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Maersk invests in Vertoro to develop green lignin marine fuels

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Vertoro is a spin-off from a public-private partnership between Brightlands Chemelot Campus, DSM, Chemelot InSciTe, University of Maastricht (UM) and Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). Lignin is a class of complex organic polymers which form key structural materials in the support tissues of most plants. Earlier post.).

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U Minn seeking to license new process to produce isoprene from biomass at high yield; green tires

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Researchers from the University of Minnesota, with colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, have developed a new high-yield process—a hybrid of fermentation followed by thermochemical catalysis—to produce renewable isoprene from biomass.

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Harvard researchers develop tough, self-healing rubber

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Rubber is made of polymers often connected by permanent, covalent bonds. In order to make a rubber self-healable, the team needed to make the bonds connecting the polymers reversible, so that the bonds could break and reform. Cai, along with Jinrong Wu, a visiting professor from Sichuan University, China, and senior author David A.

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New graphene-zinc oxide composite solid lubricant reduces friction and wear on steel surfaces

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Researchers at Purdue University have created a new type of non-liquid lubricant—a novel graphene-zinc oxide composite—that has been shown to reduce friction and wear significantly under the extreme conditions found in various applications, from air compressors to missile systems. Purdue University image/ Abdullah A.

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Mærsk, Wallenius Wilhelmsen, BMW Group and others partner to explore blend of lignin and ethanol for sustainable shipping fuel

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Mærsk and Wallenius Wilhelmsen have teamed up with the University of Copenhagen and major customers including BMW Group, H&M Group, Levi Strauss & Co. Lignin is a structural bio-polymer which contributes to the rigidity of plants. Copenhagen University is currently running the laboratory-scale development of this potential marine fuel.

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DOE awarding $19.4M to 22 advanced vehicle technologies projects; Mercedes-Benz, GM Li-S battery projects

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The award is from the FY 2017 Vehicle Technologies Program-Wide Funding Opportunity (DE-FOA-0001629) issued in December 2016. University of Maryland: College Park. Penn State University Park. University of Maryland: College Park. University of Pittsburgh. Cornell University. Wayne State University.

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Renewable plastic precursor could reduce cost of cellulosic ethanol by >$2/gallon

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Plant biomass is typically about 40% oxygen by weight, while petroleum oil is less than 0.1% Huber’s approach uses the oxygen already inherent in the biomass to produce high value oxygenated commodity chemicals that can be used to make performance polymer materials such as polyurethanes and polyesters. Source: Click to enlarge.

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