MIT Spin-Out Reports Metabolic Engineering Breakthrough
In Cambridge, MIT spin-out Manus Bio is using multivariate modular metabolic engineering to design microbial pathways that produce larger volumes of commercially interesting compounds.
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Arkema picks Singapore for castor oil polyamide plant
In Singapore, Arkema has chosen Jurong Island to build a manufacturing facility for its biobased amino 11 monomer and Rilsan polyamide 11 resins, which...
Vietnamese students create cassava flour-based bioplastic
In Vietnam, two students have developed a plastic bag replacement from cassava flour. Nguyen Cam Binh Minh and Nguyen Cam Kieu Khanh, students at...
American Process, India’s Birla Carbon to Explore Nanocellulose-Carbon Fiber Synergies for Green Tires
In Mumbai, Aditya Birla Group subsidiary Birla Carbon has signed a joint development agreement with American Process to explore the synergistic use of nanocellulose...
Taiwanese startup develops sugar-based straws
In Taiwan, a startup has developed a straw alternative based on sugarcane waste. 100% Plants, founded by Huang Chien-chung, uses simple chemical methods to turn...
Amyris targets 2018 for sweetener launch
In California, biobased farnesene producer Amyris has announced it expects to launch industrial production of a new sweetener in 2018.
The low-calorie sweetener, dubbed No...
Bee-inspired designer shapes fashion collection from renewable fibers
In New York, designer Jamela Law has created a 3D-printed fashion collection with honeycombs—one of nature’s strongest shapes—as its inspiration. The collection, called Beeing...
Italian company swaps casket for organic burial pod
In Italy, Capsula Mundi has introduced organic burial pods for those who wish to have a green funeral. The deceased is placed in the...
Evonik acquires METabolic EXplorer’s methionine technology for €45 million
In Germany, Evonik Industries will acquire METabolic EXplorer’s technology for producing the amino acid methionine via fermentation for €45 million.
Under the terms of the...
Batteries from trees: Stora Enso looks to produce anode materials from lignin
In Finland, Stora Enso is investing €10 million (USD$11.2 million) to build a pilot plant for lignin-based battery materials at the company’s Sunila Mill.
“Using...