16 October 20159 September 2021 Chemist Peidong Yang receives MacArthur ‘genius award’ Peidong Yang, a UC Berkeley chemist who is trying to capture carbon dioxide from the air and turn it into a sustainable transportation fuel, has been named a MacArthur “genius” Fellow
12 October 20159 September 2021 Materials Could Capture CO2 and Make It Useful Novel molecular structures are a first step toward economical carbon capture at a wide scale
3 September 20159 September 2021 Soaking up Carbon Dioxide and Turning it into Valuable Products Berkeley Lab Researchers Double Down on a Good Thing by Incorporating Catalysts into Crystalline Sponges
25 June 20159 September 2021 Hematite ‘re-growth’ smoothes rough edges for clean energy harvest Team reports first 'unassisted' water splitting using only hematite and silicon as solar absorbers
8 June 201517 June 2015 Leaving on a Biofueled Jet Plane Researchers at Energy Biosciences Institute Develop Process for Drop-in Aviation Biofuel
21 May 201520 May 2015 Schmerzmittel und Droge: Forscher stellen Morphium aus Zucker her Zucker und Hefe: Die Zutaten könnten bald reichen, um Schmerzmittel wie Morphium günstig herzustellen. Für Pharmafirmen wäre es ein Durchbruch - die Technik könnte aber auch missbraucht werden.
Discovery paves way for homebrewed drugs, prompts call for regulation UC Berkeley bioengineers completing key steps to turn sugar-fed yeast into a microbial factory for producing morphine and potentially other drugs
21 April 201520 April 2015 CEO: We are moving away from the fossil age Feike Sijbesma, CEO of Royal DSM, about how a climate change future will look
Major advance in artificial photosynthesis poses win/win for the environment Berkeley Lab researchers perform solar-powered green chemistry with captured CO2
24 March 20159 September 2021 A better way of scrubbing CO2 Berkeley Lab researchers found using MOFs as better way to scrub carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants
11 March 201522 March 2015 Metabolic path to improved biofuel production Researchers found a way to increase the production of fuels and other chemicals from biomass fermented by yeast
18 February 201517 February 2015 Challenges of Artificial Photosynthesis Berkeley Lab study have summarized the state-of-the art and challenges in carbon dioxide reduction
12 February 20151 June 2018 Berkeley Research: Greener Blue Jeans Scientists turned to an increasingly powerful technique called synthetic biology. In essence, letting bacteria do the work for you
2 October 201430 September 2014 On the road to artificial photosynthesis Berkeley Lab study reveals key catalytic factors in carbon dioxide reduction
1 September 201429 August 2014 Earth can sustain more terrestrial plant growth than previously thought Study addresses untapped potential productivity of plants
18 August 201415 August 2014 University of Minnesota’s Center for Sustainable Polymers receives $20 million National Science Foundation grant to pioneer next generation of plastics
22 November 201321 November 2013 Stanford study could lead to paradigm shift in organic solar cell research A new study by Stanford scientists overturns a widely held explanation for how organic photovoltaics turn sunlight into electricity
16 October 201316 October 2013 New Synthetic Biology Applications for Algae and Renewable Chemicals Featured at BIO 2013 Pac Rim Summit Researchers and companies utilizing this new tool to speed development of new products and processes
4 September 2013 Sharing the risks/costs of biomass crops Working group to examine how to achieve balance between producers and consumers of biomass
30 May 2013 Synthetische Biologie: Von Bioingenieuren und Zellfabriken Aktuelle Konzepte und mögliche Anwendungen, gesellschaftliche Debatte sowie Verfahrensentwicklung im Überblick
3 May 201316 February 2018 Innovationspreis “Biowerkstoff des Jahres 2013” auf dem Kölner Biowerkstoff-Kongress ging an PHA-Produzenten Newlight Technologies (USA) Bio-basierte Ökonomie und stoffliche Nutzung nachwachsender Rohstoffe gewinnen zunehmend an Bedeutung
10 January 2013 Lower nitrogen losses with perennial biofuel crops Miscanthus reduces escape of nitrogen into the environment, according to study
29 November 2012 Garbage bug may help lower the cost of biofuel UoI researchers find key cellulosic ethanol bacterium in garbage dump
6 September 2012 Immature Switchgrass Could Help Cellulosic Ethanol Industry Forever-young-gene makes plant starch more readily available for conversion
20 May 2011 Do Biofuels Reduce Greenhouse Gases? A new study fuels the debate over the impact of growing crops for fuel.
12 May 2011 Seven packaging predictions for a resource-strapped future Bio-based packaging materials will grow, but not necessarily biodegradable
2 March 2011 UC Berkeley researchers boost E. Coli butanol production with new enzymatic pathway New genetically altered E. coli produced nearly five grams of n-butanol per liter
Innovationspreis “Biowerkstoff des Jahres 2013” auf dem Kölner Biowerkstoff-Kongress ging an PHA-Produzenten Newlight Technologies (USA)
