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8 May 20247 May 2024

The many uses of carbon dioxide

Putting CO2 to good use may even reduce the burden of preventing its release to the atmosphere

6 December 202330 November 2023

New approach to the sensible utilisation of carbon dioxide from car exhaust gases

Utilizing impure CO2 from car exhaust, the team of Prof. Dr. Shoubik Das, Chair of Organic Chemistry I at the University of Bayreuth, presents in a paper, which was published in Nature Communications, a cost-effective synthetic route for γ-lactams

Neuer Ansatz zur sinnvollen Nutzung von Kohlenstoffdioxid aus Autoabgasen

Unter Verwendung von verunreinigtem CO2 aus Autoabgasen hat das Team von Prof. Dr. Shoubhik Das, Lehrstuhl für Organische Chemie I an der Universität Bayreuth, einen kostengünstigen Syntheseweg für γ-Lactame entwickelt

5 September 202330 August 2023

Paper Drinking Straws may be Harmful and may not be Better for the Environment Than Plastic Versions, Researchers Warn

Long-lasting 'forever chemicals', which can cause damaging health issues, found in 18/20 brands of paper straws

9 February 20237 February 2023

Fairbrics Raises €22 M to Bring to Market its CO2-Based Polyester Fiber and Reduce the Textile Industry’s Carbon Footprint

€17 M come from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research & Innovation Program and 5 M€ from Partners to the Technology Upscaling Project

Fairbrics beschafft 22 Millionen €, um seine CO2-basierte Polyesterfaser auf den Markt zu bringen und die Kohlenstoffbilanz der Textilindustrie zu reduzieren

17 Millionen € kommen aus dem Horizon 2020 Forschungs- und Innovationsprogramm der Europäischen Union und 5 Millionen € von Partnern des Technology Upscaling Projects

10 November 20228 November 2022

ALIGNED, a project to improve environmental assessment in multiple bio-based sectors

By bringing together scientific and industrial knowledge, the goal of the new collaboration project is to provide a systematic evidence-based methodology for decision-making

21 October 202218 October 2022

Dragons’ Den: chemical building blocks from CO2

Innovator Oxylum, a spin-off of the University of Antwerp, is capable of producing a variety of chemical building blocks, including formic acid, methanol, ethylene, as well as carbon monoxide

12 April 20167 April 2016

Biorizon scales up its bio-aromatics research again

Commercially promising results for the conversion of wood, sugars and lignin

16 January 20134 October 2013

Biotechnologie in Belgien

Finanzielle Situation für Biotech-Unternehmen in Belgien ist günstig