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Polymer-based membranes offer alternative to thermal processes for separating hydrocarbon and crude oil mixtures

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Polymer-based membranes developed at KAUST could enable greener and cheaper industrial separation approaches. Separation processes, such as distillation and evaporation, are central to the chemical, pharmaceutical and petrochemical industries, but they are also energy intensive, expensive and polluting.

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Researchers detect broad range of emerging synthetic antioxidants in dust in e-waste recyling centers

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Manufacturers add synthetic antioxidants to plastics, rubbers and other polymers to make them last longer. However, the health effects of these compounds, and how readily they migrate into the environment, are largely unknown. An open-access paper on the work is published in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology Letters.

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Motherson Group collaborating with UBQ to bring carbon-negative thermoplastics into auto parts

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Global automotive Tier 1 manufacturer Motherson Group is collaborating with Israeli cleantech company UBQ Materials. The companies are joining efforts to implement the carbon-negative UBQ thermoplastic ( earlier post ) into auto parts manufactured by Motherson Group for the automotive industry. Polymers typically emit 1.9

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DOE awards $3.6M to High Performance Computing projects in manufacturing, materials and mobility

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Selected projects will receive access to the National Laboratories’ high-performance computing (HPC) facilities and expertise to help address key challenges in US manufacturing, material, and mobility development. HPC4EI is the umbrella program for DOE’s HPC for Manufacturing, HPC for Materials, and HPC for Mobility initiatives.

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Transform Materials plasma process converts abundant natural gas into high-value hydrogen and acetylene

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Transform Materials has developed a novel and sustainable microwave plasma reactor process to convert natural gas into high-value hydrogen and acetylene, thereby opening up a new pathway for green chemical manufacturing. But methane is extremely inert in an oxygen-free environment and resists chemical reactions.

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Study finds automobile tires are a potential source of carcinogenic dibenzopyrenes to the environment

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A new study by researchers from Stockholm University concludes that automobile tires may be a potential previously unknown source of carcinogenic dibenzopyrenes—a type of high molecular weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)—to the environment. 60% rubber polymers; 20?35% when complex.

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DOE to award up to $39M for innovative hydrogen and fuel cell technologies R&D

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The EMN consortia have been established to make unique, world-class capabilities at the national laboratories more accessible to industry, facilitating collaborations that will expedite the development and manufacturing of advanced materials for commercial markets. Fuel Cell Technologies Market Report 2016.

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