Even as the world slowly begins to decarbonize industrial processes, achieving lower concentrations of atmospheric carbon requires technologies that remove existing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere — rather than just prevent the creation of it.
Typical carbon capture catches CO2 …
A team of Northwestern researchers recently published a study in the journal Angewandte Chemie, demonstrating how a metal-organic framework (MOF) is used to “break down polyester-based plastic into its component parts.” Their research can potentially be used to improve the …
Northwestern has founded a research institute, called the Cell-Free Bio-manufacturing Institute, in partnership with the U.S. Army that will advance development in synthetic biology technologies. The facility will focus on designing products for public use and help new engineers develop …
Northwestern University Chemists Sir Fraser Stoddart and Omar Farha have made a breakthrough in surface science by introducing a new active mechanism of adsorption. Such adsorption-based phenomena, in which molecules are attracted onto a solid surface, are essential for today’s …
Northwestern University has been granted $3.3 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to explore and develop new methods of capturing carbon emissions directly from the air. The Department announced this August that they will provide more than …
Professor Omar Farha has received the inaugural AAAFM-Stoddart Award from the American Association for Advances in Functional Materials (AAAFM).
Farha is the Dow Chemical Company Professor in the Department of Chemistry, a member of the International Institute of Nanotechnology (IIN), …
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences’s “Conversation with the Dean” is a faculty speaker series designed to deliver insights into the cutting-edge research and teaching from faculty experts around the College. The series is offered live to Weinberg College leadership …