Cutting Carbon Emissions by 90% with Plant-Based Cell Cultivation

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🌽 Cutting Carbon Emissions by 90% with Plant-Based Cell Cultivation

💧 Scientists Identify Bacteria That Degrades PET Plastics in Wastewater

✈️ Electric Aircraft Startup AMSL Lands $50M and First Flight Success

🥵 Carbon Capture Reimagined MOF Handles 300°C Emissions

🧲 Scientists Advance Fusion Energy with Groundbreaking Magnet Design

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Cutting Carbon Emissions by 90% with Plant-Based Cell Cultivation LINK

• Green Elephant Biotech uses plant-based PLA, a biodegradable polymer, to replace petroleum plastics in single-use systems, reducing emissions while meeting regulatory and safety standards.

• The CellScrew system cuts carbon footprint by up to 90%, utilizing efficient design and additive manufacturing to minimize plastic use and waste in biopharmaceutical applications.

• The CellScrew Mini provides affordable early-stage testing, while upcoming automated systems streamline cell therapy manufacturing, reducing labor and energy demands for sustainable industry adoption.

Scientists Identify Bacteria That Degrades PET Plastics in Wastewater LINK 

• PET plastics pollute the environment for decades, breaking into microplastics that harm ecosystems and human health, comprising half of microplastics found in wastewater globally.

• Northwestern researchers discovered that Comamonas bacteria found in urban waterways can break down PET plastics into carbon, offering a natural solution for plastic pollution.

• Optimizing these bacteria could lead to scalable, bacteria-based systems for plastic waste cleanup, while reducing single-use plastic reliance remains crucial for long-term sustainability.

Electric Aircraft Startup AMSL Lands $50M and First Flight Success LINK

• AMSL Aero's Vertiia, a long-range electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, completed over 50 remote-controlled test flights in NSW, demonstrating emissions-free hydrogen-powered capabilities with a 1,000km range and 300km/h speed.

• Vertiia, designed for helipad-sized operations, will serve as an air ambulance, passenger transport (1 pilot + 4 passengers), or freight carrier (500kg). Certification and hydrogen-fueled flight trials are planned by 2025, targeting commercial flights by 2027.

• The Sydney-based startup, founded in 2017, has secured over $50 million from investors and government grants, including $5.43 million from Australia’s Renewable Energy Agency, positioning it as a leader in sustainable aviation solutions.

Carbon Capture Reimagined MOF Handles 300°C Emissions LINK

• UC Berkeley researchers developed a metal-organic framework (MOF) capable of capturing CO2 from industrial exhaust at temperatures up to 500°C, far surpassing current carbon capture materials.

• The MOF uses zinc hydride sites for deep carbon capture, achieving 90% CO2 removal efficiency and enabling rapid reuse through pressure adjustments or vacuum.

• The MOF targets CO2-heavy emissions from cement and steel plants, addressing a critical need for scalable, high-temperature carbon capture solutions.

Scientists Advance Fusion Energy with Groundbreaking Magnet Design LINK

• Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory built the first quadrant of a powerful magnet for the NSTX-U fusion reactor, essential for advancing nuclear fusion technology.

• Unlike fission, fusion mimics the sun's energy process by combining atoms, promising unlimited clean energy without long-term radioactive waste.

• While commercial fusion reactors remain distant, NSTX-U's advancements bring the goal of sustainable, limitless energy closer to reality.