Can Kelp Forests Mitigate the Climate Crisis?
By Emma Bryce @EmmaSAanne June 24, 2020 — Sixty years ago, Tasmania’s coastline was cushioned by a velvety forest of kelp so dense it would ensnare local fishers as [...]
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Plant Scraps Yield High Quality Jet Fuel
What can farms and timber companies provide high performance aviation? If a Chinese research team continues to build on a new process, they may be able to convert plant [...]
NREL Bio-based Carbon Fiber: Renewable Feedstock
In plotting a course for the future, NREL researchers followed a road map from 1916. Their guide—a journal article penned by two chemistry professors from Johns Hopkins [...]
“PlastBug” Technology to Digest and Convert Marine Plastic
It doesn’t sound appetizing, but the name makes sense — VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is working on a project called PlastBug that aims to solve the [...]
Engineering Energy from Human Waste
By Prof. Ioannis Ieropoulos, University of the West of England Reprinted from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Blog Ioannis Ieropoulos [...]
Transportable Trash-to-Methane Device: Think like a Cow
Cows, as many people know, have four stomachs. Cows also generate lots of methane. So, if your goal is to describe a machine that turns food waste and cardboard into [...]
3PLW Digests Food Waste for Cost-Effective Bioplastic
Waste: a growing problem and opportunity As the world’s population grows to 8.5 billion by 2030 and urban centers become denser, processing waste is going to be one of [...]
“Brewing” Municipal Waste for New Product Materials
Fermentation is the new fad for many foodies, prompting a boom in homemade beers, sauerkrauts, kimchi, and all the accompanying accessories. And now, fermentation may be a [...]
Jet Fuel From Sugarcane: Carbon & Cost Savings
Envision the airport tarmac on a hot sunny day, where heat and jet exhaust make the air shimmer. According to the Air Transport Action Group, the aviation industry is [...]
From Moo to Goo: Methane to Alternative Fuel Source at PNNL
We’ve heard a lot about the role oil and gas wells play in releasing methane gas into the atmosphere. We also heard about the methane… — er, [...]
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