Jan
5
Explaining How Biomass Could Replace All Of Aviation Fuel
January 5, 2023 | Leave a Comment
Arizona State University research shows a pathway toward full decarbonization of U.S. aviation fuel use by substituting conventional jet fuel with sustainably produced biofuels. The study found that planting the grass miscanthus on 23.2 million hectares of existing marginal agricultural lands – land that often lays fallow or is poor in soil quality – across […]
Jan
4
New System Captures Carbon From Flue Gas And Makes Ethylene
January 4, 2023 | Leave a Comment
Open Image…Save ImageOpen Image (using #TmpD/ia)… Engineers at the University of Illinois Chicago have built a machine that captures carbon from flue gas and converts it to ethylene. The device integrates a carbon capture system with an ethylene conversion system for the first time. The system not only runs on electricity, but it also removes more carbon from the environment […]
Jan
3
New Microbe Fixes Nitrogen To Make Methane And Fertilizer
January 3, 2023 | Leave a Comment
Open Image…Save ImageOpen Image (using #TmpD/ia)… Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology scientists have successfully enhanced cultivation of a microorganism that can fix nitrogen (N2) while producing methane (CH4) and ammonia (NH3) and investigated exciting details of its metabolism. Carbon and nitrogen are essential elements of life. Some organisms take up key positions for the cycling of both of them […]
Dec
15
Biobased Made Plastics Make A Big Step In Replacing Oil
December 15, 2022 | Leave a Comment
Open Image…Save ImageOpen Image (using #TmpD/ia)… Researchers at Universiteit van Amsterdam made an important step towards the production of fully biobased, rigid polyesters. The process replaces petroleum in the production of very strong and durable biobased plastics from building blocks that are already commercially available. In a recent paper published in Nature Communications, researchers at the Industrial Sustainable Chemistry group […]
Dec
6
Carbonizing Used Waste Cardboard & Paper Into Battery Parts
December 6, 2022 | Leave a Comment
Open Image…Save ImageOpen Image (using #TmpD/ia)… Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, scientists have developed a technique to convert waste paper, from single-use packaging and bags, and cardboard boxes, into a crucial component of lithium-ion batteries. Through a process called carbonization which converts paper into pure carbon, the researchers turned the paper’s fibers into electrodes, which can be made into rechargeable batteries […]
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