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$The graphic shows how the new combination of acidolysis and hydrolysis can recover up to 82 weight percent of the original material from flexible PUR foam—used in mattresses—as two separate fractions of diamines and polyols. The diamine is shown as TDA (toluene diamine).$

Chemistry

Smarter way to recycle polyurethane

Ashwini Sakharkar

17 Aug, 2024

A better method to recycle polyurethane foam from items like mattresses.

Technology

Making aviation fuel from carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight

Amit Malewar

19 Feb, 2024

Producing synthetic sustainable aviation fuel.

Lead researcher Aindrila Mukhopadhyay holds a vial of purified indigoidine crystals. Image: Berkeley Lab

Science

Fungi-produced blue pigment provides an Eco-friendly alternative to conventional synthetic dyes

Pranjal Malewar

22 Jun, 2019

A team of scientists from the Department of Energy's Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), has investigated microbe-based biomanufacturing led straight to an eco-friendly production platform...