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NSF awards $2M to Rice U collaboration to explore direct conversion of CO2 into fuels

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The assistant professor and William Marsh Rice Trustee Chair of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering has proposed the development of a modular electrochemical system that will provide “a sustainable, negative-carbon, low-waste and point-source manufacturing path preferable to traditional large-scale chemical process plants.”.

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DOE researchers develop energy-efficient, cost-effective process to extract rare earth elements from scrapped magnets

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We have developed an energy-efficient, cost-effective, environmentally friendly process to recover high-value critical materials. It’s an improvement over traditional processes, which require facilities with a large footprint, high capital and operating costs and a large amount of waste generated.

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Audi and KIT working on recycling for automotive plastics via pyrolysis oil

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Whereas plastics of the same type can often be mechanically recycled, recycling of mixed plastic waste poses a major challenge. So far, chemical recycling has been the only method that can be used to convert such mixed plastic waste into products equaling the quality of new ones. Such materials are not recyclable in most cases.

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BASF boosts support for sustainable road construction with global distribution rights for RheoFalt rejuvenator

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If the old asphalt is not recycled, the result is large quantities of waste. RheoFalt HP-AM allows lower usage of new materials and leads to a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption. BASF offers polymer solutions for all types of asphalt paving applications.

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NGen Canada awarding $76M to 15 zero-emission vehicle projects

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Palcan Energy Corporation. and Palcan Energy Corporation will develop a new recycling process to process EV battery black mass using an environmentally friendly approach. Partners: Darwin AI, Moment Energy Inc. Next Generation Grafoil Plate Forming Pilot Line. Lead: Cnem Corporation; Partners: Talon Metals Services Inc.,

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EU research project IDEALFUEL seeks to develop marine low-sulfur heavy fuel oils from biomass; Bio-HFO

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IDEALFUEL seeks to develop methods to convert woody residual and waste materials such as sawdust and wood chips into renewable marine fuels. The concept describes the conversion of lignin—the polymer found in the structural materials of plants and trees—from dry lignocellulosic biomass into renewable fuels.

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UC Berkeley team develops 3D printing with light: Computed Axial Lithography

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mm in engineering acrylate polymers, as well as printing soft structures with exceptionally smooth surfaces into a gelatin methacrylate hydrogel. Analyzing the patterns of transmitted energy reveals the geometry of the object. The 3D printing resin is composed of liquid polymers mixed with photosensitive molecules and dissolved oxygen.

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