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4 July 202328 June 2023

Engineers At UMass Amherst Harvest Abundant Clean Energy from Thin Air, 24/7

Researchers describe the “generic Air-gen effect”—nearly any material can be engineered with nanopores to harvest, cost effective, scalable, interruption-free electricity


Forscher gewinnen rund um die Uhr reichlich saubere Energie aus der Luft

"Die Luft enthält eine enorme Menge an Elektrizität"


12 December 20199 December 2019

America’s largest timber building is complete, and it may be the future of construction

What’s old is new again—especially in the building industry


11 January 20189 January 2018

Bacteria Use Multiple Enzymes to Degrade Plant Biomass

Nature demonstrates how bacteria degrade lignin and provides better understanding to make biofuels


8 August 20171 August 2017

Fungi that Evolved to Eat Wood Offer New Biomass Conversion Tool

UMass Amherst microbiologists, international team show fungal deconstruction of wood


15 May 201728 April 2017

Discovery could transform industries

Researchers invent process to make sustainable rubber, plastics


17 February 201716 February 2017

Researchers invent process to produce renewable car tires from trees, grass

The car tires produced from biomass that includes trees and grasses would be identical to existing car tires with the same chemical makeup, color, shape, and performance


27 January 201723 January 2017

Microbiologists Make Big Leap in Developing ‘Green’ Electronics

UMass Amherst research finds microbe from the Potomac yields better electronic material


14 December 201612 December 2016

UMass Amherst Chemical Engineers Lead Team that Boosts Valuable Chemical p-xylene Production from Biomass

Researchers developed new method that generates a 97 percent yield and uses biomass feedstocks


26 July 201625 July 2016

‘Green’ electronic materials produced with synthetic biology

"Designed" strain of bacteria spins out extremely thin and highly conductive wires made up solely of natural amino acids


29 June 201526 June 2015

LEGO commits $150M to search for sustainable alternative plastics

$150 million, 100+ employees, a new sustainable materials center, and a commitment to move off fossil fuels dependency by 2030


30 April 20152 September 2015

USDA Awards $3.8 Million in Grants for Nanotechnology Research

Nanoscale science, engineering, and technology embrace opportunities in a broad range of critical challenges facing agriculture and food systems


10 October 20148 October 2014

Blades of grass inspire advance in organic solar cells

UMass Amherst scientists use graphene in new energy conversion architecture


21 November 201322 November 2013

Unlocking the universe of biobased (and not so biobased) materials

In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, exotic materials are brought from outer space, but in the Digest Cinematic Universe, the most transformative materials are all around you. - Possibly in your trash.


10 June 2013

Micromidas tackling bio-based PET

Company using highly efficient and inexpensive process for direct conversion of cellulosic biomass


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


19 May 20139 September 2021

Bacteria use hydrogen, carbon dioxide to produce electricity

UMass, Amherst presents first results of the Geobacter bacteria research


6 March 2013

Anellotech Announces Ability to Produce Large Volume Product Development Samples of Biomass-Derived Benzene and Toluene

Establishes new corporate headquarters, R&D laboratory and pilot plant facility in Pearl River, New York ‐ Welcomes new VP of Business Development


29 November 2012

Anellotech licenses p-xylene technology from UMass Amherst

Economical production of renewable p-xylene from non-food biomass with lower-cost renewable PET possible


18 September 2012

Researchers solve long-standing mystery of how cellulose chains break down

How could that revolutionize the process of making fuels, solvents, thinners, lacquers or paints out of biobased materials?


15 May 2011

Bio-based chemicals to create US jobs

Report encouraging the United States to reform chemical industry regulations


4 April 2011

From Biomass to Chemicals in One Step

A startup's catalytic process converts cellulosic biomass directly into components of gasoline


26 November 2010

UMass Amherst Chemical Engineers Develop a High-Yield, Low-Cost Biomass Alternative to Petroleum for Industrial Chemicals

Pyrolysis oils made from waste wood, agricultural waste and non-food energy crops to produce high-value materials


25 November 2010

A Greener Way to Make Plastic

Improving the efficiency of zeolites catalysts converting pyrolysis oils into plastics

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