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ICL researchers develop new membrane-based system for cheap, efficiently made biofuels

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Our new technology could help to drive down the cost of biofuels so that they eventually replace fossil fuels in transport and aviation—a much happier situation for the environment and one we are all working towards. —Professor Andrew Livingston of Imperial’s Department of Chemical Engineering. Bolton, Young Moo Lee and Andrew G.

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Researchers develop cheaper, greener biofuels processing catalyst using waste metals and bacteria

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Published in an open-access paper in the journal Fuel , their findings point to a cheaper, more environmentally friendly and renewable catalyst for processing that uses common bacteria and the metal palladium, which can be recovered from waste sources such as discarded electronics, catalytic converters, street sweeper dust and processed sewage.

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Russian researchers develop wasteless joint processing of electric furnace and ladle slag to produce pig iron and clinker

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Scientists of Ural Federal University and the Institute of Metallurgy of the Ural Branch of RAS (Russian Academy of Sciences) have developed and successfully tested the technology of joint non-waste processing of electric furnace and ladle slag to obtain pig iron and Portland cement clinker. —Oleg Sheshukov, lead author. Background.

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Oleophobic hydrophobic magnetic sponge selectively soaks up oil, sparing water and wildlife

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Oil spill clean-up is an expensive and complicated process that often harms marine life and further damages the environment. And sorbents are not only expensive, but they generate a huge amount of physical waste—similar to the diaper landfill issue. Skimmers don’t work in rough waters or with thin layers of oil. Ribet, Roberto D.

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Lund researchers develop optimized two-phase enzymatic process for production of biodiesel

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For that reason, two-phase reaction media seem to be the most suitable environment for these particular enzymes. The results, the authors suggested in their paper, constitute a good starting point for efficient and cheap biodiesel production. The next step would be to adapt the methodology to readily available cheap waste oils.

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Singapores A*Star Awards S$27.5M In Research Grants for Technologies for Sustainable Development

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The funding from A*STAR’s Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC) will support research teams from A*STAR research institutes and local institutes of higher learning to develop solutions to manage environmental deterioration, pressures on natural resources and climate change brought on by rapid growth and urbanization.

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QUB spin-out to commercialize to technique for production of MOFs; storage for natural gas vehicles

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MOF manufacturing techniques have been limited as they are costly, slow and require large quantities of solvents, which can be toxic and harmful to the environment. —Prof. Granting of the patent enabled the formation of MOF Technologies from Queen’s spin-out arm QUBIS. —Prof. Anne Pichon, Ana Lazuen-Garay and Stuart L.

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