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Transforming Plastic Waste Into Ultra-Strong Underwater Adhesive

Mary Danielson was stuck. Literally. Doing her post-graduate research at the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), she was aiming to break down plastic waste.

12 Aug 2026

LANXESS Powers Large-Scale Plant with Hydrogen for the First Time

LANXESS is making its production at the Krefeld-Uerdingen site more sustainable. The specialty chemicals company will use hydrogen instead of natural gas to dry its iron oxide pigments.

12 Aug 2026

Space Biosphere Company Launches Mission to Tackle Dairy Waste

A company that helped design how astronauts grow and recycle food in space is now applying that thinking to the critical problem of dairy waste here on Earth.

4 Aug 2026

Better AI Catalyst Data Speeds Up Carbon to Fuel Shift

In a SLAC-led study, four laboratories collaborated to ensure reproducibility in AI training data to predict new catalysts for future fuel production.

4 Aug 2026

Waste Not, Want Not: Farming Insects for Human Food

They’re wriggly black grubs more commonly tossed to backyard hens than served at the dinner table, but black soldier fly larvae could soon play a key role in building a more sustainable food system, according to new research from Adelaide University.

3 Aug 2026

Mapping Endangered Habitats with the Help of Citizen Scientists and Satellite Data

A combination of satellite imagery, environmental data and habitat surveys carried out by citizen scientists could help transform the way endangered habitats are mapped, according to new research from the University of Surrey and Surrey Wildlife Trust.

30 Jul 2026

MCi Carbon and Hatch Announce Collaboration to Support Commercial Deployment of Mineral Carbonation Technology

MCi Carbon is pleased to announce a collaboration with Hatch to support the engineering, technoeconomic assessment and commercial deployment pathways for MCi’s mineral carbonation technology.

30 Jul 2026

Your Shampoo Routine Could Be Driving Household Water Waste, According to New Study

Everyday shower habits, such as applying shampoo or pausing the water while washing, are driving up water waste, argues a new study from the University of Surrey.

30 Jul 2026

New AI Framework Aims to Improve Battery Metal Recovery

Researchers from the SLAC-Stanford Battery Center join the University of Southern California in a project announced today by the DOE to help secure the U.S. supply of critical minerals.

25 Jul 2026

Hutton to Coordinate New €6 Million Project to Improve Monitoring, Reporting and Verification of Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Agriculture

The James Hutton Institute, Scotland’s leading interdisciplinary research institute for sustainable land, crop and nature management, has been tasked with coordinating a €5.94 million (£5.07 million) effort to improve the monitoring, reporting and verification of non-CO2 greenhouse gases from agriculture.

24 Jul 2026