Tag: University of Wisconsin Madison
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UW–Madison biochemist wins prestigious forestry prize for discoveries that support sustainable energy and product innovations
UW–Madison biochemist wins prestigious forestry prize for discoveries that support sustainable energy and product innovations
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US scientists engineer bacteria to make valuable products from plant fiber
Multitasking microbes: UW–Madison scientists engineer bacteria to make two valuable products from plant fiber
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UW–Madison project combines art, policy and science to plant-based plastics
UW–Madison project combines art, policy and science to create plant-based plastics and benefit marginalized communities
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New recycling process could find markets for ‘junk’ plastic waste
Although many Americans dutifully deposit their plastic trash into the appropriate bins each week, many of those materials, including flexible films, multilayer materials and a lot of colored plastics, are not recyclable using conventional mechanical recycling methods.
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Xuejun Pan receives USDA NIFA funding to develop biodegradable mulch films made from biomass
Xuejun Pan, professor in the Department of Biological Systems Engineering, received $1,000,000 for his project “Biobased, fully soil-biodegradable mulch films prepared from biomass for sustainable bioeconomy” through NIFA’s Sustainable Bioeconomy through Biobased Products program within the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative. It was among 7 projects sharing $6.7 million in funding.
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Plants Producing Aromatics
Altered gene helps plants absorb more carbon dioxide, produce more useful compounds
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Biodegradable Gel Against Cancers and Tumors
Biodegradable gel boosts immune system’s attack on several cancers in mice
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Chemical Recycling by University of Wisconsin Madison
New solvent-based recycling process could cut down on millions of tons of plastic waste
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University of Wisconsin Will Upcycle Plastic Through Pyrolysis
Many of us fastidiously clean and sort our yogurt containers, milk jugs and mountains of other plastic waste each week, getting that packaging ready for the recycling bin. But of the billions of tons of plastics produced between 1950 and 2015, only 9 percent was actually recycled, according to a 2018 study.
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