resources
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US Army Invests in Bioindustrial Manufacturing And Design Ecosystem
U.S. Department of Defense awards $87.5 million to create a new Manufacturing Innovation Institute sited at the University of Minnesota
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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 found a better way to recycle a versatile plastic material, called polyurethanes, that could prevent the material from becoming waste.
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Sustainable Polymers Center Gets NSF Renewal Grant
Plastic may be an artificial hodgepodge of organic and synthetic elements, but Geoffrey Coates’ admiration for the material is very real.
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USDA-NIFA funds University of Tennessee for Plastics Development from Lignin
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) coordinate and co-fund the Integrated Bio-refinery Optimization (IBO) program.
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