23 October 202522 October 2025 Leopoldina-Präsidentin Bettina Rockenbach gratuliert Leopoldina-Mitglied Omar M. Yaghi zum Nobelpreis für Chemie Für die Entwicklung metallorganischer Gerüstverbindungen wurde der Preis gemeinsam mit den Chemikern Susumu Kitagawa von der Kyoto University/Japan und Richard Robson von der University of Melbourne/Australien verliehen
11 June 20244 June 2024 World’s first wooden satellite built by Japan researchers The creators expect the wooden material will burn up completely when the device re-enters the atmosphere — potentially providing a way to avoid the generation of metal particles when a retired satellite returns to Earth
20 February 202419 February 2024 Exposure experiment of wood looks green at the ISS The research group has determined that LignoSat2, scheduled to be jointly launched in 2024 by NASA and JAXA, will likely use the Magnolia wood for its ideal properties
26 January 202418 January 2024 Researcher appointed global Bioeconomy Youth Champion Dr Angelique Greene of Scion Research was appointed as Bioeconomy Youth Champion for Asia-Pacific by the International Advisory Council on Global Bioeconomy
1 December 202330 November 2023 Japanese scientists want to send a wooden satellite into space The Lignosat satellite is in the final stages of its safety review and is expected to launch in a joint mission by JAXA and NASA in the summer of 2024
Holz-Satelliten: Nachhaltigkeit in der Raumfahrt revolutionieren NASA und JAXA starten LignoSat, den ersten Holzsatelliten, der startbereit ist für ein neues Weltraumzeitalter
11 November 20217 November 2021 Plant from Plastics: Bio-based Polymers Can Be Transformed into Fertilizers At Tokyo Institute of Technology a new environmentally friendly process is being developed, in which plastics produced using biomass (bioplastics) are chemically recycled back into fertilizers
15 October 202114 October 2021 Simple method for converting carbon dioxide into useful compounds With the new method, carbon dioxide is transformed into useful porous complexes at room temperature and without high pressure
Einfaches Verfahren zur Umwandlung von Kohlendioxid in nützliche Verbindungen Mit der neuen Methode wird Kohlendioxid bei Raumtemperatur und ohne hohen Druck in wertvolle Chemikalien umgewandelt
13 November 20199 September 2021 Kunststoff aus Kohlendioxid: Neues Material entpuppt sich als idealer CO2-Fänger Japanisch-chinesische Forschergruppe entwickelte eine der umweltfreundlichsten Methoden zur Kohlenstoffbindung
23 October 20199 September 2021 New material captures carbon dioxide The captured CO2 can be converted into useful organic materials
5 September 201831 August 2018 8 Unusual Materials Used In Car Exteriors When carbon fiber just isn't exotic enough
13 August 20188 August 2018 Climate taxes on agriculture could lead to more food insecurity than climate change itself First international study to compare across models the effects of climate change on agriculture with the costs and effects of mitigation policies
11 October 20179 October 2017 Could wood pulp make cars lighter and more efficient? Car parts of the future could be made out of a surprising material. Wood.
18 September 20149 September 2021 To clean air and beyond: catching greenhouse gases with advanced membranes Findings at Kyoto University may one day contribute to lower greenhouse gas emissions and cleaner skies
21 November 20129 September 2021 Japan: Sonnenlicht-getriebene CO<sub>2</sub>-Fixierung Verwendung von Kohlendioxid als Kohlenstoffquelle nach dem Prinzip der natürlichen Photosynthese
