Tag: bioeconomy
Could Light Be Used To Drive Enzymes for Efficient Ammonia Production?
Nanocrystal–Nitrogenase Biohybrids Harvest Light To Reduce N₂ Gas. Abundant High-Energy Electrons Are Essential. By Justin Daugherty, NLR Ammonia, a key part of nitrogen fertilizers, is central to sustaining global food production. However, its manufacture is also energy intensive: ammonia production requires 2% of global energy to meet global demand. Fifty … [continued]
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A Phyto Finish: Could Seaweed Be Mined for Critical Minerals?
Some Seaweeds Accumulate Critical Minerals. NREL Scientists Are Studying Which Ones Do It Best Seaweed: the phyto(mining) frontier? Puns aside, seaweed is emerging as a surprising mining source. NREL chemist Stefanie Van Wychen and a team of five departed Juneau, Alaska, on an early spring—and surprisingly green—April morning. The crew … [continued]
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Brazil’s Sustainable Fuels Pledge Is Dangerously Ambitious and Risks Repeating Mistakes of the Past
Huge biofuels expansion without safeguards would drive deforestation. Next month the world’s spotlight will turn to Belém, a city on the edge of the Amazon rainforest, as Brazil hosts the COP30 climate summit. The setting is symbolic. The Amazon, “the lungs of the planet,” is a wealth of biodiversity and … [continued]
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ArkeaBio Appoints Dr. Zach Serber as Chief Technology Officer to Accelerate Development of Methane-Reducing Livestock Vaccine
Dr. Serber will advance the biotechnology enabling ArkeaBio’s first-of-its-kind solution to deliver a practical, cost-effective way for farmers and producers to reduce emissions and enhance livestock productivity. Dr. Serber’s appointment comes as ArkeaBio accelerates toward product validation and commercial deployment. BOSTON, MA, USA — ArkeaBio, a global agricultural bioscience company … [continued]
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Violeta Sanchez i Nogue’s Journey to Bioprocess Development at NREL
On a Christmas morning in the early 1990s, in a small town north of Barcelona, a young Violeta Sanchez i Nogue’s interest in chemistry was born. She unwrapped a junior chemistry lab kit that would ignite a love of science and lead to a successful career as a senior researcher at NREL. … [continued]
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