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27 March 202525 March 2025

Solar-powered device captures carbon dioxide from air to make sustainable fuel

Researchers have developed a reactor that pulls carbon dioxide directly from the air and converts it into sustainable fuel, using sunlight as the power source

26 February 202524 February 2025

Tiny copper ‘flowers’ bloom on artificial leaves for clean fuel production

Tiny copper ‘nano-flowers’ have been attached to an artificial leaf to produce clean fuels and chemicals that are the backbone of modern energy and manufacturing

Wenn Sonnenlicht Kohlenwasserstoffe erzeugt

Forscher aus Cambridge und Berkeley haben eine Methode entwickelt, mit der sich Kohlenwasserstoffe allein durch Sonnenlicht herstellen lassen. Mithilfe spezieller Katalysatoren und Perowskit-Solarzellen verwandelt das System CO2 in nützliche Chemikalien. Dies könnte die Abhängigkeit von fossilen Rohstoffen deutlich verringern

31 January 202527 January 2025

European Research Council Proof of Concept awards for 2 AMBER Researchers

Both projects will utilise MXene, an emerging 2D material with the rare combination of properties which is considered as the building block of the future materials and device

22 January 202516 January 2025

Anorganische und Biokatalysatoren reduzieren gemeinsam CO2

In einer hybriden Kaskade wird aus klimaschädlichem CO2 wieder wertvolles Methanol. Ein internationales Forschungsteam hat gezeigt, wie das funktioniert

19 January 202317 January 2023

Solarbetriebenes System wandelt Plastik und Treibhausgase in nachhaltige Brennstoffe um

"Das Besondere an diesem System ist seine Vielseitigkeit und Einstellbarkeit"

17 January 202312 January 2023

Solar-powered system converts plastic and greenhouse gases into sustainable fuels

Researchers have developed a system that can transform plastic waste and greenhouse gases into sustainable fuels and other valuable products – using just the energy from the Sun

13 October 202211 October 2022

Artificial Enzyme Splits Water

Progress has been made on the path to sunlight-driven production of hydrogen. Chemists from Würzburg present a new enzyme-like molecular catalyst for water oxidation

Künstliches Enzym spaltet Wasser

Auf dem Weg zur sonnenlichtgetriebenen Produktion von Wasserstoff ist ein Fortschritt gelungen. Ein Team aus der Chemie präsentiert einen enzymähnlichen molekularen Katalysator für die Wasseroxidation

31 August 202225 August 2022

Scientists develop gel made from spider silk proteins for biomedical applications

Researchers at KI and SLU have discovered that spider silk proteins can be fused to biologically active proteins and be converted into a gel at body temperature

7 July 20225 July 2022

Scientists Discover “Holy Grail of Catalysis” – Converting Methane Into Methanol Using Light

The method involves a continuous flow of methane/oxygen-saturated water over a novel metal-organic framework (MOF) catalyst

11 March 20228 March 2022

New, nature-inspired concepts for turning CO2 into clean fuels

Some Cambridge researchers, working with a team from the Universidade Nova de Lisboa in Portugal, have developed a method to improve the efficiency of electrolysis by fine-tuning the solution conditions to alter the local environment of the enzymes

17 November 202113 November 2021

Sustainable, biodegradable glitter – from your fruit bowl

Plant-based biodegradable glitter sparkles without the microplastics

17 May 202126 December 2021

Citrus derivative makes transparent wood 100 percent renewable

KTH researchers have successfully tested an eco-friendly alternative to the former fossil based polymers: limonene acrylate, a monomer made from limonene

16 March 202112 March 2021

International Women’s day. The bioeconomy revolution is led by women

This year, as every year, for the International Women’s Day, we dedicate a tribute to all women who are making the bioeconomy happen all around the world

5 February 20219 September 2021

Sustainable hydrogen production a step closer

Reisner lab received ERC Proof of Concept Grant for "SolReGen" project aiming at coupling photoreforming process with a benign enzymatic waste pre-treatment

23 March 202018 March 2020

Scientists call for action for the EU Common Agricultural Policy to address sustainability challenges

An open statement signed by over 3,600 scientists across Europe and beyond

6 December 20193 December 2019

The Greenest Diet: Bacteria Switch to Eating Carbon Dioxide

Such bacteria may, in the future, contribute to new, carbon-efficient technologies

11 November 20196 November 2019

Turning wood into pharmaceutical ingredients

"From Wood to Tetrahydro-2-benzazepines in Three Waste-Free Steps: Modular Synthesis of Biologically Active Lignin-Derived Scaffolds"

18 April 201915 April 2019

Degradable plastics

Professor Stefan Mecking, Chair of Chemical Materials Science at the University of Konstanz, receives an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council to study degradable plastics

Abbaubare Kunststoffe

Konstanzer Chemiker Prof. Dr. Stefan Mecking erhält Advanced Grant des Europäischen Forschungsrates zur Entwicklung abbaubarer Kunststoffe

19 January 201817 January 2018

Harnessing the power of algae: new, greener fuel cells move step closer to reality

Cambridge researchers have developed a two-chamber BPV system utilizing algae to convert light into electricity

11 August 20179 August 2017

Max-Planck-Institut für Dynamik komplexer technischer Systeme Magdeburg

Wissenschaftler am Max-Planck-Institut haben mittels mathematischer Modelle fünf Mikroorganismen hinsichtlich ihres Potenzials zur zellulären Synthese von Chemikalien untersucht

30 January 201729 January 2017

Generating more value from biomass: lignin valorisation goes beyond burning wood

Congratulations to Dr Roberto Rinaldi who has been awarded a €2million European Research Council Consolidator Grant to support his research

8 November 20165 November 2016

KTH: Technique could lower cost of making bioplastics and biofuel

Swedish researchers found an efficient, non-destructive way to detect occurrence and purity of cellulose

20 November 201519 November 2015

Pushing the Limits of Technology, Recognizing the Limits of Natural Resources

Interview with Catia Bastioli (Novamont)

16 June 201515 June 2015

Neues Baukastenkonzept für maßgeschneiderte Proteine

„Protein-Lego“-Projekt soll in den nächsten fünf Jahren im Rahmen eines ERC Grants mit zwei Millionen Euro gefördert werden

New construction kit for designing new proteins

“Protein Lego” project awarded with ERC Grant around two million euros to provide over the next five years

8 September 20145 September 2014

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