{"id":3921,"date":"2023-07-31T14:45:21","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T14:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ernestohernandez.org\/?p=3921"},"modified":"2026-10-09T16:30:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T16:30:57","slug":"elements-on-your-skin-food-mobile-phone-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ernestohernandez.org\/?p=3921","title":{"rendered":"The Elements of Sustainability: Rapidly Decoding the Blueprint of Non-Food Biomass"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the post-COVID world races to meet UN Sustainable Development Goals<sup>1<\/sup>, the spotlight is shining on non-food biomass. This green alternative promises cheaper, cleaner bioplastics, advanced biofuels and biofertilisers to replace fossil fuels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, unlocking this potential requires knowing biomass&#8217;s exact molecular and elemental makeup<sup>2<\/sup>. Traditional analysis is slow, costly and complex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, scientists at Canterbury Christ Church University (CCCU) are breaking these barriers. Equipped with a state-of-the-art SEM-EDX microscope, researchers can instantly map elements like carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in biomass. Their project, a protocol for Biomass characterisation through SEM-EDX (BiSEMiX), delivered a protocol to fast-track this sustainable manufacturing progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:10px\">1. United Nations (2015). Transforming Our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. [online] United Nations. (Accessed on 10 May 2023).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:10px\">2. Biswas, B., Krishna, B. B., Kumar, M. K., Sukumaran, R. K. &amp; Bhaskar, T. Chapter 7 &#8211; Biomass characterization. in <em>Advanced Biofuel Technologies<\/em> (eds. Tuli, D., Kasture, S. &amp; Kuila, A.) 151\u2013175 (Elsevier, 2022).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the post-COVID world races to meet UN Sustainable Development Goals1, the spotlight is shining on non-food biomass. This green alternative promises cheaper, cleaner bioplastics, advanced biofuels and biofertilisers to replace fossil fuels. However, unlocking this potential requires knowing biomass&#8217;s exact molecular and elemental makeup2. Traditional analysis is slow, costly and complex. Now, scientists at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[101,160,141,12,45],"tags":[102,8,7,67,32,43,68],"class_list":["post-3921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analytical-chemistry","category-biomass","category-chemical-engineering-research","category-news","category-research","tag-analytic-chemistry","tag-bioenergy","tag-biofuels","tag-biomas","tag-bioprocessing","tag-publications","tag-valorization"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6rw5S-11f","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6710,"url":"https:\/\/ernestohernandez.org\/?p=6710","url_meta":{"origin":3921,"position":0},"title":"Scouting study on sustainable nutrient rich feedstock from biomass","author":"Ernesto Hernandez","date":"July 19, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Using biomass instead of fossil fuels is ideal, but its complex structure makes large-scale use difficult and standard chemical treatments cause pollution. 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This enhances student learning on real-world sustainability issues and critical thinking.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Agriculture&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Agriculture","link":"https:\/\/ernestohernandez.org\/?cat=125"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4083,"url":"https:\/\/ernestohernandez.org\/?p=4083","url_meta":{"origin":3921,"position":4},"title":"Job Research Internship BioRenewables","author":"Ernesto Hernandez","date":"February 5, 2024","format":"gallery","excerpt":"Role Global challenges require global actions to achieve Sustainable Goals while supporting a circular economy. Biomass is a renewable versatile resource that can be used to produce heat, power, transport fuels and products, however, it should be sustainable. 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