16 April 202510 April 2025 Biodegradable nails make manicures more sustainable Do you like long and sparkly nails? You can make them yourself in your own kitchen and afterwards you can melt down the nails and make a new set
28 June 202428 June 2024 Wie aus Schlachtabfällen Biofasern gewonnen werden Die Zukunft der Mode: Du trägst ein T-Shirt einige Male, und wenn du davon genug hast, wird es aufgelöst, um ein neues daraus zu machen
Wear it, then recycle: Designers make dissolvable textiles from gelatin Introducing the fashion of the future: a T-shirt you can wear a few times, then, when you get bored with it, dissolve and recycle to make a new shirt
2 October 202329 September 2023 3D printing with coffee: Turning used grounds into caffeinated creations Coffee can do a lot of things: Wake you up, warm you up and lessen that existential dread. According to a new study, it could also help reduce the waste from 3D printing
27 September 202322 September 2023 How To Build A Climate-Friendly Skyscraper: Start Small. Petri-Dish Small. Prometheus Materials has a solution for replacing one of the biggest contributors of greenhouse gasses, financial backing from Microsoft and an aggressive plan to scale up quickly
17 July 202312 July 2023 The future of recycling could one day mean dissolving plastic with electricity The researchers described their new approach to chemical recycling July 3 in the journal Chem Catalysis
Die Zukunft des Recyclings könnte eines Tages darin bestehen, Plastik mit Strom aufzulösen Die Methode ist so simpel, dass man das Auseinanderbrechen des Plastiks vor seinen Augen beobachten kann
19 April 202314 April 2023 Exxon’s new ‘advanced recycling’ plant raises environmental concerns Advocates warn plants like the latest addition to the Texas complex generate hazardous pollutants and provide cover for oil giants to produce new plastic products
6 October 20228 October 2022 Plastics of the future will live many past lives, thanks to chemical recycling One day in the not-too-distant future, the plastics in our satellites, cars and electronics may all be living their second, 25th or 250th lives
Kunststoffe der Zukunft werden dank chemischen Recyclings viele frühere Leben haben Polymerwerkstoffe in Satelliten, Autos und elektronischen Geräten werden zukünftig vielleicht in ihrem zweiten, 25. oder 250. Leben sein
25 July 202219 July 2022 Algengefüllte Paneele könnten Sauerstoff und Strom erzeugen, während sie CO2 absorbieren Mexikanische Forscher haben nach zwei Jahren intensiver Versuche im Oktober 2021 ihre Technologie erfolgreich testen können
5 July 202230 June 2022 Cities of the future may be built with algae-grown limestone Cement formed with biogenic limestone promises carbon-neutral concrete
23 March 202221 March 2022 New method could lead to cheaper, more efficient ways to capture carbon New CU Boulder-led study shows, that using electrochemical methods capturing heat-trapping gases from the atmosphere would allow carbon capture facilities to exist almost anywhere
14 March 20228 March 2022 NREL Bioengineering Process Prepares To Make a Splash Renewables To Replace Petroleum-Based Materials in Commercial Filtration Systems
1 February 202231 January 2022 Creating value from Waste University of Delaware (UD) researchers report low-pressure method to convert industrially processed biomass into plastics, chemicals
12 February 20207 February 2020 Nachhaltiges Bauen: Lebender Beton für mikrobielle Häuser? Mischung aus Sand, Hydrogel und Gelatine als Nährboden für Synechococcus-Bakterien lassen einen Backstein entstehen, der sich selbst reparieren kann
5 February 20201 February 2020 Mattel’s biobased building blocks, world’s 1st fuel-cell powered train, self-healing “Frankenstein” concrete, potato starch produce packaging, and more The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of January 30th
3 February 202029 January 2020 Scientists create monstrous ‘living concrete’ that regenerates itself Researchers at the University of Colorado have discovered how to concoct a remarkably durable material that captures and reproduces carbon using crystallized minerals deposited via photosynthetic cyanobacteria
5 August 20199 September 2021 CU Has Developed A Tiny Muncher That Eats Carbon And Spits Out Bioplastic The technology is in its very early stages
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
21 December 201719 December 2017 NREL Develops Novel Method to Produce Renewable Acrylonitrile Research paves the way for cost-competitive, sustainable acrylonitrile and carbon fibers from renewable biomass
1 August 2013 CU-Boulder team develops new water splitting technique that could produce hydrogen fuel Sunlight heat to change metal oxide material composition, causing newly formed compound
