10 October 20256 October 2025 Turning plastic waste into fuel UD researchers and collaborators develop new catalyst to accelerate upcycling of plastics
28 February 202323 February 2023 From Lab to Market: Bio-Based Products Are Gaining Momentum Propelled by government investment and shareholder demand, manufacturers are pushing to get bio-based products into the marketplace. These new materials — made from plants, fungi, and microbes — aim to replace those that contain toxins and are difficult to recycle or reuse
27 October 202224 October 2022 How are Bioplastics Made? The IUPAC actually discourages the use of the term “bioplastic,” instead recommending scientists use the expression “biobased polymer”
3 November 202130 October 2021 Wood That Can Cut Like Steel, Be Molded Like Plastic or Build Batteries? UMD Researchers Discover More New Dimensions of an Ancient Material
1 March 202125 February 2021 Wooden windows We can make transparent wood with a relatively benign chemical treatment
23 February 202118 February 2021 Durchsichtiges Holz: Forscher entwickeln alternativen Baustoff für Innenräume Mit Chemikalien kann das Lignin des Holzes in einem aufwändigen und energieintensiven Prozess aus dünnen Holzschichten gewaschen werden
12 February 20219 February 2021 Wood can easily be turned transparent to make energy-saving windows University of Maryland researchers came up with a method that modifies the contained lignin instead of removing it completely
10 February 20215 February 2021 Developing fibrillated cellulose as a sustainable technological material Fibrillated cellulose is produced from renewable resources, so its sustainability potential combined with its other functional properties makes this nanomaterial insteresting
3 May 201929 April 2019 The World Lost a Belgium-sized Area of Primary Rainforests Last Year Global Forest Watch mourning third biggest loss of rainforests since beginning of measurements by satellite
22 March 201919 March 2019 Inventors of bullet-proof wood create fire-proof wood University of Maryland researchers show that their process to create bullet-proof wood through densification also confers fire-resistant properties
26 October 201823 October 2018 The Case for Making Cities Out of Wood Canadian JV to start building Quayside place completely from wood
31 July 201814 April 2019 Solving the World’s Energy Crisis with Wooden Buildings New teams and companies are looking to develop modern wooden buildings to answer the pollutant concrete problem
14 March 201812 March 2018 Wood Stronger Than Most Metals University of Maryland research previously made a range of emerging technologies out of nanocellulose related materials
Holz als natürlicher Nanowerkstoff Geplantes 70 Stockwerke hohes Gebäude soll nur noch außen mit Stahl verstärkt werden, innen sollen sämtliche tragenden Teile aus Holz bestehen
15 February 201813 February 2018 UMD Researchers Create Super Wood Stronger Than Most Metals By removing the wood’s lignin and heat compressing, wood’s fibers are pressed together so tightly that they can form strong hydrogen bonds
25 October 201723 October 2017 Solar-powered steam devices purify water through wood University of Maryland researchers found a solution to the rising global challenge of water scarcity
1 August 201725 July 2017 Cellulosic Biofuels Can Benefit the Environment If Managed Correctly Cellulosic biofuels are routinely factored into future climate mitigation scenarios because of their potential to displace petroleum use and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions
26 June 20179 September 2021 Efficient Steam Generation with Sunlight Researchers developed a solar steam generation device based on carbon nanotube-modified flexible wood membrane
24 May 201619 May 2016 A View Through Wood Shows Futuristic Applications Highly Anisotropic, Highly Transparent Wood Composites
10 February 20168 February 2016 UMD Scientists Turn Leaves into Batteries The scientists are trying to make a battery using sodium
Forscher machen Eichenblatt zur Öko-Batterie Natrium ersetzt herkömmlich verwendetes Lithium als Ladungsträger
13 January 201613 January 2016 Electrofuels update: Patent granted for CO2-to-gasoline process Microorganisms to convert carbon dioxide to liquid fuels using hydrogen or electricity
10 September 20158 September 2015 Study: Seeing the forest and the trees, all 3 trillion of them Approach combines ground-based surveys with satellite imaging to find higher density than anticipated
4 November 20143 November 2014 Critics respond to study claiming poor GHG performance of cellulosic biofuels GCR notifying that using corn crop residue to make ethanol under some conditions can generate more greenhouse gases than gasoline
5 August 20144 August 2014 More people means more plant growth, NASA data show New analysis shows that on a global scale, the presence of people corresponds to more plant productivity, or growth
27 February 201426 February 2014 ILUC and the Renewable Fuel Standard: hard data appears for the first time After six years of debate — finally a database appears on actual indirect land use change
22 April 2013 North Carolina A&T State University crowned Champion in $100,000 ACC Clean Energy Challenge Runner-Up Clemson Wins $5,000 in DOE Competition
16 January 2013 Marginal lands are prime fuel source for alternative energy First study to show that natural growing non-woody plants are sufficiently productive to make ethanol
