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4 November 202428 October 2024

Sind Bäume die Zukunft für die Produktion von Industriechemikalien?

Entdeckung könnte helfen, Bäume in erschwingliche und umweltfreundlichere Industriechemikalien zu verwandeln

Finding Could Help Turn Trees Into Affordable, Greener Industrial Chemicals

North Carolina State University scientists and engineers are making headway in finding ways to use trees as sustainable, environmentally benign alternatives to producing industrial chemicals from petroleum

21 June 202315 June 2023

You Can Make Carbon Dioxide Filters With a 3D Printer

NC State researchers demonstrated that it’s possible to make carbon dioxide capture filters using 3D printing

Sie können Kohlendioxidfilter mit einem 3D-Drucker herstellen

"Dieses Herstellungsverfahren mit 3D-Druck macht alles schneller und präziser"

28 March 202328 March 2023

Researchers Separate Cotton From Polyester in Blended Fabric

The North-Carolina-State-University scientists use a “cocktail” of enzymes in a mildly acidic solution to chop up cellulose in cotton so it will “fall out” of the blended woven structure

28 February 202323 February 2023

From Lab to Market: Bio-Based Products Are Gaining Momentum

Propelled by government investment and shareholder demand, manufacturers are pushing to get bio-based products into the marketplace. These new materials — made from plants, fungi, and microbes — aim to replace those that contain toxins and are difficult to recycle or reuse

13 June 20228 June 2022

Textile Filter Testing Shows Promise for Carbon Capture

North Carolina State University scientists developed a possible new carbon capture technology

11 April 20225 April 2022

New Polymer Membrane Tech Improves Efficiency of CO2 Capture

New membrane filters work by allowing CO2 to pass through the membrane more quickly than any other constituents in the mixed gas

20 May 202015 May 2020

“Biodegradable,” a magic word for environmentally-minded consumers, isn’t always a green panacea

Environmentally-conscious shoppers tend to be drawn to such labels, but might not be aware of a critical drawback

29 April 202024 April 2020

NatureWorks partners with Nonwovens Institute to support production of 10 million N95 masks for healthcare workers fighting COVID-19

NatureWorks has donated the Ingeo™️ biopolymer needed to produce as many as 2 million reusable N95 masks per week from a new spunbond nonwoven structure

30 March 202028 March 2020

OSU research paves way to improved cleanup of contaminated groundwater

Bio-Based Hydrogel Beads Clean Up Contaminated Groundwater

1 April 201931 March 2019

Cricket Bacteria Break Down Lignin, Highlighting Ecology’s Utility in Applied R&D

Studying nature could help us ID new industrial materials.

6 March 20199 September 2021

Climate rewind: Scientists turn carbon dioxide back into coal

RMIT researchers using liquid metals as a catalyst to turn the gas back into carbon at room temperature

10 August 20185 August 2018

Researchers investigate new biobased fibers

A research team at North Carolina State University says biobased glucaric-acid or lignin additives can dramatically increase the toughness of polyvinyl alcohol fibers

4 May 201826 April 2018

Wood Formation Model To Fuel Progress in Bioenergy, Paper, New Applications

The model will speed the process of engineering trees for specific needs in timber, biofuel, pulp, paper and green chemistry applications

2 October 201728 September 2017

Michigan State University: $10M DOE grant to help boost camelina oilseed yield

DoE grant paving the way to explore and to boost this promising biofuel crop’s yield

11 October 201610 October 2016

Biobased industry growing, but needs more federal help, report says

Study commissioned by the Agriculture Department shows, industry's future growth rate to depend of new government incentives

6 October 20165 October 2016

USDA report shows growing biobased products industry contributes $393 billion and 4.2 million jobs to american economy

Economic Impact Analysis of the U.S. Biobased Products Industry

19 July 201618 July 2016

Future Bioeconomy Supported by More Than One Billion Tons of Biomass Potential

United States could produce enough biomass to support a bioeconomy, including renewable aquatic and terrestrial biomass resources

20 April 201619 April 2016

Forest Products Society Wood Products Convention to cover technology advances, market opportunities

Researchers share the latest advances in wood processing, bio-mass, nanotechnology, adhesives, and composites

9 July 20158 July 2015

Bioproducts industry contributes $369 billion to U.S. economy

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced the release of a new report that shows the U.S. biobased industry is generating substantial economic activity and American job

25 June 201525 June 2015

USDA says backing push to expand “bio-economy”

The productivity and innovation of U.S. agriculture is driving a transformation to bio-based products across the economy that is supporting millions of jobs and significantly displacing fossil fuels, according to a study from the USDA on Wednesday.

23 June 201522 June 2015

The US Bioeconomy: $369B and 4 million jobs strong, says USDA

High-Impact report on the bioeconomy, changes to the BioPreferred program and to the Biorefinery Assistance Program; all in a day’s work for Vilsack & Co.

19 June 201518 June 2015

New Report Shows U.S. Biobased Products Industry Contributes $369 Billion, 4 Million Jobs to American Economy

2014 Farm Bill provisions will expand opportunities in the biobased sector by promoting advanced biofuels, renewable chemicals, and biobased product manufacturing efforts

17 April 201516 April 2015

New ORNL, N.C. State, LanzaTech DNA dataset is potent, accessible tool

Scientists focused on producing biofuels more efficiently have a new powerful dataset to help them study the DNA of microbes that fuel bioconversion and other processes

16 February 201513 February 2015

New Science paper calculates magnitude of plastic waste going into the ocean

8 million metric tons of plastic enter the oceans per year

18 December 20149 September 2021

Phytonix turns photosynthetic bacteria into tiny chemical factories

Startup Phytonix plans to use its technology to produce the chemical butanol

10 July 20149 July 2014

New Supply Chain Sustainability Program for U.S. Crops

Field to Market metrics and benchmarks developed through a multi-stakeholder process to become an important platform

8 May 20147 May 2014

Increased Drought Portends Lower Future Midwest Crop Yields

New research found "number of risk management implications for farmers"

9 January 20148 January 2014

New, Simple Technique May Drive Down Biofuel Production Costs

Lignin Extraction from Biomass with Protic Ionic Liquids

18 June 2013

<i>Caldicellulosiruptor bescii</i> – That lignin-loving, pretreatment-be-darned mighty biofuels microbe

Anaerobic bacteria able to solubilize lignin as well as the carbohydrates and lignin-derived aromatics without pretreatment

10 June 2013

Biotech Crops vs. Pests: Successes, Failures From the First Billion Acres

Scientists to figure out why pests became resistant quickly in some cases, but not others

22 April 2013

North Carolina A&T State University crowned Champion in $100,000 ACC Clean Energy Challenge

Runner-Up Clemson Wins $5,000 in DOE Competition

14 March 2013

Kansas State University: Researchers building stronger, greener concrete with biofuel byproducts

High-lignin ash byproduct to cement can improve, helping reduce dioxid emissions from concrete production

Domtar inaugurates commercial lignin production

Plymouth Mill to produce BioChoice with wide range of industrial applications

17 November 2012

Giant reed seen as biofuel – or another kudzu disaster

Intentional introduction of energy crops may create the next invasive species catastrophe

9 November 2011

Carbon mitigation strategy uses wood for buildings first, bioenergy second

Substituting wood for non-wood building materials can displace far more carbon emissions than using the wood for biofuel

24 October 2011

Plastics Environmental Council to Develop Biodegradation Standard for Plastics Additives and New Certification Seal

Biodegradable Additives Play Critical Role in Helping Solve the Plastics in Landfill Issue

8 July 20111 December 2015

Biodegradable Products are not major contributors to Methane Emissions from landfills, as claimed in 5/27 ES&T article

The Biodegradable Products Institute refuted publication results

28 June 2011

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