Energy & Green Tech
When it comes to making fuel from plants, the first step has always been the hardest—breaking down the plant matter. A new study finds that introducing a simple, renewable chemical to the pretreatment step can finally make ...
Feb 7, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
One of nature's most common organic materials—lignin—can be used to create stable and environmentally friendly organic solar cells. Researchers at Linköping University and the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) have ...
Dec 6, 2023
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Engineering
When nature designed lignin—the fibrous, woody material that gives plants their rigid structure—it didn't cut any corners. Incredibly slow to break down, lignin is so sturdy and long lasting that it is resistant to bacteria ...
Jan 31, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
An underutilized natural resource could be just what the airline industry needs to curb carbon emissions.
Sep 23, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
With energy costs rising, and the rapidly emerging effects of burning fossil fuels on the global climate, the need has never been greater for researchers to find paths to products and fuels that are truly renewable.
Jul 7, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
An experimental plant-based jet fuel could increase engine performance and efficiency, while dispensing with aromatics, the pollution-causing compounds added to conventional fuels, according to new research.
Apr 27, 2022
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