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27 May 202521 May 2025

$1.5M Gift to Help ABPDU Advance U.S. Biomanufacturing

The support from philanthropists Eric and Wendy Schmidt will allow ABPDU to further its research on the science of scale-up

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12 February 202511 February 2025

CO2 Revolution 2025: Fueling the Future, Capturing Possibilities

Exploring Innovative Pathways in Green Hydrogen, Carbon Capture, and (Biogenic) CO2 Utilisation at the CO2-Based Fuels and Chemicals Conference

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Die CO2-Wende 2025: Rohstoffe der Zukunft, Potenziale der Gegenwart

Innovative Wege zu grünem Wasserstoff, moderner Kohlendioxidabscheidung und Nutzung von (biogenem) CO2 auf der CO2-Based Fuels and Chemicals Conference

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3 December 202428 November 2024

Improved catalyst turns harmful greenhouse gases into cleaner fuels, chemical feedstocks

The team improved a reaction called dry reforming of methane that converts methane and carbon dioxide into syngas

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18 November 202412 November 2024

USDA Recognizes Leaders in Advancing the Use of Biobased Products Across the Nation

BioPreferred Program Awards Recognize Outstanding Efforts for Sustainable Procurement by Federal Employees and Contractors

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4 October 202427 September 2024

The BEAM Circular Accelerator Launches in California’s Agricultural Heartland to Unlock Opportunities to Transform Waste into Value

In Partnership with gener8tor and HawkTower, the New Program Offers $30,000 in Non-Dilutive Funding, up to $100,000 in Venture Funding, and Strategic Mentorship to Bioeconomy Startups

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12 September 20248 September 2024

New Process Vaporizes Plastic Bags and Bottles, Yielding Gases to Make New, Recycled Plastics

The catalytic process, discovered by researchers at Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley, efficiently reduces polymers to chemical precursors — possibly bringing a circular economy for plastics one step closer to reality

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11 September 20246 September 2024

Turning Agricultural Trash to Treasure

New funding will help Berkeley Lab and partners improve how the diverse agricultural waste in California’s Northern San Joaquin Valley can be used to make sustainable bioproducts and biofuels

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24 July 202423 July 2024

Advancing Circular Bioeconomy with Biomass Feedstocks

The Virtual Institute on Feedstocks of the Future or VIFF is a partnership between Schmidt Sciences and the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR), to enhance collaboration across scientific and technological disciplines

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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

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23 May 202317 May 2023

Tiny Microbes Could Brew Big Benefits for Green Biomanufacturing

Scientists find new route in bacteria to decarbonize industry. The discovery could reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the manufacturing of fuels, drugs, and chemicals

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Winzige Mikroben könnten große Vorteile für die grüne Bioproduktion mit sich bringen

Die Entdeckung könnte die Treibhausgasemissionen bei der Herstellung von Kraftstoffen, Medikamenten und Chemikalien verringern

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14 April 202311 April 2023

Multilab Separations Consortium puts biofuel on the path to decarbonization

Separations technology critical to converting biomass to low-carbon biofuel

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14 December 20228 December 2022

To Battle Climate Change, Scientists Tap Into Carbon-Hungry Microorganisms for Clues

New technique could fast-track future carbon-free solar fuels

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18 July 202213 July 2022

Bakterien für den Raketenstart: Mit Mikroben zum neuen Raketentreibstoff

Wissenschaftler haben eine neue Klasse von energiereichen Biokraftstoffen entwickelt, die auf einem der einzigartigsten Moleküle der Natur basieren

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Bacteria for Blastoff: Using Microbes to Make Supercharged New Rocket Fuel

Scientists have developed a new class of energy-dense biofuels based on one of nature’s most unique molecules

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29 April 202225 April 2022

Capturing Carbon With Inspiration From Battery Chemistry

Berkeley Lab researchers are developing a gamut of technologies for direct air capture

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26 November 202123 November 2021

New Technique Improves Conversion of Carbon Dioxide Into Liquid Fuels

A copper surface coated with layered thin films helps to create useful chemicals from a polluting greenhouse gas

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4 March 20219 September 2021

A Sponge to Soak Up Carbon Dioxide in the Air

A Q&A with Berkeley Lab scientist Jeffrey Long on a material for capturing CO₂

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11 January 20219 September 2021

Top-Innovationen 2020: Sonne macht Kohlendioxid zum Rohstoff

Methoden, die CO₂ in großem Stil in etwas Nützliches umwandeln, sind wichtig für den Klimaschutz. Eine neue Generation von Katalysatoren nutzt dafür sichtbares Licht

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19 August 202015 August 2020

Danimer Scientific Receives U.S. Department of Energy Grant to Support Bioplastic Production

Nearly $5.7 million in support to conduct research and development projects within the biomanufacturing industry

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6 August 20203 August 2020

Agile BioFoundry Selects New Projects to Accelerate Biomanufacturing

Each of the ABF Directed Funding Opportunity awardees will be invited to collaborate with National Lab research facilities to conduct their proposed research

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18 June 202016 June 2020

Showtime for Photosynthesis

One of nature’s most important chemical reactions is now being captured in a breakthrough “molecular movie”

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8 April 20209 September 2021

On Mars or Earth, biohybrid can turn CO2 into new products

Researchers have been working on a hybrid system combining bacteria and nanowires that can capture the energy of sunlight to convert carbon dioxide and water

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23 October 201918 October 2019

About those biobased amines we might one day dream up at Ptixar Amination

This review presenting both fundamental and applied research on the synthesis of biobased primary and secondary amines with current available biobased resources

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1 July 201930 June 2019

Blue Pigment from Engineered Fungi Could Help Turn the Textile Industry Green

A new platform for producing blue pigment could provide a sustainable alternative to conventional synthetic dyes and open the door for next-generation bioproduction

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6 March 20191 March 2019

Yeast produce low-cost, high-quality cannabinoids

Berkeley researchers engineered brewers yeast to produce marijuana’s main ingredients as well as novel cannabinoids not found in the plant itself

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8 January 201920 December 2018

UC San Diego Awarded $2 Million to Advance Algae-based Renewable Polymers

Department of Energy funds ‘bio-economy’ project for novel manufacturing of algae-based biopolymers

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9 November 20189 September 2021

Solarzelle leistet doppelte Dienste für erneuerbare Energien

Künstliches Photosynthesesystem erzeugt gleichzeitig Wasserstoff und Strom

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11 April 20183 April 2018

Sewage Sludge Leads to Biofuels Breakthrough

JBEI enzyme discovery enables first-time microbial production of an aromatic biofuel

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1 December 20179 September 2021

Pollution to Products!

Efficient use of carbon is driven by carbon recycling technologies

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21 November 201717 November 2017

New routes to renewables: Sandia speeds transformation of biofuel waste into wealth

The team’s findings could help transform the economics of making fuels and other products from domestically grown renewable sources

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26 September 20179 September 2021

Solar-to-Fuel System Recycles CO2 to Make Ethanol and Ethylene

Berkeley Lab advance is first demonstration of efficient, light-powered production of fuel via artificial photosynthesis

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21 September 20179 September 2021

Hints from hemoglobin lead to better carbon monoxide storage

Newly created material can absorb carbon monoxide far better than other materials

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24 July 201721 July 2017

In search of next-gen bioproducts and fuels, DOE invests $40M in 4 Bioenergy Research Centers

The centers are designed to lay the scientific groundwork for a new bio-based economy that promises to yield a range of important new products

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16 June 201713 June 2017

Fungal Enzymes Team Up to More Efficiently Break Down Cellulose

Collaborative science initiative enables resolution of fungal protein complexes

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15 May 20178 May 2017

Device pulls water from dry air, powered only by the sun

The system Wang and her students designed consisted of more than two pounds of dust-sized MOF crystals compressed between a solar absorber and a condenser plate

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27 March 201723 March 2017

Dow, BASF, Eastman stir up new formulas for safer chemicals

Consumer marketplace seems to be the most powerful force inspiring chemical and materials manufacturers to create safer chemicals

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13 March 20179 September 2021

New materials could turn water into the fuel of the future

A new materials discovery approach puts solar fuels on the fast track to commercial viability

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12 January 201710 January 2017

All Bioeconomy Processes Developed Upstairs: The Digest’s 2016 Multi-Slide Guide to the ABPDU

Technology centers to optimize and scale technologies to enable the commercialization of bio-based chemicals, materials, and fuels

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18 November 201618 November 2016

Who’s got hot lignin? The Digest’s 2016 Guide to lignin production and prospects

Compendium of suppliers to produce and sell cellulosic sugar and/or lignin for use by the research community

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26 August 201625 August 2016

Expanding the stable of workhorse yeasts

New genome sequences target next generation of yeasts with improved biotech uses

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17 June 201615 June 2016

Chemists settle longstanding debate on how methane is made biologically

Understanding how microbes generate methane might help scientists find ways to control pollution or make fuels

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11 May 20163 May 2016

Integrating the Production of Biofuels and Bioproducts through Advanced Biotechnology

The development of bio-based products has quickly become one of the fastest-growing segments of the biotech industry

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15 February 201613 February 2016

Methanotrophs technology on the rise

Calysta announced the formation of Methanotroph.org, a research community and a web source for methanotroph information

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28 January 20169 September 2021

Berkeley Lab Scientists Teach Bacterium a New Trick for Artificial Photosynthesis

Functionality of biological systems with inorganic chemistry opens up for the next generation of advanced solar-to-chemical conversion technologies

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2 November 201529 October 2015

Seeking Better Biofuels

Researchers at the Joint BioEnergy Institute transform biomass into energy-rich fuel molecules

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30 October 201529 October 2015

Netanyahu announces 2015 alternative fuels prize

The fuels produced through Keasling’s technologies have already been used in both buses and airplanes, according to the Prime Minister’s Office

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21 October 20159 September 2021

Kohlendioxid fangen mit ultraporösem Material

Amerikanische Wissenschaftler nutzen extrem poröse Molekularstrukturen zur Umwandlung von Kohlendioxid in Kohlenmonoxid

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16 October 20159 September 2021

Chemist Peidong Yang receives MacArthur ‘genius award’

Peidong Yang, a UC Berkeley chemist who is trying to capture carbon dioxide from the air and turn it into a sustainable transportation fuel, has been named a MacArthur “genius” Fellow