In Japan, Nagoya University in Japan has developed a technology to convert methane, the principal component of natural gas, into methanol at room temperature in water. They used an enzyme that can be easily mass-produced, offering the possibility of a cheap and effective means to reduce the carbon footprint of natural gas. They published the […]
In Malaysia, the Malay Mail newspaper reports Universiti Teknologi Petronas and Malaysian Kuwaiti Investment have teamed up for the ‘Optimisation of Biomass Waste-to-Wealth’ project at Balung Palm Oil Mill Sdn Bhd in Tawau in an effort to create value-added energy and other products from palm waste. The two-year project will have biodiesel and electricity production […]
In the UK, Cranfield University said it is leading the UK’s collaboration on an international partnership to make low-cost, large-scale, Net Zero hydrogen production a reality. The Global Hydrogen Production Technologies Center (HyPT) is a five-year project led by Cranfield University, Arizona State University, the University of Adelaide and the University of Toronto, which seeks […]
In Indiana, patent-pending adhesive formulations developed at Purdue University from fully sustainable, bio-based components establish bonds that grow stronger when underwater or exposed to wet conditions. Researchers developed the formulations from zein, a protein found in corn, and tannic acid. A paper about the team’s research was published in the peer-reviewed journal ACS Applied Materials […]
In California, using engineered microbes as microscopic factories has given the world steady sources of life-saving drugs, revolutionized the food industry, and allowed us to make sustainable versions of valuable chemicals previously made from petroleum. But behind each biomanufactured product on the market today is the investment of years of work and many millions of […]
In West Virginia, a researcher at West Virginia University is unearthing what facilitates the robust growth of Miscanthus grass, a bioenergy crop that grows well on reclaimed Appalachian mine lands and holds the potential to produce fuel and capture carbon dioxide. Little is known about what makes the crop so effective, so Jennifer Kane, a […]
In West Virginia, West Virginia University (WVU) reported that a group of the university’s researchers have taken the first steps toward developing technology that can capture carbon dioxide in the air and use it for eco-friendly manufacturing of methanol. The process they have begun modeling — which involves pulling air from buildings — could increase […]
In the UK, growing demand for sustainable materials and renewable energy, plant-based feedstocks have been investigated, but converting woody plant biomass to fuel and other useful products is chemically and energetically very demanding. Until today, research to understand how to change woody biomass to improve its efficiency of conversion to simpler components has mostly targeted […]
In West Virginia, researchers at West Virginia University have taken the first steps toward developing technology that can capture carbon dioxide in the air and use it for eco-friendly manufacturing of methanol. The process they have begun modeling — which involves pulling air from buildings — could increase the sustainable supply of methanol, one of […]
In Germany, a team of researchers from the University of Freiburg and the Leibniz Institute for New Materials (INM) in Saarbrücken is working on in the DELIVER project to develop wood replacement products from microorganisms. The aim is to create a database of hundreds of materials with a broad range of controllable properties for various […]
