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Engineered Bacteria Could Provide a Powerful Route to Sustainable Biochemicals

A research team led by Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley has engineered bacteria to produce new-to-nature carbon products that could provide a powerful route to sustainable biochemicals. The advance could reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the manufacturing of fuels, drugs, and chemicals.

9 May 2023

International Project Aims to Build Community Resilience to Climate Change Effects

An international project to build community resilience to the effects of climate change, launched by Community Jameel and a research team at MIT, has been recognized as an innovation sprint at the 2023 summit of the United States' and United Arab Emirates' Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM4C).

9 May 2023

New Supply Chain Model Reveals Optimal Places for Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production

Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists led the development of a supply chain model revealing the optimal places to site farms, biorefineries, pipelines and other infrastructure for sustainable aviation fuel production.

9 May 2023

Pharmaceutical Producers Could Reduce Environmental Impact by Roughly Half

In a first-of-its-kind analysis, Cornell University researchers and partners found that pharmaceutical producers could reduce their environmental impact by roughly half by optimizing manufacturing processes and supply chain networks and by switching to renewable energy sources.

9 May 2023

Lenzing Celebrates the 40th Anniversary of Excellence in LENZING™ Acetic Acid Biobased

Lenzing Group, a leading global producer of wood-based specialty fibers, is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its biorefinery and co-product brand LENZING™ Acetic Acid Biobased.

9 May 2023

Carbon Capture: Decarbonizing the Chemical Industry

Researchers at Northwestern University (NU) have been working in collaboration with international partners to find ways to capture carbon and produce acetic acid out of carbon monoxide.

5 May 2023

New Horizons in Generating Urban Energy

The name of a new research project headed by Dr Yilmaz Uygun, Professor at Constructor University in Bremen, is “Wind.EnergyAutonomous Schools in the Metropolitan Region Northwest.”

5 May 2023

Research Measures the Value of Carbon-Free Nuclear Energy

As the world races to discover solutions for reaching net zero carbon emissions, a PNNL analysis quantifies the economic value of the existing nuclear power fleet and its carbon-free energy contributions.

3 May 2023

Auto Shanghai 2023 Ushers in a New Era of Intelligent Vehicles! Nearly 20 Mass-produced Models Equipped with RoboSense LiDAR

RoboSense, a world-leading provider of Smart LiDAR Sensor Systems, announced today its M series LiDAR products, which assisted more than 10 well-known global automakers showcase nearly 20 intelligent vehicle models at the 20th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition 2023 (referred to as the Auto Shanghai 2023), presenting the excellent performance of their intelligent driving assistance systems to the audience.

2 May 2023

BrainBox AI Announces US$20 Million Investment from Québec Government and ABB; and Enters into Agreement to Acquire ABB Multi-Site Retail Business

BrainBox AI, a leader in autonomous building technology, today announced a US$20 million fundraise to support the continued development of BrainBox AI’s cutting edge decarbonization technology and its global commercialization efforts.

From BrainBox AI 2 May 2023