Previously unexploited organic waste can be converted into biofuel, with technology developed by researchers from the EU BIOGO project.
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 29, 2018
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Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have found an innovative and environmental-friendly technique to enhance building structures. The new method, which incorporates biochar recycled from saw dust into ...
Engineering
Apr 13, 2018
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Wood scientist Solace Sam-Brew envisions a future where Canadian homes are furnished with products made from flax and hemp.
Materials Science
Apr 11, 2017
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Vitamins, medication, solvents, crop protection products and polymers—in future, it will be possible to manufacture many of these from wood waste. The processes will also be at least as cost-effective, environmentally friendly ...
Materials Science
Jun 13, 2016
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In many developing countries, using solid fuels in open fires for cooking and heating creates everyday health concerns, right in the home.
Environment
May 8, 2015
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Garden products company Richgro is using Western Australian food waste to power their operations in a new zero-waste system.
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 19, 2014
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A waste product from making paper could yield a safer, greener alternative to the potentially harmful chemical BPA, now banned from baby bottles but still used in many plastics. Scientists made the BPA alternative from lignin, ...
Materials Science
Mar 16, 2014
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Desperately poor Haiti is finding a cheap source of fuel in recycling human excrement, a move that could help put a dent in a cholera epidemic and slow the country's pervasive deforestation.
Other
Apr 17, 2011
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Researchers from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands have succeeded in making a significant leap forward in the production of biochemicals and biofuels from waste wood. They discovered that the bacterium Cupriavidus ...
Biochemistry
Mar 10, 2010
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A new biodegradable packing foam developed at UBC not only potentially addresses the world's plastic pollution crisis but also serves as an equal and true partnership example of working with First Nations.
Materials Science
Nov 7, 2022
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