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12 December 202511 December 2025

Nobel Prize for MOFs: Nanostructures enable large-scale extraction of carbon dioxide from the air

Thanks to their structure, MOFs are ideally suited to extract gases such as CO₂ or water vapor in confined spaces, or to catalyze chemical reactions

Nobelpreis für MOFs: Durch Nanostrukturen lässt sich in großem Stil Kohlendioxid aus der Luft holen

Mit ihrer Struktur sind MOFs ideal dafür geeignet, Gase wie CO₂ oder Wasserdampf auf kleinstem Raum abzuscheiden oder chemische Reaktionen zu katalysieren

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

Pflanzen aus Kunststoff?

Biobasierte Polymere können in Düngemittel umgewandelt werden

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

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