In South Korea, a research team has developed a highly efficient catalyst that directly converts carbon dioxide—a major contributor to global warming—into industrially high-value 2-propanol. This research achievement was published online in Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy, one of the world’s leading journals in catalysis and environmental science. Technology that inputs electrical energy into […]
In the UK, Fuel Cells Works reported that Keele scientists have developed a new kind of electrolyzer which produces both hydrogen and the base materials for sustainable plastic production. In a new study published in ACS Electrochemistry, Dr Charlie Creissen and PhD student Lewis Cousins have developed a new type of electrolyzer that takes molecules […]
In Colorado, researchers at Colorado State University have developed a process to transform naturally occurring and highly stable carbon dioxide into recyclable, high-performance materials that could replace today’s plastics in many situations. Their catalytic process, described in the journal Nature, is another step toward a circular economy that reduces plastic waste and supports environmental sustainability. […]
In Spain, a study by the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) has evaluated how to extract oil from coffee grounds efficiently while preserving the rest of the plant material so that it can also be utilized in other processes. The research, published in Biomass and Bioenergy, focuses on spent coffee grounds, which are a very […]
In India, the Press Trust of India reports the country has effectively ruled out wider use of ethanol-blended diesel after government testing found that ethanol sharply reduces diesel’s flash point, causing the fuel to fail required safety specifications. Public-sector oil marketing companies conducted evaluations with accredited laboratories and automobile manufacturers through their research centers. Petroleum […]
In China, researchers at the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed a flexible living textile based on Cordyceps militaris. The researchers grew C. militaris in liquid culture, where it formed spherical mycelial pellets composed of intertwined fungal filaments. After being collected and placed into moulds, the pellets naturally bonded […]
In the UK, Fuel Cells Works reported that researchers from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, together with colleagues from Meyer Werft and the Helmut Schmidt University of the Bundeswehr Hamburg (HSU), are developing an innovative hydrogen storage facility for the port operation of a passenger ship. The on-board system is intended to enable zero-emission energy supply. The […]
In South Korea, a research team led by Sungkyunkwan University has developed a new catalyst that converts carbon dioxide into ethanol with high selectivity. The study, titled “Atomic-scale Cu–Zn synergy directs asymmetric C–C coupling for ethanol-selective CO2 electroreduction,” was published in Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy. Carbon dioxide is a major greenhouse gas, but […]
In Illinois, nearly two centuries of maize-based agriculture in the U.S. Midwest has halved soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks compared with tallgrass prairies native to the region. Replacing annual maize/soy cropping with perennial bioenergy grasses may partially reverse these resulting SOC deficits. A recent Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) study explored the […]
In Illinois, lignocellulolytic enzymes are a primary cost constraint in second-generation ethanol biorefineries, accounting for up to 30% of operating expenses. Because it requires limited inputs and can achieve industrially viable ethanol titers and yields with an inexpensive nitrogen source, the hydrothermal pretreatment approach is a leading biorefinery technique. However, enzyme loadings reported in the […]
