Study Looks for Answers on How Bacteria Adapts in Different Environments
In New York, a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) researcher received a $600,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to lead a study on bacteria...
British seaweed could open door to biobased displays
In the United Kingdom, researchers have found that crystal structures used by Cystoseira tamariscifolia, a brown algae commonly known as Rainbow wrack, reflect the...
Researchers Find Bioadhesive Inspiration in Ticks’ Mouths
In Austria, researchers from MedUni Vienna and Vienna University of Technology are studying tick cement—the dowel-like anchor ticks use to adhere to skin and...
Kraig Biocraft begins spider silk operations in Vietnam
In Michigan, Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. a developer of spider silk based fibers, announced it has been issued its long awaited Enterprise Registration Certificate...
Two By Two, Biomaterials Climb Aboard Noah’s Ark Project at Russian University
In Russia, Lomonosov Moscow State University created a giant database as part of their Noah’s Ark project to catalogue and store all types of...
Good comes out of chocolate – Cocoa bean waste-to-fuel could help rural Ghana
In Ghana, a new green technology to generate electricity from discarded cocoa pod husks is set to benefit African farming communities currently with little...
Canada Invests in Cleantech to Transform Quebec Pulp Mill
In Canada, the Minister of International Development, on behalf of Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, announced $1.89 million in funding to accelerate the development...
InVivo Therapeutics Expand Biomaterial Clinical Trials, Now at 27 Locations
In Massachusetts, InVivo has been expanding clinical trials and announced the latest addition of University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa...
Two Molecules Offer Insight for Estrogen Driven Breast Cancer Treatment
In Florida, California, and Illinois, researchers from several universities have found that two molecules in the immune system are crucial to drug resistance in...
Beetles, Flies and Crickets Oh My! Insects Approved As Fish Food in Europe
In Belgium, FEFAC has allowed farmed fish producers to use insects as feed as a way to help improve the sustainability of aquaculture in...