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1 April 202526 March 2025

New carbon-negative material could make concrete and cement more sustainable

Innovative process converts CO2 into solid, durable, carbon-trapping materials

28 November 202425 November 2024

The fungi and microbes that break down forever chemicals

Emerging biobased techniques could offer new tools without the disadvantages of traditional methods

16 October 202410 October 2024

Wastewater bacteria can break down plastic for food

Finding could lead to bioengineering solutions to clean up plastic waste

17 May 202414 May 2024

Sugar-based catalyst upcycles carbon dioxide

New catalyst could offer a potential solution for using captured carbon

Katalysator auf Zuckerbasis verwertet Kohlendioxid

Experten der Northwestern Universität haben durch einen einfachen Katalysator einen preisgünstigen Wandler für abgeschiedenen Kohlenstoff gefunden

16 May 202410 May 2024

Cheap catalyst could help turn carbon dioxide into fuels

Molybdenum compound offers an efficient way to make carbon monoxide - a building block of chemicals and fuels

4 December 202327 November 2023

Engineers develop an efficient process to make fuel from carbon dioxide

The approach from MIT and Harvard researchers directly converts the greenhouse gas into formate, a solid fuel that can be stored indefinitely and could be used to heat homes or power industries

3 November 202330 October 2023

Braskem Announces Partnership With Northwestern University for the Development of CO2 Conversion Technology

The project is led by Professor Ted Sargent and Dr. Ke Xie, among the world’s preeminent scientists in the field of electrocatalysis and contributes to Braskem’s strategy of combating climate change

12 May 20239 May 2023

New catalyst transforms carbon dioxide into sustainable byproduct

Carbon capture method works by using carbon to make acetic acid

14 February 20239 February 2023

How waste-eating bacteria digest complex carbons

New information could lead to bacteria-based platforms that recycle plastic and plant waste

9 January 20234 January 2023

Endlich: Widerstandsfähiger Kunststoff lässt sich recyceln

Neuer Meilenstein: Forscher recyceln Nylon-6 bei milden Temperaturen und ohne toxische Chemikalien

19 September 202214 September 2022

How to make recyclable plastics out of CO2 to slow climate change

Chemists are manipulating the greenhouse gas to make clothing, mattresses, shoes and more

22 June 202217 June 2022

Photosynthesis-inspired process makes commodity chemicals

New strategy is less expensive, less energy intensive than current industrial processes

Von der Photosynthese inspirierter Prozess zur Herstellung von Grundchemikalien

Die neue Strategie ist kostengünstiger und weniger energieintensiv als die derzeitigen industriellen Verfahren

27 April 202220 April 2022

Method efficiently breaks down plastic bottles into component parts

Researchers first to demonstrate use of metal-organic frameworks to degrade plastics

Methode zerlegt Plastikflaschen effizient in ihre Bestandteile

Forscher demonstrieren erstmals den Einsatz von metallorganischen Gerüsten zum Abbau von Kunststoffen

3 March 202228 February 2022

Carbon-negative platform turns waste gases into valuable chemicals

Researchers built on LanzaTech technology to develop a new process that converts emissions from heavy industry or bio-based syngas, into either acetone or IPA, using an engineered bacterium called Clostridium autoethanogenum

2 March 202228 February 2022

Bacteria upcycle carbon waste into valuable chemicals

Engineered bacteria convert captured carbon dioxide into chemicals for fuels, fabric and cosmetics

Klimafreundliches Verfahren: Bakterien bilden Chemikalien aus CO2

Modifizierte Bakterien wandeln CO2 in Additive für Treibstoffe, Stoffe, und Kosmetika um

8 October 20211 October 2021

Pollution to products? Recycled carbon emissions are coming to consumer shelves

Synthetic biology - like that used to make LanzaTech's products - could play a key part in the transition away from fossil fuels and to a climate-smarter economy

28 January 202125 January 2021

Researchers at U of T, Northwestern use AI to accelerate discovery of industrial materials

Inversely designing new materials for natural gas separation

7 May 20204 May 2020

Upcycling spongy plastic foams from shoes, mattresses and insulation

New method turns foam into higher value rubber and hard plastics

Hochwertige Produkte aus Polyurethan-Abfall

Ausgedientes Schaummaterial lässt sich jetzt dank eines neuen Verfahrens upcyceln

19 February 202014 February 2020

Army Research May Lead to New Class of Materials

Project funded by the Army at Northwestern University is outlining a set of design rules that could enable the development of advanced protective gear for warfighters

4 December 201929 November 2019

Army project may lead to new class of high-performance materials

Researchers from three universities to reengineer ribosome as a biological catalyst to make novel chemical polymers

21 May 201920 May 2019

Methane-consuming bacteria could be the future of fuel

Discovery illuminates how bacteria turn methane gas into liquid methanol

7 November 20186 November 2018

ASU team unravels key mysteries of spider silk

Scientists at ASU are celebrating their recent success on the path to understanding what makes the fiber that spiders spin

24 May 201722 May 2017

Liquid-crystal and bacterial living materials self-organize and move in their own way

Mood rings, mucus, and slug slime: What do they all have in common?

3 February 20172 February 2017

Researchers separate sugars from byproduct chemicals including toxins

The metal-organic framework NU-1000 allows separation of toxic furanics from sugars, which is necessary for efficient ethanol production

25 May 201618 July 2016

Trolling for New Technology: ANTEC 2016

Plastics Engineers Annual Technical Conference includes an array of unusual functional structures created in plastics and composites

29 April 201628 April 2016

MHG Appoints New CEO of Company

Former President and CEO of Armor Holdings Products LLC Joins the Biopolymer Company

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

3 December 20152 December 2015

Yale researchers create better cellular factories to churn out novel biopolymers

No longer limits in quantity or diversity of novel amino acids to make new therapeutics and materials in bacterial factories

22 August 2013

Sticking power of plant polyphenols used in new coatings

Compounds found in red wine, green tea stick to anything, retain useful properties

14 May 2013

Selective isolation of gold facilitated by second-sphere coordination with α-cyclodextrin

Northwestern University scientists replacing cyanide with cornstarch in gold extraction

11 October 2012

Newlight Expands Production Capacity for Sustainable Bioplastics Made From Greenhouse Gases

100,000-pound per year capacity expansion to meet customer demand for Newlight's cost-effective, high-performance, sustainable plastics

2 October 20129 September 2021

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