UD engineers are the lead inventors on a new patent for making piezoelectric devices, such as sensors and actuators, using Nodax, a biodegradable, bio-based polymer. Every year, more than 400 million ...

Researchers from Michigan State University's top-ranked School of Packaging have developed a way to make a promising, sustainable alternative to petroleum-based plastics more biodegradable. A team led ...

While renewables are all the rage in many applications — or so it seems — bio-based polymers typically are not under material selection consideration for medical devices. One exception to the rule is ...

UD engineers are the lead inventors on a new patent for making piezoelectric devices, such as sensors and actuators, using Nodax®, a biodegradable, bio-based polymer. Every year, more than 400 million ...

Researchers at the University of Bath have discovered a renewable, bio-based polymer membrane capable of efficiently capturing toxic ‘forever chemicals’ from water, offering a potential new route to ...

As the global demand for polymers and plastics intensifies, an unsettling statistic from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development reveals that only 9% of these materials were ...

Is there such a thing as a fully sustainable gas pipeline? French utility network operator GRDF and petrochemicals giant INEOS certainly seem to think so. Both companies have come together to announce ...

“It is extremely important that the construction sector continues to develop innovative ways to combat climate change. Renewable solutions such as renewable Neste RE feedstock for polymers can play a ...

The U.S. Dept. of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office awarded ZymoChem a $4.0 million grant. The funding is in support of the DOE’s Industrial Decarbonization Roadmap, which seeks to decarbonize the ...

Researchers have developed a new bio-based polymer membrane that effectively traps over 94% of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)—a notable “forever chemical”—and removes it from water. The membrane, ...