In Japan, milling rice to separate the grain from the husks produces about 100 million tons of rice husk waste globally each year. Scientists searching for a scalable method to fabricate quantum dots have developed a way to recycle rice husks to create the first silicon quantum dot (QD) LED light. Their new method transforms […]
In Japan, semiconducting nanomaterials with 3D network structures have high surface areas and a lot of pores that make them excellent for applications involving adsorbing, separating, and sensing. However, simultaneously controlling the electrical properties and creating useful micro- and macro-scale structures, while achieving excellent functionality and end-use versatility, remains challenging. Now, Osaka University researchers, in […]
In Iowa, an Iowa State University research team that helped develop a demonstration-scale pyrolyzer capable of sequestering thousands of tons of carbon dioxide a year has received a prestigious milestone award from XPRIZE Carbon Removal, it was announced on Friday. The milestone prize provides $1 million to the carbon removal team at the Bioeconomy Institute […]
In Idaho, the development of new, more efficient electrochemical cells could provide a good option for carbon-free hydrogen and chemical production along with large-scale electricity generation and storage and Idaho National Laboratory scientists are overcoming several challenges, including how to make the cells more efficient and cost-effective, by using a simple process to bind materials […]
In Germany, researchers at the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart have determined significant reduction in greenhouse gases is feasible with a trick: A combination of bioethanol production from renewable resources with carbon capture and storage technologies. Depending on the calculation approach used, a reduction of more than 100 percent compared to the EU benchmark for […]
In Illinois, Illinois Institute of Technology Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering Mohammad Asadi received $1.9 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy (ARPA-E) to scale up a process that he developed in the lab for capturing carbon dioxide directly from exhaust gas sources and converting it into valuable products. The process is centered on an innovative catalyst that Asadi developed. He […]
In Pennsylvania, refining metals, manufacturing fertilizers and powering fuel cells for heavy vehicles are all processes that require purified hydrogen. But purifying, or separating, that hydrogen from a mix of other gases can be difficult, with several steps. A Penn State research team demonstrated that the process can be simplified using a pump outfitted with […]
In Nebraska, University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers are part of a new $6 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop bioplastics for use in agriculture over the next four years. The project includes a consortium of 15 researchers from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Kansas State University and the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. […]
The Task Force on Synthetic Biology and the Bioeconomy has released its report — THE U.S. BIOECONOMY: CHARTING A COURSE FOR A RESILIENT AND COMPETITIVE FUTURE”. The report contains recommendations and a strategy to help realize the potential of the U.S. bioeconomy for maximum public benefit. A key focus of the task force is to […]
In France and the Netherlands, Relement has selected Solvay Research & Innovation Centre with the help of Dutch impact investor Invest-NL, to carry out process optimization work. Solvay R&IC will assist Relement with the scale-up of its proprietary product 3-methylphthalic anhydride (bio MPA) which can be applied in e.g. coatings. Relement has received support from […]
