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News - 22 Aug 2023

Researchers at ETH Zurich have demonstrated the use of a specially coated metal mesh to harvest water from fog and simultaneously remove pollutants. People living in dry but foggy areas should benefit...

Recycling Breakthrough Set to Transform the Plastic Waste Landscape

News - 17 Aug 2023

Since the 1950s, humans have produced around 8.3 billion tons of plastic waste, which has had a colossal impact on the planet, with only around 9% of all plastic waste being recycled...

UCF Researchers Develop New Technology to Recycle Greenhouse Gas into Energy, Materials

News - 15 Aug 2023

A pair of University of Central Florida researchers has developed new methods to produce energy and materials from the harmful greenhouse gas, methane. UCF researchers Richard Blair (left) and...

New Chemical Recycling Technique Turns Low-Value Waste Plastic Into High-Value Products

News - 11 Aug 2023

Although many Americans deposit their plastic trash into the appropriate bins each week, many of those materials, including flexible films, multilayer materials and a lot of colored plastics, are not...

University of Florida Researchers Develop New Method to Recycle Plastics

News - 9 Aug 2023

A team of researchers led by Brent Sumerlin, the George B. Butler Professor in the University of Florida Department of Chemistry, has made a breakthrough with the potential to transform how we recycle...

Novel Proton-Conductive Membranes for Automobile Fuel Cells

News - 3 Aug 2023

Proton exchange membrane fuel cells, an integral part of electric vehicles, utilize proton-conductive membranes for operation. Recently, researchers from Japan synthesized novel composite membranes...

New Method to Extract Lignin Could Help Reduce Carbon Emissions

News - 1 Aug 2023

A new technique to extract lignin could help transform wheat straw into gold. The new method produced homogenous, colorless, and odorless lignin, an improvement that might make this carbon-neutral...

Researchers Develop New Way to Recycle Polystyrene

News - 31 Jul 2023

Polystyrene, the main material in plastic tableware and insulating materials, is a widely used polymer but is currently difficult to recycle. Reporting in the journal Angewandte Chemie, a...

From Fossil Fuels to Sustainable Solutions: Harnessing Synthetic Biology for Greener Products

News - 21 Jul 2023

In today’s consumer-driven society, the continuous demand for products hinges on a seamless flow of goods entering the market, a feat made possible by extensive large-scale manufacturing...

Using Synthetic Biology to Manufacture Sustainable Products

News - 20 Jul 2023

Reducing our reliance on fossil fuels is going to require a transformation in the way we make things. That's because the hydrocarbons found in fuels like crude oil, natural gas, and coal are also...