/taxonomy/term/67/all en /resources/publications/cep/2025/august/cep-news-update/building-martian-habitats-3d-printed-biomaterials <div class="field field-name-field-global-month-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">August</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-people-collected field-type-text field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">__</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-year-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">2025</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">In a new study, researchers raised algae in bioplastic habitats that successfully shielded the photosynthesizers from a Mars-like exterior environment.</div> </div> </div> Sun, 03 Aug 2025 00:26:13 +0000 Karen Simpson 3553406 at /resources/publications/cep/2025/august/cep-news-update <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">Developing New Antibody Treatments to Keep Allergies at Bay; Building Martian Habitats with 3D-Printed Biomaterials; Earth is Nearing a Key Climate Target, Warn Scientists; Glass Fiber Membranes Offer a Cool Fix for Hot AI;</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-month-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">August</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-year-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">2025</div> </div> </div> Sun, 03 Aug 2025 00:26:04 +0000 Karen Simpson 3553401 at /resources/publications/cep/2025/july/catalyzing-commercialization-streamlined-manufacturing-biobased-chemicals-performance-plastics <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">The environmental burden of plastics is unsustainable. A start-up is commercializing the production of a biobased monomer that offers a possible solution.</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-month-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">July</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-year-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">2025</div> </div> </div> Thu, 03 Jul 2025 16:45:42 +0000 Karen Simpson 3552101 at /resources/publications/cep/2025/june/cep-news-update/experimenting-building-materials-made-mold-and-bacteria <div class="field field-name-field-global-month-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">June</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-people-collected field-type-text field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">__</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-year-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">2025</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">New "living" building materials made from bacteria on fungal scaffolds can survive for at least four weeks in hot, dry conditions.</div> </div> </div> Mon, 02 Jun 2025 16:57:40 +0000 Karen Simpson 3550646 at /resources/publications/cep/2025/june/cep-news-update <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">Bacterial “Reporters” Allow for Far-Flung Sensing; Solving the Challenges of Graphene Membrane Fabrication; Scientists Use Magnets to Maneuver Pharmaceuticals; Experimenting with Building Materials Made from Mold and Bacteria; Synthetic Lily Pads Speed Lithium Brine Evaporation;</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-month-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">June</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-year-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">2025</div> </div> </div> Mon, 02 Jun 2025 16:57:30 +0000 Karen Simpson 3550636 at /resources/publications/cep/2024/october/cep-news-update/using-microbes-create-thermally-stable-plastic <div class="field field-name-field-global-month-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">October</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-people-collected field-type-text field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">__</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-year-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">2024</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">Researchers have cracked the conundrum of engineering microbes capable of synthesizing thermally stable plastics that contain aromatic rings.</div> </div> </div> Mon, 30 Sep 2024 19:22:22 +0000 Gennady Shafirovich 3504331 at /resources/publications/cep/2024/september/aiche-journal-highlight-reviewing-recent-advances-biobased-materials-and-value-added-chemicals <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">Researchers discuss the utilization of biomass feedstocks as a key resource and a viable alternative for an economy less dependent on fossil inputs.</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-month-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">September</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-year-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">2024</div> </div> </div> Tue, 03 Sep 2024 16:35:36 +0000 Gennady Shafirovich 3488736 at /ili/academy/webinars/towards-net-negative-bioenergy-investigation-economic-and-environmental-tradeoffs-using-large-scale <div class="field aiche-academy-type">Archived Webinar</div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Monday, March 25, 2024, <div class="date-display-range"><span class="date-display-start">5:30pm</span> to <span class="date-display-end">6:30pm</span></div> EDT</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">Abstract: Large scale production of cellulosic biofuel involves a spatially distributed system that stretches from the individual fields of biomass to transportation and logistics networks, to the...</div> </div> </div> Tue, 23 Apr 2024 15:27:12 +0000 Derek Ward 3431381 at /academy/videos/towards-net-negative-bioenergy-investigation-economic-and-environmental-tradeoffs-using-large-scale <div class="field aiche-academy-type">Academy Video</div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">Abstract: Large scale production of cellulosic biofuel involves a spatially distributed system that stretches from the individual fields of biomass...</div> </div> </div> Tue, 23 Apr 2024 15:15:15 +0000 Derek Ward 3431376 at /resources/publications/cep/2024/february/cep-news-update/engineering-next-wave-biocatalysts <div class="field field-name-field-global-month-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">February</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-people-collected field-type-text field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">__</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-year-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">2024</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">Significant progress in developing new tools, both experimental and computational, has ushered in the next era of biocatalytic applications.</div> </div> </div> Fri, 02 Feb 2024 19:36:27 +0000 Karen Simpson 3398996 at /resources/publications/cep/2024/february/cep-news-update <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">A New Type of Antibiotic Combats Drug-Resistant Bacteria; Nanocoatings Protect Microbes for Regenerative Agriculture; Scientists Unravel Defect-Free Crystal Growth Courtesy of Dolomite; Engineering the Next Wave of Biocatalysts</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-month-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">February</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-year-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">2024</div> </div> </div> Fri, 02 Feb 2024 19:36:19 +0000 Karen Simpson 3398986 at /resources/publications/cep/2023/september/cep-news-update/new-biobased-plastic-offers-pathway-circularity <div class="field field-name-field-global-month-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">September</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-people-collected field-type-text field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">__</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-year-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">2023</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">A novel, biorenewable plastic material can be indefinitely recycled in a circular system, rather than being used once and discarded.</div> </div> </div> Mon, 04 Sep 2023 18:59:55 +0000 Karen Simpson 3348896 at /resources/publications/cep/2023/september/cep-news-update <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">Drought Could Hamper Hydroelectric Power in the West; Modifying Mosquitos to Prevent Malaria; Engineering Bacteria to Detect Inflammatory Bowel Disease Flares; Key Atlantic Current at Risk of Collapse; New Biobased Plastic Offers a Pathway to Circularity</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-month-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">September</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-year-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">2023</div> </div> </div> Mon, 04 Sep 2023 18:59:47 +0000 Karen Simpson 3348866 at /resources/publications/cep/2023/march/catalyzing-commercialization-new-drug-delivery-system-stopping-degenerative-joint-disease <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">A group from New York Univ. (NYU) has developed a minimally invasive injectable hydrogel therapy for treating post-traumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA).</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-month-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">March</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-year-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">2023</div> </div> </div> Wed, 01 Mar 2023 20:43:33 +0000 Karen Simpson 3264376 at /resources/publications/cep/2022/april/catalyzing-commercialization-nanolignin-enables-synthesis-semi-flexible-polyurethane-foams <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">There is an increasing push in the automotive industry to replace traditional polyurethane foams with bio-derived polyurethane (BPU) foams.</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-month-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">April</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-global-year-vocabulary field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden body-copy"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even">2022</div> </div> </div> Thu, 31 Mar 2022 13:46:24 +0000 Karen Simpson 3111376 at