In Kansas, Green Dot is introducing new Terratek WC wood-plastic composite pellets, ideal for injection molding and sheet extrusion. The smaller more uniform pellet size is optimized to ensure superior processing compared to other wood-plastic composites, allowing designers and OEMs to create more sustainable high quality parts on existing equipment without extensive mold modifications. Terratek […]
In Illinois, Z Trim Holdings announced that it completed a registered public offering of 1,866,667 shares of common stock at a price per share of $0.75 and warrants to purchase 1,400,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $1.00 per share, representing gross proceeds to Z Trim of $1,400,000. Z Trim intends to […]
DEINOVE announced that Jacqueline Lecourtier has agreed to chair and lead the deliberations of their Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). Jacqueline Lecourtier was Scientific Director of IFP Energies nouvelles. Novasep, a leading supplier of manufacturing solutions to the life sciences industry, announced the appointment of Nadege Laborde as the new president of its Industrial Biotech business […]
If you were buying higher blends of renewable fuels this year, you saved on dollars per mile. So many blends, so many fuels, and a commodity price roller-coaster to navigate. Who’s the biggest fuel smartie? We look at the price data to map the trends. Times are hard and nobody ought to be spending any dollars […]
By Dustin Mulvaney, Assistant Professor of Sustainable Energy Resources, Department of Environmental Studies, San Jose State University — Principal, EcoShift Consulting Measuring the greenhouse gas (GHG) intensity of biofuels has become increasingly important in recent years. Studies have shown a significant amount of variation in biofuels made from different feedstocks. In some cases, biofuels are only marginally better […]
In Massachusetts, MIT researchers have found a way to boost lithium-air battery performance, with the help of modified viruses. The researchers found that adding genetically modified viruses to the production of nanowires — wires that are about the width of a red blood cell, and which can serve as one of a battery’s electrodes — […]
In Canada, two new Canada Research Chairs and renewal of an existing CRC at the University of Guelph were announced in Calgary by Greg Rickford, minister of state (science and technology). The three Guelph chairs are worth $2.4 million in support. One chair is a Tier 1 chair in Soft Matter and Biological Physics held […]
In Florida, Dyadic International reports that during the third quarter of 2013, the Company recognized a loss of $313,000 on settlement of litigation, while net income for the nine months was $121,000, compared to a net income of $2.8 million for the same period a year ago. Dyadic reports that for the 2013 full-year outlook, […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, steadied at 62.80, up 0.14 percent, as ethanol equities recovered. For the day, Aemetis (AMTX) was up 8.70 percent to $0.25, while Green Plains Renewable Energy (GPRE) jumped back 10.04 percent to $15.57. Among other equities, Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) rebounded 7.00 percent to $2.71. […]
In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, exotic materials are brought from outer space, but in the Digest Cinematic Universe, the most transformative materials are all around you. Possibly in your trash. If there is a lesson we can draw from the fracking and the biobased revolutions, it is that the most important work we can do […]
