Suppliers focus on sustainability
17/06/2024
How do exhibitors contribute to the reusability of products and thus to a more sustainable product life cycle?
Ottobock
Ottobock presents GreenLine: Sustainable materials
08/05/2024
Ottobock’s new GreenLine merges sustainability with function: eco-friendly prosthetics and orthotics for modern medical technology.
Empa
Cellulose aerogel combines sustainability with high-tech
24/04/2024
Empa researchers have developed a 3D-printable, biodegradable cellulose aerogel that combines pioneering properties.
Ken Sakaushi National Institute for Materials Science
AI boosts green hydrogen production with platinum-free electrodes
28/03/2024
NIMS Japan developed AI that speeds up the discovery of materials for green hydrogen, advancing sustainable energy and materials science.
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
New hydrogel for seawater desalination
18/03/2024
UPC develops thermosensitive hydrogel for solar-powered desalination and smart biomedical adhesives in diagnostics and semi-invasive therapy.
TU Bergakademie Freiberg / Andreas Hiekel
Basis for innovative PFAS filter made of clay
06/12/2023
PFAS filters use costly activated carbon - researchers seek cheaper alternatives to tackle these persistent "eternal toxins."
coffeekai
Recycling model for the plastics industry
30/11/2023
Profs Kümmerer and Endres aim to create a sustainable recycling model for the plastics industry at Leuphana and Leibniz Universities.
envato/svitlanah
PFAS: risk or no risk?
31/10/2023
Many companies in the medical technology sector fear that they will no longer be able to manufacture products as before.
Nick Fewings / Unsplash
Plastic production via advanced recycling lowers GHG emissions
17/10/2023
Advanced recycling of post-use plastic cuts GHG emissions and boosts U.S. recycling, says DOE Argonne Lab study.
Rimidolove
Sustainable materials and recycling
19/09/2023
Where are the difficulties and how can the the industry become more sustainable, despite strict safety regulations?
ellinnur
Biomaterials: toolbox for the development of bioadhesives
27/07/2023
Prof. Scheibel’s team at Uni Bayreuth reviews latest research on protein-based bioadhesives.
XING Ruirui
Researchers develop biodegradable, biorecyclable glass
22/03/2023
A research group led by Prof. YAN Xuehai from the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a family of eco-friendly glass of biological origin fabricated from biologically derived amino acids or peptides.
DITF
Carbon fibers based on wood
14/03/2023
The DITF have developed a sustainable and cost-saving process to produce carbon fibers from lignin. This is an inexpensive raw material that is available in large quantities and is a waste product in paper production. The process offers high energy-saving potential and is particularly environmentally friendly. It uses natural, renewable raw materials and does not require solvents.
Georgia Tech
New ultrafast water disinfection method more environmentally friendly
23/02/2023
Having safe drinking water is vital for public health, but traditional methods of disinfection cause their own environmental problems. Chlorine is cheap and easy to use in centralized water systems, but at the expense of harmful chemical byproducts.
Laura Schirrmeister
Degradation of plastic waste using newly developed biocatalysts
14/02/2023
The plastic materials polyurethane and polyvinyl alcohol can now be degraded under mild conditions with the help of enzymes as biocatalysts. Scientists from the University of Greifswald have developed corresponding methods together with the German company Covestro and teams from Leipzig and Dublin, as recently published in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., in two separate articles.