Pineapple Leaf Fibers Show Promise in Bioplastic Production
Researchers from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and Newcastle University in Singapore have been experimenting with the addition of pineapple leaf fibers to PLA, to... read more »
Researchers from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and Newcastle University in Singapore have been experimenting with the addition of pineapple leaf fibers to PLA, to... read more »
A Hungarian architect by the name of Krisztian Gora has been experimenting with ecologically friendly materials, and has turned his skills to building... read more »
Researchers at Clarkson University, New York, have conceived of an eco-friendly method of removing heavy metal ion contaminants from polluted environments, and they’ve... read more »
Researchers from Cornell University have been awarded funding from Fuzehub to develop 3D printed chemical reactors for converting CO2 into sustainable aviation fuel... read more »
Used cigarette butts are a huge problem for the oceans of our planet, with one discarded butt being capable of poisoning up to... read more »
A team of students at TU/Eindhoven have utilized 3D printing to build an electric vehicle that, among other ecologically friendly measures, captures more... read more »
The Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $3 million in funding to two companies aiming to decarbonize manufacturing with robust, 3D printed resin... read more »
A team from Washington State University (WSU) has just received funding from the Cougar Cage to develop their process for converting waste PLA... read more »
New York-based fashion design company Simplifyber has just received 3.5 million USD in seed funding to continue development of their range of footwear... read more »
Magnum (the ice cream people) have commissioned Dutch designer Iris van Herpen to design and craft a dress inspired by their own vegan... read more »
We have all read about so-called bioplastics. They are made from biological materials such as corn. Many bioplastics do not meet the requirements... read more »
3D printed boats are the future, we are pretty sure of that. Boats are really the perfect shape and complexity to benefit from... read more »
GE Renewable Energy is joining forces with researchers at Fraunhofer IGCV and printer company Voxeljet AG to manufacture the world’s largest 3D printer.... read more »
Sandals, slippers, thongs, flip-flops...call them what you will. They are extremely utilitarian in their design, and generally speaking they are pretty easy to... read more »
Bee numbers are dwindling, especially in the UK, and that’s bad news for pretty much everyone who eats food. A team of researchers... read more »
German automaker Audi has revealed their new in-house upcycling program that takes their own packaging materials and 3D prints them into assembly aids... read more »
Wood! It’s nature’s composite material! Carbon fiber composites consist of long carbon fibers aligned along the direction of stress, bound up in a... read more »
End of life waste management of automotive materials is a huge task, with the auto vehicle recycling industry is the 16th largest sector... read more »
A team of researchers from the Bartlett School of Architecture at University College London (UCL) has recently shared their 3D printed multi-polymer design... read more »
The Caribbean Sea gets a lot of attention for its colorful and diverse coral reefs, but Hong Kong’s waters host some 84 species... read more »