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
