16 May 202410 May 2024 Researchers offer US roadmap to close the carbon cycle The experts from several DOE laboratories present a United States-based perspective for achieving net-zero carbon emissions
7 March 20232 March 2023 Neuer Katalysator erleichtert das Upcycling, das Recycling und den biologischen Abbau von Einwegkunststoffen Revolutionärer Durchbruch: Der Katalysator verwandelt Motoröl, Plastik und Erdgas in nachhaltige Materialien
31 January 202326 January 2023 New hybrid catalyst could help decarbonization and make ethylene production more sustainable Ames Laboratory scientists together with others from several Universities developed a way to use carbon dioxide as a feedstock powered by electricity
28 February 202228 February 2022 Ein “relativ einfacher” Durchbruch macht den Zugriff auf gespeicherten Wasserstoff effizienter Neuer Katalysator extrahiert Wasserstoff einfach und effizient aus Wasserstoffspeichern
A “fairly simple” breakthrough makes accessing stored hydrogen more efficient New catalyst extracts hydrogen from hydrogen storage materials easily and efficiently
4 November 202130 October 2021 LLNL researchers turn to bioengineered bacteria to increase U.S. supply of rare earth metals To help increase the U.S. supply of rare earth metals, a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) team has created a new way to recover rare earths using bioengineered bacteria
10 May 202118 June 2021 With this new science, plastics could see a second life as biodegradable surfactants The process has the potential to create more sustainable and economically favorable lifecycles for plastics
2 November 20201 November 2020 A first-of-its-kind catalyst mimics natural processes to break down plastic and produce valuable new products While plastics recycling is not new science, current processes don’t make it economically worthwhile
10 September 20209 September 2021 New Nitrogen Assembly Carbon catalyst has potential to transform chemical manufacturing he scientists performed experiments with a type of heterogeneous catalyst in which the design and placement of nitrogen on the carbon surface greatly influenced the catalytic activity of the material
20 October 201720 October 2017 Surrounded by potential: new science in converting biomass Scientists at Ames Laboratory are experimenting with chemical reactions that decompose lignin models at low temperatures and pressures
30 May 201625 May 2016 Solving the biomass puzzle A group of researchers at Iowa State University and the U.S Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory hope to develop the pieces of the biomass puzzle
23 February 201615 February 2016 Iowa State engineers develop hybrid technology to create biorenewable nylon The process “opens the door to the production of a broad range of compounds not accessible from the petrochemical industry"
25 August 20149 September 2021 New catalyst converts carbon dioxide to fuel UIC researchers found way to directly reduce CO2 to syngas without secondary gasification process
9 August 2012 Ames Laboratory: Finding new research frontiers in a single cell New technique yields never-before-seen information critical to biofuels research
6 January 2011 Iowa State, Ames Lab researcher developing bio-based polymers that heal cracks Researchers to develop encapsulating techniques that work with biorenewable polymers
