7 March 20232 March 2023Neuer Katalysator erleichtert das Upcycling, das Recycling und den biologischen Abbau von EinwegkunststoffenRevolutionärer Durchbruch: Der Katalysator verwandelt Motoröl, Plastik und Erdgas in nachhaltige Materialien
31 January 202326 January 2023New hybrid catalyst could help decarbonization and make ethylene production more sustainableAmes 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 2022Ein “relativ einfacher” Durchbruch macht den Zugriff auf gespeicherten Wasserstoff effizienterNeuer Katalysator extrahiert Wasserstoff einfach und effizient aus Wasserstoffspeichern
A “fairly simple” breakthrough makes accessing stored hydrogen more efficientNew catalyst extracts hydrogen from hydrogen storage materials easily and efficiently
4 November 202130 October 2021LLNL researchers turn to bioengineered bacteria to increase U.S. supply of rare earth metalsTo 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 2021With this new science, plastics could see a second life as biodegradable surfactantsThe process has the potential to create more sustainable and economically favorable lifecycles for plastics
2 November 20201 November 2020A first-of-its-kind catalyst mimics natural processes to break down plastic and produce valuable new productsWhile plastics recycling is not new science, current processes don’t make it economically worthwhile
10 September 20209 September 2021New Nitrogen Assembly Carbon catalyst has potential to transform chemical manufacturinghe 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 2017Surrounded by potential: new science in converting biomassScientists at Ames Laboratory are experimenting with chemical reactions that decompose lignin models at low temperatures and pressures
30 May 201625 May 2016Solving the biomass puzzleA 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 2016Iowa State engineers develop hybrid technology to create biorenewable nylonThe process “opens the door to the production of a broad range of compounds not accessible from the petrochemical industry"
25 August 20149 September 2021New catalyst converts carbon dioxide to fuelUIC researchers found way to directly reduce CO2 to syngas without secondary gasification process
9 August 2012Ames Laboratory: Finding new research frontiers in a single cellNew technique yields never-before-seen information critical to biofuels research
6 January 2011Iowa State, Ames Lab researcher developing bio-based polymers that heal cracksResearchers to develop encapsulating techniques that work with biorenewable polymers
