All good things come in threes: Dyphox is back

16-Jun-2025 - The Dyphox brand has taken off for the third time at BioPark Regensburg. After two false starts, the new beginning was successful with a fresh vision and expanded solutions. This was also successful because new investors are still convinced of the product and the core team persevered through a ...

Removal of PFAS from water

Fraunhofer UMSICHT and Cornelsen optimize process

16-Jul-2024 - Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) pose a risk to humans and the environment due to their high stability and ubiquitous distribution. With the treatment technology PerfluorAd®, Fraunhofer UMSICHT and Cornelsen Umwelttechnologie GmbH have developed a market-ready process that removes PFAS ...

A new way to decontaminate water and gas with a new 3D extra-large pore zeolite

An extra-large pore silica zeolite from a silicate chain developed

24-Jan-2023 - An international team of researchers with the participation of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) has created the most porous stable zeolite known to date, a new pure silica zeolite called ZEO-3. This zeolite was formed by an unprecedented topotactic condensation of a 1D silicate chain ...

Harvesting metal catalysts from plants used for cleaning contaminated soils

“Ecocatalyst” researcher Claude Grison wins European Inventor Award 2022

23-Jun-2022 - The European Patent Office honoured French scientist Claude Grison with the European Inventor Award 2022 in the "Research" category. The University professor and research director at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) has developed a method of using plants to extract metal ...

Removing toxic mercury from contaminated water

22-Nov-2018 - Water which has been contaminated with mercury and other toxic heavy metals is a major cause of environmental damage and health problems worldwide. Now, researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, present a totally new way to clean contaminated water, through an electrochemical ...

Tough aqua material for water purification

20-Jan-2017 - Water purification processes usually make use of robust membranes for filtering off contaminants while working at high pressures. Can materials employing water as major component be made strong enough to suit such a demanding application? Israeli scientists now report that a supramolecular aqua ...

Breakthrough offers greater understanding of safe radioactive waste disposal

22-Nov-2016 - A group of scientists from The University of Manchester, the National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) and the UK's synchrotron science facility, Diamond Light Source, has completed research into radioactively contaminated material to gain further understanding around the issue, crucial for the safe and ...

The use of nanoparticles and bioremediation to decontaminate polluted soils

14-Jun-2016 - The Basque Institute of Agricultural Research and Development Neiker-Tecnalia is currently exploring a strategy to remedy soils contaminated by organic compounds containing chlorine (organochlorine compounds). The innovative process consists of combining the application of zero-iron nanoparticles ...

A Protective Shield against the Heavy Metal Uranium

The glutathione molecule aids in cellular resilience

07-Jun-2016 - Microorganisms can better withstand the heavy metal uranium when glutathione is present, a molecule composed of three amino acids. Scientists from the German based Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) and the University of Bern in Switzerland have now proven this resilience by closely ...

Potato-powered micromotors

23-Jul-2013 - A team of scientists from the United States and China have found a natural power source for self-propelling micromotors, using enzyme rich potato tissue. Potatoes are rich in catalase, an enzyme commonly used in self-propelling micromotors. These are traditionally built by coating one half of a ...