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    06 2023

    Novel Strategies to Accelerate the Application of High-Energy Lithium Metal Batteries

    Recently, a research team led by Prof. CUI Guanglei from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), has made significant progress in the field of high specific energy lithium metal batteries (LMBs).
      The development of LMBs with energy density exceeding 500 Wh kg-1 has garnered significant attention, especially in the special scenario applications. However, due to the strong reduction capability of Li metal anode, the parasitic side react...

  • 26

    06 2023

    Researchers Succeed in Converting Carbon Dioxide into Glucose Utilizing Cyanobacteria

    a research team led by Prof. LU Xuefeng and Prof. LUAN Guodong from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), identified the key factors restricting the natural potentials of cyanobacteria for the directly converting carbon dioxide into glucose and constructed efficient glucose synthesizing photosynthetic cell factories.
      Glucose is the most abundant monosaccharide, serving as an essential energy source for cells and as an important feedstock for the biorefinery industry. The plant-biomass-sugar route dominates the current glucose supply, while it is influence...

  • 20

    06 2023

    Antibacterial detergents reduce microbial exchange and malodor in textiles during laundry

    Although antibacterial detergents have been demonstrated to reduce malodor in textiles, their impact on microbial diversity during the laundry process and the subsequent effect on malodor in textiles have yet to be fully examined. Researchers from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Procter & Gamble have provided evidence to address this in a recent study.
      Although antibacterial detergents have been demonstrated to reduce malodor in textiles, their impact on microbial diversity during the laundry process and the subsequent effect on malodor in textiles have yet to be fully examined. Researchers...

  • 19

    06 2023

    BigLCA: A New Advanced Life Cycle Assessment Methodology Coulping Big Data

    Recently, a research team led by Prof. TIAN Yajun from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has explored the idea of coupling big data with LCA based on the previously established GIS-LCA methodology framework.
      The application of life cycle assessment (LCA) to quantify the environmental, economic, social and other multi-dimensional impact potential of products has always been the direction of its development. However, each dimension of traditional ...

  • 15

    06 2023

    Using Agricultural Waste Materials to Produce Lactic Acid

    Lactic acid is an important chemical intermediate for a plethora of products, from medicine to cosmetics to degradable materials, and is the building block for biodegradable polylactic acid (PLA), a main component in compostable, recycled plastics. With a high demand for PLA and lactic acid in general, finding a non-food carbon source for the lactic acid synthesis process is a big step toward developing and implementing more sustainable practices. Researchers are streamlining a way to use the abundant agro-waste products in non-food feedstocks to derive lactic acid from lignocellulose, a complex structural network found in plant cell wall. Using consolidated bio-saccharification (CBS), researchers were able to take the raw material of lignocellulose and obtain LA through a fermentation process.
      Lactic acid (LA) is an important chemical intermediate for a plethora of products, from medicine to cosmetics to degradable materials, and is the building block for biodegradable polylactic acid (PLA), a main component in compostable, recycle...

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    06 2023

    SCIVVS Approach Supports Faster and Cheaper Assessment of Probiotics Quality

    Probiotics claim to host a slew of health benefits for a person’s gut bacteria, but few countries regulate the supplements beyond confirming that their contents are generally safe. Part of the issue, according to a research team based in China, is that there isn’t an efficient, cost-effective system to assess the contents and quality of various probiotics. That may change with the team’s latest work, though.
      Probiotics claim to host a slew of health benefits for a person. Rapid expansion of the probiotics industry demands fast, sensitive, comprehensive and low-cost strategies for quality assessment.
      A research team led by the Qingdao Institut...