Contributed by Mark Holtzapple, Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University

In 1996, we received the first Green Chemistry Challenge Award (Academic) for our process that converts waste biomass to animal feed, chemicals, and fuels. This award

Contributed by Rob Falken, Managing Director and Inventor of BLOOM, and Abby Fisher, Design Director, BLOOM

Bioproducts, not biofuels. This is our mantra at BLOOM Foam, and here’s why. Despite the rising popularity of algae-derived biofuels as a sustainabl

Sprucing Up Biofuel with Renewable Antioxidants

February 5, 2016 | Phys Org

Scientists in the UK have used antioxidants isolated from spruce woodchips to stabilise biodiesel.

"Exploding" Sugar Beet Cells for Faster Fermentation

February 4, 2016 | Phys Org

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Contributed by Jaime Conway, President of Northeastern University’s Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society, Northeastern University

Our student chapter is one that focuses heavily on professional development, campus presence, community service

Chemists Use Biocompatible Method to Synthesize Titania

January 29, 2016 | MEHR News Academy

Iranian and Iraqi researchers studied the possibility of the application of herbal extracts to synthesize titanium dioxide nanoparticles, INIC reports.

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Green Chemistry Hindered by Lack of Toxicology Training

January 21, 2016 | Chemistry World

Pioneers in green chemistry are warning that the development of new environmentally friendly, non-toxic chemicals is being hampered by a lack of training in toxicolo

In 1973, the first call from a mobile phone was made on a device that had a twenty minute battery life. Today, you can search the internet (do people even make calls anymore?) for almost 15 hours straight on some phones without running out of juice. In th

Contributed by Stefan Pastine, Co-founder & CTO, Connora Technologies

Waste poses significant environmental and societal challenges all over the world. While some of the waste generated each year can be recycled or repurposed into new products, some materi

Contributed by Dr. Keying Ding and Dr. Gary White, faculty advisors and Club President Tim Chitpanya, Middle Tennessee State University

Our chapter’s interest in green chemistry began in the fall of 2006 with a seminar at a club meeting.  In his presentati

Green Nano: Positive environmental effects through the use of nanotechnology

January 15, 2016 | Nano Werk

The green nano design principles developed by the German NanoCommission constitute an attempt to establish consensus-based guidelines for environmenta

A call to action for innovation in CO₂ conversion and ocean discovery

Contributed by Paul Bunje & Marcius Extavour, XPRIZE

The Paris climate agreement is a North Star pointing scientists and engineers towards the technological breakthroughs needed to usher

Contributed by Freya Burton, Director of Communications, LanzaTech

Today there is an abundance of carbon in all the wrong places. We currently recycle metals, plastics and paper. So why not recycle carbon?

Emerging technologies and continued innovation hold

BioAmber, Reverdia sign a non-assert agreement

January 8, 2016 | Biomass Magazine

Reverdia has signed a non-assert agreement concerning its Biosuccinium technology with BioAmber Inc.

World's First Facility for Producing Bioplastic from Biodiesel Co-product t

The 20th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference: “Advancing Sustainable Solutions by Design”

Call for papers for the 20th GC&E Conference, held June 14-16, 2016 in Portland, Oregon, will be open from January 4, 2016 through February 15, 2016!

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There has been a lot of activity around green chemistry this year, and we’d like to take the time to highlight some of the biggest stories – the top fifteen of 2015 – to demonstrate the accomplishments of the field. These stories, in no particular order,