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Enemy submarine detecting microorganisms, algae-based polymers, edible antimicrobial film, limestone-based bags, soybean oil based road sealant: The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of December 26th

Enemy submarine detecting microorganisms, algae-based polymers, edible antimicrobial film, limestone-based bags, soybean oil based road sealant: The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of December 26th

December 25, 2018 |

The pace of bioeconomy invention and change continues at a frenetic pace. Here are the top innovations for the week of December 26th. In today’s Digest, enemy submarine detecting microorganisms, algae-based polymers, edible antimicrobial film, limestone-based bags, soybean oil based road sealant — these and more, ready for you now at The Digest online. #1 […]

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Waste Accumulation Problems and Opportunities

Waste Accumulation Problems and Opportunities

December 24, 2018 |

Waste Accumulation Problems and Opportunities By Zoltan Kish, Ph.D., Member of Lee Enterprises Consulting, Inc. Special to The Digest   An incredible amount of waste is produced in Canada and around the world. We are killing our planet by dumping 2.12 billion tons of garbage every year and polluting the oceans, land, and air [1]. Consequently, […]

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Putting Food System Tech Perspectives to Work: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide ABLC Guide to The Center for Food Integrity

Putting Food System Tech Perspectives to Work: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide ABLC Guide to The Center for Food Integrity

December 22, 2018 |

The Center for Food Integrity is helping today’s food system earn consumer trust by facilitating better-informed public discussion about food and agriculture. J.J. Jones from The Center for Food Integrity gave this illuminating presentation on consumer trust, transparency and the building blocks of technical messages at ABLC Global 2018 in San Francisco – and it’s […]

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Table’s Been Set in 2018: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide ABLC Guide to Cellana

Table’s Been Set in 2018: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide ABLC Guide to Cellana

December 22, 2018 |

Cellana develops algae-based products and has demonstrated commercially scalable yields for multi-products. Their algae is the world’s first biomass with two high-value product applications from different components. Martin Sabarsky, Cellana’s CEO gave this illuminating overview of cellana’s technology and products, going full commercial scale with “Last Mile,” and single-digit-millions of equity financing at ABLC Global […]

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Technical Due Diligence Early and Often: The Best Insurance For Bioeconomy Investors

Technical Due Diligence Early and Often: The Best Insurance For Bioeconomy Investors

December 20, 2018 |

By Lorenz Bauer, PhD., Member of Lee Enterprises Consulting, Inc. Special to The Digest Many bioeconomy investors, while experienced with careful evaluation of marketing, supply chain, and legal aspects of due diligence, may be less familiar with scientific and technical evaluation of new technologies. Often only a cursory analysis is performed before making investment decisions. Appropriate […]

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Environmental Benefits of Energy Crops: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide ABLC Guide to University of Illinois research

Environmental Benefits of Energy Crops: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide ABLC Guide to University of Illinois research

December 19, 2018 |

The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign has been researching the economic incentives and policy implications of energy crops such as miscanthus and switchgrass. Madhu Khanna, from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, gave this illuminating overview of the environmental benefits of energy crops at ABLC Global 2018 in San Francisco – and it’s ready for you now at […]

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The BioIncredibles 2: iMicrobes is using methane to produce chemicals, and Mikey the Microbe Likes It

The BioIncredibles 2: iMicrobes is using methane to produce chemicals, and Mikey the Microbe Likes It

December 19, 2018 |

It looks like the BioIncredibles from Industrial Microbes in Emeryville, CA have come up with something that may well be in the long run more potent than even the stunning 2018 box-office performance of The Incredibles 2 from Pixar, also in Emeryville, which recently passed the billion-dollar box office mark and is now Pixar’s biggest […]

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Carbon Capturing: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide ABLC Guide to Carbon Engineering

Carbon Capturing: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide ABLC Guide to Carbon Engineering

December 18, 2018 |

Carbon Engineering is commercializing two clean energy technologies that can rapidly accelerate our shift to a net-zero world by removing carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere and converting it to fuel. Geoffrey Holmes, Business Development lead from Carbon Engineering gave this illuminating overview of their Direct Air Capture technology and their Air to Fuels technology […]

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Liquid waste garments and birch tree gowns, pulp pill bottles, bioplastic advances and biobased solvents: The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of December 19th

Liquid waste garments and birch tree gowns, pulp pill bottles, bioplastic advances and biobased solvents: The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of December 19th

December 18, 2018 |

The pace of bioeconomy invention and change continues at a frenetic pace. Here are the top innovations for the week of December 19th. In today’s Digest, liquid waste garments and birch tree gowns, pulp pill bottles, bioplastic advances and biobased solvents — these and more, ready for you now at The Digest online. #1 World’s […]

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Bioenergy in California: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide ABLC Guide to California Energy Commission R&D

Bioenergy in California: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide ABLC Guide to California Energy Commission R&D

December 18, 2018 |

California Energy Commission Research & Development aims to improve bioenergy’s value proposition and role in supporting California’s clean energy and carbon neutrality goals. Rizaldo Aldas from the California Energy Commission Research & Development gave this illuminating overview of how bioenergy, including biomass, biogas, and biomethane fits into the state of California’s energy policy goals at […]

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