Last month, the first compact plant to produce synthetic fuels from solar energy and CO2…
The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT; Germany; www.kit.edu) is cooperating with research institutions and industry…
A group of organizations, lead by the Southwest Research Institute (SWRI; San Antonio, Tex.; www.swri.org)…
Starch is essential for imparting strength to corrugated cardboard boxes, but millions of tons of…
A new process for making long glass fiber polypropylene (LGF-PP) concentrates (glass-fiber-containing plastic pellets) allows…
Bio foam control Last month, Novozymes A/S (Bagsvaerd, Denmark; www.novozymes.com) introduced Fermax, an enzyme protease…
Scandium International Mining Corp. (Sparks, Nev.; www.scandiummining.com) is about to become the first company to…
Demand for carbon fiber (CF), which can be used to make strong, lightweight composite materials…
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL; Richland, Wash.; www.pnnl.gov) has developed a hydrothermal liquification (HTL) process…
The glass industry’s needs are extremely diverse, and manufacturers demand stability and precision in their…