Enzymes rescue city from smelly chemical spill
In Mississippi, residents of Oxford have biology to thank for delivering their community from the rotten-egg-like stench of a recent ethyl mercaptan fill.
The odorant...
Summer school program tests lignin for metal ion removal
In Iowa, a project at the Cornell Summer Research Institute has used waste lignin to remediate metal ions in water.
“I’m really excited about it...
Eat your fork: Edible cutlery maker looks to cut down on India’s plastics problem
In India, an entrepreneur has developed edible cutlery to reduce the 120 billion disposable utensils India currently tosses in the trash annually.
Bakey’s, founded by...
Berkeley researchers get E. coli to produce fluorinated molecules
In California, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley have coaxed Escherichia coli to use fluorinated building blocks to make new organofluorine target molecules.
Led...
Shipping containers converted into London biotech labs
In London, a network of shipping containers is being used as lab space for biotechnology startups.
Dubbed Open Cell, the space is advertised as unconventional...
Live green, die green with these sustainable burial options
In London, design and architecture publication dezeen has compiled five sustainable burial options in honor of Earth Day.
They include “Mourn” by Studio Nienke Hoogvliet,...
New Jersey couple looks to kickstart leaf-based disposable tableware
In New Jersey, the husband and wife team behind 4eSync is launching a line of disposable tableware made from the leaves of the Arecanut...
Sustainable kitty litter brand set to expand distribution
In Miami, a sustainable kitty litter firm has entered into a partnership that will get it distributed in more than 4,500 independent retailers in...
San Diego researchers win DOE grant for algae-based polymer work
In San Diego, researchers in the chemistry and biology departments of the University of California have been awarded a $2 million grant from the...
Transparent wood, cigarette butt bricks top sustainable construction breakthroughs
In the United Kingdom, renewable solutions are helping the construction industry—the cause of nearly half of the country’s carbon emissions—become a little greener. Planning...