Bringing custom microbes to the business of recycling plastic

Two-step chemical and biological process approach turns mixed plastic waste into valuable new materials

26-Oct-2022 - Scientists working on a solution for plastic waste have developed a two-step chemical and biological process to break down and upcycle mixed plastics into valuable bioproducts. The project, which involves multiple institutions, draws on synthetic biology expertise at the Department of Energy’s ...

Researchers propose new coupling strategy for organic wastewater treatment

21-Sep-2022 - Ajoint research group led by Prof. SUN Chenglin, Porf. WEI Huangzhao andProf. LI Rengui from theDalian Institute of Chemical Physics(DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) hasdeveloped a new coupling strategy of photocatalytic water oxidation and catalytic wet peroxide oxidation ...

Rethinking indoor air chemistry

People generate their own oxidation field and change the indoor air chemistry around them

06-Sep-2022 - People typically spend 90 percent of their lives inside, at home, at work or in transport. Within these enclosed spaces, occupants are exposed to a multitude of chemicals from various sources, including outdoor pollutants penetrating indoors, gaseous emissions from building materials and ...

A novel microscope pins down the miracle of molecular oxygen

Researchers track the first step of the reaction of one single dye pigment with oxygen at unprecedented resolution

26-Jul-2021 - Why is it that the colours of a t-shirt fade over time in the sun? Why do you get a sunburn, and why do the leaves of a tree turn brown in the autumn? These questions all have one theme in common, the interplay between dye pigments and ambient oxygen. Every child learns about this chemical ...