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21 January 2025

No Ocean Too Vast

This year, Living Lab Biobased Brazil (LLB) celebrates its 10th anniversary. What began as an initiative to strengthen our labor market has evolved into a successful platform for biobased innovation and collaboration. LLB facilitates international cooperation and knowledge exchange in research projects contributing to the materials and energy transition. Recently, even the first PhD researcher successfully crossed the ocean.

18 December 2024

Kick-off HySUCCESS: National research consortium launched on non-technical factors of the green hydrogen transition

The HySUCCESS project started on December 2, with MNEXT participating and focusing on the socio-economic aspects of the hydrogen transition.

11 December 2024

Sustainable Construction with Fungi and AI

The Biobased Construction research group of the Centre of Expertise MNEXT and the Generative AI associate research group of the Centre of Expertise Perspectives in Health are joining forces in the Pre-Seed project, FungAI.

2 December 2024

Follow-up research: 4D printing with PLA/PBS biopolymers

After their previous study on biobased sandwich structures with shape memory, Han van Kasteren and Betty Oostenbrink, together with colleagues from the University of Twente, have conducted new research. This follow-up study focuses on the use of PLA/PBS biopolymers and the influence of variations in polymer grade on thermomechanical performance.

16 October 2024

Recent findings on extracting valuable compounds from cashew nutshells: RAAK PRO Totally Nuts

Researchers Rima Mahmoud and Qian Zhou from Biobased Resources & Energy at MNEXT presented their recent findings on extracting valuable compounds from cashew nutshells. They presented their finding from the RAAK PRO project Totally Nuts at the 19th Netherlands Process Technology Symposium (NPS 19) in Groningen on October 8 and 9, 2024. 

11 October 2024

Launch of the JTF Project C-Recycle

We are proud to announce the launch of the Just Transition Fund (JTF) project C-Recycle - Centre for Chemical Recycling Education and Research. The project partners focus on the transition from a linear chemical industry to a circular chemical industry in the region west North-Brabant. Through the development of advanced chemical recycling technologies and extensive education and training programs, we are moving towards a sustainable future.

24 May 2024

Western North Brabant becomes hotspot for biobased building blocks for the construction industry   

Over the next 3 years, MNEXT, together with 10 partners in West-North Brabant, led by TNO, will be working together to make green building blocks with local vegetable waste streams. From grass to glue, from sugar beet pulp to paint or from wood chips to insulation foam are examples of what the B4 project – Better Biobased Building Blocks - envisions. These building blocks not only make products for the construction industry more sustainable, but also provide scratch resistance, flame retardancy or UV resistance. Besides these technological innovations, the partners in this B4 project also share knowledge with students, companies and governments to prepare them for and involve them in this raw material transition. This will transform Western North Brabant into a hotspot for biobased building blocks for the construction industry.