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A New Research at UC to Make 100% Recyclable Bioplastics from Food-Waste-Stream

A new solution being engineered at the University of Canterbury (UC) aims to turn food waste into valuable chemical components that could be used to make bioplastics.

2 Aug 2019

Prototype Tool Will Help Farmers Analyse Nutritional Content and Possible Contamination in Food Production

A precision-engineered replica model of an analysis tool allowing farmers to test for possible contamination in food is helping a technology company attract investment which could maximise yields and cut the spread of disease.

From Ogle Models & Prototypes 17 Jul 2019

Cost-Effective Way to Obtain Energy-Rich Organic Molecules from Algae

Scientists at the University of Tsukuba have come up with a new method of using nanoporous and porous graphene foams to harvest energy and organic molecules from algae.

9 Jul 2019

Aerothermal’s First Thermal Hydrolysis Unit Operational

AeroThermal Ltd has announced that its first Thermo-Pressure Hydrolysis (TPH) vessel was onstream processing bio-waste for the first time for a renewables company in the UK.

From AeroThermal Group 5 Jul 2019

New Transparent Bioplastic for Fully-Compostable Food Packaging

Group of scientists at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania have created biodegradable plastic, which decays in a compost bin in a couple of years.

28 Jun 2019

LyondellBasell & Neste Achieve Milestone by Producing Bio-Based Plastics at Commercial Scale

LyondellBasell and Neste have jointly announced the first parallel production of bio-based polypropylene and bio-based low-density polyethylene at a commercial scale.

From Neste Oyj 28 Jun 2019

Bio-Based Blue Pigment Could Offer Sustainable Alternative to Synthetic Dyes

Usually, the discoveries of essential scientific research are several steps away from a product that can be instantly brought to the general public. However, opportunity makes an early appearance every once in a while.

24 Jun 2019

Next-gen Solar Cells Spin in New Direction

A new nanomaterial made from phosphorus, known as phosphorene, is shaping up as a key ingredient for more sustainable and efficient next-generation perovskite solar cells (PSCs).

24 Jun 2019

Mineral-Induced Carbon Sequestration May Explain Abundance of Oxygen in the Earth’s Atmosphere

Many people might recall the Earth’s carbon cycle from their grade school science class. The carbon cycle occurs something like this: plants release oxygen into the atmosphere after taking up carbon dioxide and changing it into organic carbon.

13 Jun 2019

Researchers Create Microorganism for Algae Biomass to Produce Biofuel and Biochemical

Biorefinery technology uses biomass as a feedstock and changes it to energy and other useful by-products. It is gaining attention as an eco-friendly and sustainable technology to overcome the issue of fossil fuel depletion.

12 Jun 2019