Halving Emissions by 2030 can Keep 1.5°C Within Reach. Researchers from the University of Leeds have worked with hundreds of experts from across the world to deliver the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report , which assesses the methods for reducing emissions and...
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New Golden Design Rules from the Consumer Goods Forum Driving Action Towards a Circular Economy for Plastic Packaging. In collaboration with the Consumer Goods Forum , a cross-value chain group of major brand owners, recyclers and plastics associations are working on a set of ‘golden rules’...
Biomason Raises $65 Million Series C Round to Scale Biocement® Technology. U.S. based start-up Biomason recently announced a $65M funding round led by 2150 with participation from Celesta Capital, Hartree Partners, and others, including current shareholders Novo Holdings and Martin Marietta...
Smashing it in Sustainable Ceramics. Ceramic industry producers now need to become carbon neutral by 2050 and still have a lot to do, but with technology like heat exchangers on the horizon, that’s looking like a more realistic goal. Closeted away in the Northern Italian town of Pavullo, Atlas...
New Negative-Emission Construction Material Could Help Mitigate Climate Change and Improve Infrastructure. Mitigating climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing the world’s population. Now, a team of researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has developed an entirely new...
Princeton Startup Aims to Fast-track Lithium Battery Recycling. Billions of dead lithium-ion batteries, including many from electric vehicles, are accumulating because there is no cost-effective process to revive them. Now, Princeton researchers have developed an inexpensive, sustainable way to...
Breakthrough in Converting CO2 into Fuel Using Solar Energy. A research team led by Lund University in Sweden has shown how solar power can convert carbon dioxide into fuel, by using advanced materials and ultra-fast laser spectroscopy. The breakthrough could be an important piece of the puzzle...
Green, Bio-based Extraction of Rare Earths from Domestic Ores for a Sustainable World. U.S. researchers are partnering with industry collaborators to use a naturally occurring protein to extract and purify rare earth elements (REEs) from abundant, domestic ore-based feedstocks and waste...
Synthesis of Renewable Nylon Monomers with Poplar Wood. Scientists have developed a method for synthesis of nylon monomers with poplar wood. Different from previous reports, this work offers an example for the direct utilization of the raw biomass without the separation of cellulose,...
Researchers to Explore Better Sourcing of Rare Earth Elements. University of Brighton researchers have received a £97,000 grant to study ways to make sourcing vital rare earth elements (REEs) less environmentally damaging. REEs are part of a group of elements known as lanthanides which are...