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4 March 20251 March 2025

The biodegradable microbeads that scrub out plastic pollution

For companies seeking biodegradable replacements, circular and plant-based options abound, waiting to be scaled


3 February 202528 January 2025

Seaweed farms show potential for carbon storage that gets better with age

Carbon storage below seaweed farms can accumulate as much carbon as some Blue Carbon habitats


5 December 20243 December 2024

Bye-bye microplastics: new plastic is recyclable and fully ocean-degradable

Scientists have been trying to develop safe and sustainable materials that can replace traditional plastics, which are non-sustainable and harm the environment


Bye-bye Mikroplastik: neuer Kunststoff ist recycelbar und vollständig im Meer abbaubar

Wissenschaftler versuchen seit langem, sichere und nachhaltige Materialien zu entwickeln, die herkömmliche Kunststoffe ersetzen können, die nicht nachhaltig sind und die Umwelt schädigen


15 August 202415 August 2024

Urban concrete mines

Used concrete transformed into new bricks while trapping CO2, could see crumbling urban structures recycled into new buildings


8 February 20241 February 2024

Microbial decomposition of biodegradable plastics on the deep-sea floor

Several dominant microorganisms are carrying genes potentially encoding plastic-degrading enzymes such as polyhydroxyalkanoate depolymerases and cutinases/polyesterases


26 September 202222 September 2022

Report lays out future scenarios for global chemical industry

Calls on sector to change, lead way to enable a sustainable global economy


Zukunftsszenarien für die globale Chemieindustrie

Aufruf an die Branche, sich zu verändern und den Weg zu einer nachhaltigen Weltwirtschaft zu ebnen


8 April 20224 April 2022

​​Artificial photosynthesis: the ultimate renewable tech

This is the field, where man-made devices replicate the way plants obtain energy from sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide


11 November 20217 November 2021

Plant from Plastics: Bio-based Polymers Can Be Transformed into Fertilizers

At Tokyo Institute of Technology a new environmentally friendly process is being developed, in which plastics produced using biomass (bioplastics) are chemically recycled back into fertilizers


Pflanzen aus Kunststoff?

Biobasierte Polymere können in Düngemittel umgewandelt werden


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


4 March 20202 March 2020

The combination of plant-based particles and water forms an ‘eco’ super-glue

Researchers demonstrated that plant-derived cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) can form an adhesive that fully integrates the concepts of sustainability, performance, and cost


27 February 202023 February 2020

“Wood” you like to recycle concrete?

This research may help drastically reduce construction costs, as well as slash carbon emissions


23 October 20199 September 2021

New material captures carbon dioxide

The captured CO2 can be converted into useful organic materials


23 October 201521 October 2015

The airlines: who’s doing what in aviation biofuels?

Who’s a Major Player, who’s a Pioneer, who’s committed, who’s monitoring the space as a stakeholder? We look at 45 airlines and their efforts in bringing low-carbon fuels to the marketplace


10 July 20159 July 2015

International research team seeks more efficient biomass refinement processes

Researchers from across the world plan to mimic the chemistry of the brown rot fungus to improve biorefining processes


24 March 201523 March 2015

Energieeffiziente Methode für die Produktion von Nanocellulose

Forscherkonsortium erhält Marcus Wallenberg Preis für innovatives Aufschlussverfahren


Marcus Wallenberg Prize 2015: Energy-efficient method for producing nanocellulose

Researchers using a specific oxidation reaction to open up wood material prior to mechanical disintegration


27 February 201526 February 2015

New catalyst to create chemical building blocks from biomass

Potential for mass use of lignin as feedstock for production of basic aromatic chemicals


6 January 20155 January 2015

10 Biggest Bioeconomy Blockbuster Stories of 2014: Asia and Oceania

The East is Green: Asia is confirmed as “the new Brazil” as project developers head en masse to the friendly receptions in Asian countries — based on energy diversification and rural development opportunities


18 August 201416 August 2014

Like cling wrap, new biomaterial can coat tricky burn wounds and block out infection

Scientists from Japan present nanosheets out of a biodegradable PLLA at ACS Meeting


7 July 20145 July 2014

Auf dem Weg zur zellfreien Biomolekül-Fabrik

Effiziente Herstellung von maßgeschneiderten Proteinen in zellfreien Reaktoren in greifbarer Nähe


18 November 2010

Life Cycle Analysis concludes Green Polyethylene can reduce GHG emission

Even with half a world away transportation

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