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Huge potential for electronic textiles made with new cellulose thread

Mar 11, 2021 (SPX)

"Miniature, wearable, electronic gadgets are ever more common in our daily lives. But currently, they are often dependent on rare, or in some cases toxic, mater...

Are 'bacterial probiotics' a game-changer for the biofuels industry?

Mar 11, 2021 (SPX)

By closely studying the interactions between yeast and bacteria, it is suggested that the industry could improve both its total yield and the cost of the fermen...

Study shows cactus pear as drought-tolerant crop for sustainable fuel and food

Mar 08, 2021 (SPX)

Global climate change models predict that long-term drought events will increase in duration and intensity, resulting in both higher temperatures and lower leve...

Palm oil row fuels Swiss vote on Indonesia trade deal

Mar 05, 2021 (AFP)

Under the deal, tariffs would be gradually removed from almost all of Switzerland's biggest exports to the world's fourth most populous country, while the Swiss...

USC study shows promising potential for marine biofuel

Mar 03, 2021 (SPX)

Scientists at the USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies on Santa Catalina Island, working with private industry, report that a new aquaculture techniq...

Recycling carbon emissions to useful chemicals and reducing global warming

Feb 18, 2021 (SPX)

Carbon dioxide (CO2) and carbon monoxide (CO) make up a large proportion of industrial flue gases. Recent research has shown that certain microorganisms are cap...

Termite gut microbes could aid biofuel production

Feb 18, 2021 (SPX)

Now, researchers reporting in ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering have found that microbes from the guts of certain termite species can help break down li...

New synthetic route for biofuel production

Feb 12, 2021 (SPX)

The team led by Dr. Baoxiang Peng and Professor Martin Muhler from the Laboratory of Industrial Chemistry at Ruhr-Universitat Bochum (RUB) and the group led by ...

Norwegian fertiliser maker Yara steps into green energy

Feb 09, 2021 (AFP)

The company said it was creating a new business unit, dubbed "Yara Clean Ammonia," in order "to capture growth opportunities within carbon-free food solutions, ...

British Airways eyes greener jet fuel from 2022

Feb 09, 2021 (AFP)

The announcement comes as the global aviation industry is looking to bounce back from a collapse in demand caused by the coronavirus pandemic grounding planes. ...

Novel photocatalyst effectively turns carbon dioxide into methane fuel with light

Feb 04, 2021 (SPX)

The research was led by Dr Ng Yun-hau, Associate Professor in the School of Energy and Environment (SEE), in collaboration with researchers from Australia, Mala...

Most forest biomass worse for climate than fossil fuels

Jan 29, 2021 (SPX)

Indeed the report, published this Monday, finds that most of the forest biomass currently being burnt for energy in the EU not only increases emissions compared...

Key switchgrass genes identified, which could mean better biofuels ahead

Jan 28, 2021 (SPX)

Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and other institutions have publi...

Abandoned cropland should produce biofuels

Jan 25, 2021 (SPX)

Researchers consider increased use of biofuels to be an important part of the solution to reduce CO2 emissions. But the production of plants for biofuels can ha...

The road to future zero emissions demands a new form of ammonia production

Jan 25, 2021 (SPX)

In terms of volume, ammonia is today one of the ten most important chemicals manufactured globally. The substance is primarily used in the production of fertili...

Lab-grown plant tissue could ease toll of logging and agriculture

Jan 21, 2021 (SPX)

Researchers in Velasquez-Garcia's group have proposed a way to grow certain plant tissues, such as wood and fiber, in a lab. Still in its early stages, the idea...

New biodegradable polyurethane foams are developed from wheat straw

Jan 20, 2021 (SPX)

Also known as foam rubber, this plastic material, often manufactured from petroleum by-products, is extremely versatile within the industry and has multiple use...

Malaysia files WTO complaint over EU palm oil restrictions

Jan 19, 2021 (AFP)

In the complaint, dated January 15, Malaysia charges that the EU, and in particular its member states France and Lithuania, had imposed restrictive measures on ...

New process more efficiently recycles excess CO2 into fuel, study finds

Jan 12, 2021 (SPX)

The results of the study led by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign chemistry professor Andrew Gewirth and graduate student Xinyi (Stephanie) Chen are publi...

Carbon monoxide reduced to valuable liquid fuels

Jan 12, 2021 (SPX)

The electrochemical process by the labs of chemical and biomolecular engineers Haotian Wang and Thomas Senftle of Rice's Brown School of Engineering resolves is...