David Flaherty and Daniel Bregante, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

David Flaherty and Daniel Bregante, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Illinois professor David Flaherty, right, and graduate student Daniel Bregante are working on a greener way to produce plastic and resin precursors that are derived from fossil fuels, a process that might ultimately lead to broader industry adoption of this fine-tuned and environmentally conscious version of a much older process.

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