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31 January 202528 January 2025

Durch Polymerbearbeitung kann Plastikmüll zu höherwertigen Kunststoffen verarbeitet werden

Wertvollere Eigenschaften als das Ausgangsmaterial

24 January 202523 January 2025

Polymer editing can upcycle waste into higher-performance plastics

Upcycling may help remedy the roughly 450 million tons of plastic discarded worldwide annually

5 December 20242 December 2024

How AI is helping discover new biomaterials

AI has already become a key part of generating new sustainable and renewable materials

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

25 June 202421 June 2024

Researchers make ‘green’ floor to replace steel

One 3D-printed single-piece, recyclable natural-material floor panel has been tested by researchers from ORNL and University of Maine to be strong enough for replacing construction materials like steel

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

5 April 202428 March 2024

Rice researchers develop 3D-printed wood from its own natural components

Researchers at Rice University have unlocked the potential to use 3D printing to make sustainable wood structures, offering a greener alternative to traditional manufacturing methods

23 February 202420 February 2024

Inexpensive, carbon-neutral biofuels are finally possible

In addition to better lignin utilization the innovative biomass pretreatment technology also proposes to produce renewable chemicals

Kostengünstige, kohlenstoffneutrale Biokraftstoffe sind endlich möglich

Innovative Biomasse-Vorbehandlungstechnologie sieht neben einer besseren Ligninverwertung auch die Produktion von erneuerbaren Chemikalien vor

22 February 202420 February 2024

UC engineers’ CO2 conversion helps industry, addresses climate

National research team led by UC professor develops more efficient system to address climate change - a new approach to converting CO2 into ethylene

21 September 202318 September 2023

WVU engineers study how to pull carbon out of building air to make methanol

Liu and his partners said they believe they have found a way to erase harmful emissions from the production process by harvesting the carbon needed to synthesize methanol from the air of buildings

28 April 202325 April 2023

Gevo, LG Chem on ethanol-based propylene partnership

The joint development agreement between Gevo and LG Chem will accelerate the pilot research, technical scale-up, and commercialization of bio-propylene

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

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

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

3 January 202322 December 2022

To Make Valuable Bioproducts, Pick the Right Solvent Pretreatment

Three common solvents for pretreating switchgrass yield lignin extracts with the potential for making different valuable bioproducts

1 December 202228 November 2022

First 100% bio-based 3D-printed home unveiled at the University of Maine

New, 600-square-foot prototype features 3D-printed floors, walls and roof of wood fibers and bio-resins

14 November 20229 November 2022

Oregon State, U.S. Dept. of Energy researchers take key step toward big gains in plastics recycling

A collaboration led by NREL combined chemical and biological processes in a proof of concept and used chemical oxidation to break down a variety of plastic types

15 July 202212 July 2022

Closed-loop additive manufacturing fueled by upcycled plastic

Innovative method introduces a closed-loop strategy that could globally reduce plastic waste and cut carbon emissions tied to plastic production

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

14 March 20228 March 2022

NREL Bioengineering Process Prepares To Make a Splash

Renewables To Replace Petroleum-Based Materials in Commercial Filtration Systems

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

2 June 20219 September 2021

LanzaTech Awarded $4.1 Million from ARPA-E for Transformational Energy Technology

The funding will be used to enhance existing technology to enable the direct conversion of CO₂ to ethanol — a building block for low carbon intensity fuels and chemicals

23 April 20219 September 2021

New process could bring down cost of direct carbon capture

A peptide-guanidine system soaks up CO₂ from air and can be regenerated with mild heat

23 February 20219 September 2021

Carbon Capture – A Man-made Solution To Solve A Man-made Problem

Many of the companies, who were not that long ago considered progressive, oil majors etc now hold the key to solving the problem man has created

6 October 20206 October 2020

Multifunctional microbe simplifies processing of plant-derived fuels, chemicals

ORNL researchers got an organism to co-utilize multiple compounds in a single bioreactor, gaining a better understanding of how these different pathways interact

18 September 202016 September 2020

A new method for making a key component of plastics

Bacteria create ethylene in a tech-friendly way

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

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

16 April 20209 April 2020

Lignin Research Yields Additional Answers into Bacteria’s Role

Newly published research builds upon previous observations at NREL on the ability of 14 strains of bacteria to break down lignin oligomers and take advantage of those components

Die Lignin-Forschung liefert zusätzliche Antworten auf die Rolle der Bakterien

Neu veröffentlichte Forschung nimmt frühere Beobachtungen am NREL auf und berichtet über die Fähigkeit von 14 Bakterienstämmen, Lignin-Oligomere abzubauen und diese Komponenten zu nutzen

1 April 202027 March 2020

Climate Disrupted: Lignin, Cellulose, and Starch Bioplastics, TSPs

There exist a big variety of biodegradable bioplastics that could be used to replace petro-based materials in 3D-printing

25 March 20209 September 2021

Department of Energy Announces $25 Million for Plastics Recycling R&D, Launches Upcycling Consortium

Department ’s Plastics Innovation Challenge is offering a comprehensive program to accelerate innovations in plastics recycling technologies

DOE offers $25 million for plastics recycling R&D

BETO issued a joint funding opportunity announcement on March titled “BOTTLE: Bio-Optimized Technologies to Keep Thermoplastics out of Landfills and the Environment.”

23 January 202020 January 2020

Forscher machen Biosprit-Produktion billiger

Forscher der Rutgers University entwickeln effektive Konversionsmethode, um Pflanzenzucker in Ethanol umzuwandeln

How to Make it Easier to Turn Plant Waste into Biofuels

Rutgers-led team develops innovative process to rapidly dissolve plant fibers

4 December 201929 November 2019

Verdict’s in for Vertimass: Yep, it’s commercially viable

The innovative catalytic technology of one of the Digest's 'next 50 companies to disrupt the world' allows any feedstock for the conversion of biomass into fuels

14 November 201912 November 2019

Watch the World’s Largest 3D-Printer Spit Out a 25-Foot Boat

…and how this is really about using wood to replace metal

6 September 201931 August 2019

New Catalysts, Improved Genetic Tools Bring New Opportunities: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to ORNL’s Biomass to Bioproducts

Brian Davison, Chief Scientist for Biotechnology at ORNL, gave this knowledge-filled presentation at ABLC 2019 in Washington, D.C.

6 June 20193 June 2019

Biomass-based 3D printing, renewable solvents, fermentation-based CBD, coffee waste upcycling, algae-based ink, limestone paper and more

The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of May 31st

27 May 201922 May 2019

Researchers develop biobased, self-healing elastomer derived from lignin

To achieve these results, ORNL researchers developed a unique method to extract a specific form of lignin

15 May 201910 May 2019

University of Maine, Oak Ridge National Laboratory to announce $20 million 3D printing manufacturing partnership to boost forest products industry

Collaboration aims to strengthen regional manufacturing by connecting university–industry clusters with the Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at ORNL

16 January 201911 January 2019

New composite advances lignin as a renewable 3D printing material

Lignin gives plants rigidity and also makes biomass resistant to being broken down into useful products

15 January 201915 January 2019

New composite advances lignin as a renewable 3D printing material

Finding new uses for lignin can improve the economics of the entire biorefining process

23 November 201821 November 2018

NREL: Nitrilation Process Produces Acrylonitrile, Attention, and Awards

Interdisciplinary collaboration of researchers across chemical engineering, biology, and computational modeling led to award-winning research about the nitrilation process

12 November 20187 November 2018

Economic comparative advantage of willow biomass in the Northeast USA

Willow is grown commercially on about 500 hectares in the Northeast, predominantly for biopower but also for some other markets

2 October 20189 September 2021

Chemists demonstrate sustainable approach to carbon dioxide capture from air

ORNL's direct-air-capture approach provides the basis for an energy-sustainable negative emissions technology

14 August 201823 January 2019

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