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 ...

Covation Biomaterials LLC ("CovationBio®") announces today that it has agreed to sell its interest in Primient Covation LLC (known as "CovationBio PDO" and "Primient"), the world's largest producer of ...

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 ...

Is it possible to recover plastic recyclates from previously unused waste streams in order to produce high-quality fibers and ...

The Next Stride: Bio-Based Materials for Footwear Soles project will involve testing and validation of bio-based polymers as an alternative to traditional fossil fuel–derived materials. The project ...

Covation Biomaterials has introduced a new bio-based alternative to petroleum-derived polytetramethylene ether glycol (PTMEG), aiming to reduce the environmental impact of high-performance polymers ...

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 ...

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 ...

European Union (EU) legislation mandating certain levels of plastic recyclate content in automobiles is leading to accelerated initiatives by automakers to develop materials and infrastructure to ...

Explore the future of sustainable composites in architecture, from bio-based and recycled materials to hybrid solutions.

A persistent driver is the demand for lightweight materials that retain mechanical integrity under thermal and chemical stress. High-performance polymers, exemplified by polyether ether ketone (PEEK), ...