7 August 202530 July 2025 Scientists repurpose old solar panels to convert CO₂ exhaust into valuable chemicals A team of chemists from Yokohama National University, Electric Power Development Co., Ltd. and the Renewable Energy Research Center at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) recently decided to tackle two waste problems—excess CO2 emissions and decommissioned solar panels—in the pursuit of creating value-added organic chemicals
10 July 20249 July 2024 Melanin from Cuttlefish Ink as a Sustainable Biomass Resource Researchers investigate the potential of naturally sourced melanin in the sustainable synthesis of biopolymers
25 August 202323 August 2023 Bayreuther Forscher verwandeln Kartoffelchipstüten in energiesparende Kühlfolien Forscher unter Leitung des Bayreuther Physikochemikers Prof. Dr. Markus Retsch haben jetzt ein Upcycling-Verfahren entwickelt, das derartigen Folien eine innovative Zweitverwendung ermöglicht
Bayreuth researchers turn potato chip bags into energy-saving cooling films Researchers led by Bayreuth-based physical chemist Prof. Dr. Markus Retsch have now developed an upcycling process that gives such films an innovative second use
23 August 202321 August 2023 MSU School of Packaging researchers make a sustainable plastic more compostable Researchers led by Rafael Auras in the Michigan State University School of Packaging have shown how to make a bio-based polymer compostable in both home and industrial settings
