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17 April 202514 April 2025

Aussie tech helps make bio-oils for greener industrial applications

New Technology PYROCO, developed at RMIT University, uses high temperatures without oxygen to convert treated sewage (biosolids) into a carbon-rich product called biochar, which can act as a catalyst to produce phenol-rich bio-oil

25 August 202322 August 2023

Research tests whether bioplastics break down in Moreton Bay

Australian Research Council Training Centre for Bioplastics and Biocomposites at The University of Queensland is responding to unprecedented growth in demand for bioderived and biodegradable products with more than 10 million tonnes of plastic waste accumulating in oceans each year

7 August 20232 August 2023

Fungi blaze a trail to fireproof cladding

RMIT scientists have shown it’s possible to grow fungi in thin sheets that could be used for fire-retardant cladding or even a new kind of fungal fashion

23 September 202220 September 2022

$813k for ‘breathtaking’ CO2 research

Dr Lei Ge one of 100 mid-career researchers funded through ARC Future Fellowships

14 October 20199 September 2021

Wie die Natur – CO2 mithilfe von Nanopartikeln in Rohstoffe umwandeln

Enzyme nutzen Kaskadenreaktionen, um komplexe Moleküle aus vergleichsweise simplen Rohstoffen herzustellen. Das Prinzip haben Forscher sich abgeschaut

11 April 20176 April 2017

Seaweed: From superfood to superconductor

Researchers have made a seaweed-derived material to help boost the performance of superconductors, lithium-ion batteries and fuel cells

9 March 20168 March 2016

Australian Scientists Are Making Hair Products From Wool Waste

From the shearing shed to catwalk - world stockpiles of waste wool are suddenly in fashion

15 January 201515 January 2015

Research finds salt tolerance gene in soybean

Australian and Chinese scientists have shown how soybean can be bred to better tolerate soil salinity

23 July 20139 September 2021

Fast Swimmers: 10 Algae technologies, where are they in the race for the summit?

Who’s in the lead? Who’s getting traction? Who’s near the summit? Who’s got the oxygen?

23 April 2013

Cardia and University of Sydney explore PPC applications

Research agreement for the development of biodegradable PPC and starch blending-TPS for packaging

29 May 2012