MIT’s Biomass Breakthrough: 100% Sustainable Jet Fuel From Plant Waste
MIT researchers are converting the plant material lignin into hydrocarbon molecules that could help make jet fuel 100 percent sustainable. An MIT research team is…
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New Bioplastic Breaks Down Into Recyclable Components Upon Command
Light-based upcycling: crosslinked polymers produced from biomass Society today would not be able to exist without plastics, from low-cost mass-produced items to specialized high-tech materials….
NASA’s GEDI Mission Releases Breakthrough Forest Biomass-Carbon Product
NASA’s GEDI mission has reached a major milestone with the release of its newest data product, which provides the first near-global estimate of aboveground forest…
Sustainable Materials: Creating Valuable Plastics and Chemicals From Waste
University of Delaware researchers report low-pressure method to convert industrially processed biomass into plastics, chemicals. It’s no secret that we need more sustainable materials if…
New Maps of Above Ground Biomass Is Set to Help Our Understanding of Global Carbon Cycling
Fluctuations in the carbon-rich biomass held within the world’s forests can contribute to, or slow, climate change. A series of new maps of above ground…
Microbe Endures Ionic Liquids, May Lead to Efficient Biofuel Production Process
A joint team of scientists have identified and determined how a tropical rainforest microbe is able to endure high concentrations of an ionic liquid used…
