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Scientists Examine the Effect of Palm-Oil Biodiesel on Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Despite the rising controversy over the sustainability of vegetable oil biofuels, these products are increasingly being utilized as a substitute for fossil fuels.

28 Feb 2020

Novel Method Improves Production of Chemicals from Biomass

A team of researchers, which included doctoral student FUJIWARA Ryosuke, Associate Professor TANAKA Tsutomu (both from the Graduate School of Engineering of Kobe University) and Research Scientist NODA Shuhei (from RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science), has successfully improved the production of target chemicals from biomass.

26 Feb 2020

Kipp & Zonen ISO/IEC 17025 Accredited Calibration Service

We are proud to announce that the radiometric calibration laboratory at our factory in Delft, the Netherlands has been accredited to the EN ISO/IEC 17025 quality management standard for the sensitivity calibration of our pyranometers and pyrheliometers.

From Kipp & Zonen 14 Feb 2020

Replacing Petroleum with Wood in Chemical Industry to Reduce CO2 Emissions

At KU Leuven, an interdisciplinary team including economists and bio-engineers has delineated ways to use wood as an alternative to petroleum in the chemical industry.

14 Feb 2020

Water-Separation Membrane Efficiently Converts CO2 into Methanol

An efficient and multipurpose chemical, methanol is used as fuel for producing an unlimited number of products. By contrast, carbon dioxide (CO2) is a greenhouse gas that is regarded as an undesirable byproduct resulting from several industrial processes.

7 Feb 2020

DMC Biotech Completes Successful Pilot of L-Alanine

DMC Biotechnologies has successfully produced its lead product, L-alanine at pilot scale. Commercial key performance metrics were achieved and performance from the bench scale was also demonstrated at 3m3scale fermentation and for each of the downstream purification unit operations.

From DMC Biotechnologies, Inc. 7 Feb 2020

New Tool for Sugarcane Farmers to Help the Great Barrier Reef

In a world first, sugarcane farmers in far north Queensland have a new app by Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, that will help them manage fertiliser use and reduce nitrogen runoff onto the Great Barrier Reef.

20 Jan 2020

QED Highlights EZR Tray™ Air Stripper for Removing VOCs from Contaminated Groundwater and Waste Streams

Q.E.D. Environmental Systems, Inc., a leading manufacturer of innovative environmental products, announces the patented EZR Tray™ air stripper, a sliding tray, stainless steel air stripper ideal for removing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from contaminated groundwater and waste streams.

From QED Environmental Systems, Inc. 10 Jan 2020

DSM Announces Future Sustainability Goals for Its High-performance Fiber

Royal DSM has announced new sustainability ambitions for Dyneema® fiber™. It is made from Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) and offers maximum strength with minimum weight.

From DSM 13 Dec 2019

Study Unveils New Extremely Homogeneous Adaptive Polymer Gel

Researchers from the University of Tokyo’s Institute for Solid State Physics have found a way to produce a new kind of gel which overcomes the limitation caused by their inherent random and disordered nature.

13 Dec 2019