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14 May 202514 May 2025

Scientists discover a new way to convert corn waste into low-cost sugar for biofuel

Researchers collaboration developed a process that pretreats corn stover, which allows enzymes to break down cellulosic polymers into sugar, that can then be fermented into biofuels and bioproducts

6 February 20253 February 2025

UConn Researchers Partner with Bioplastics Company to Examine Biodegradable Plastics

A study led by marine sciences Ph.D. student Hannah Collins found that Novamont’s Mater-Bi, a starch-based polymer, degraded significantly faster than traditional plastics—showing promise for reducing marine pollution

26 November 20199 September 2021

Breaking CO2 faster, cheaper, and more efficiently

University of Connecticut researchers created an electrochemical cell catalyst to convert CO₂ into fuels

Neuer “Wunder-Kat” erzeugt Sprit aus CO2

Wissenschaftler der University of Connecticut entwickeln billigeres und effektiveres Verfahren

3 May 201826 April 2018

Spider silk key to new bone-fixing composite

The new composite certainly needed to be strong and stiff, yet not so much so that it would inhibit dense bone growth

29 June 201515 October 2015

Bio-based biodegradable polyurethane foam wins BASF award

New technology based around a sugar based mevalonate (MVL) monomer and its polyesterol (PMVL) made by solvent-free polymerization

28 May 2013

UMass Amherst finds new way to make p-xylene from biomass

Paul Dauenhauer, UMass Amherst Chemical Engineer, Receives DuPont Young Professor Award