In New Hampshire, a Dartmouth-led team has discovered a group of stress-related proteins that explains how plants avoid sunburn in intense light, a finding that one day could help biotechnologists to develop crops that can better cope with hotter, drier conditions occurring in climate change. In this study, Professor Hou-Sung Jung and his colleagues showed […]
In the Russian Federation, bashinform.ru reports that Rustem Khamitov, the President of The Republic of Bashkortostan stated: “Today we have a number of enterprises, which work in the field of biotechnologies and issue biotechnological products. These are preparations for plants protection and land recultivation, biofertilizers, medical products for animal industries, fodder additives, and also waste […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, edged down 0.17 percent to 72.17 as advanced biofuels slumped. For the day, OriginOil (OOIL) rocketed up 29.63 percent, while Aemetis (AMTX) gained 5.00 percent $0.42. Among other equities, Biox (BX.T) plunged 14.71 percent to $0.58. Overall, declines led advances 8 to 7 for […]
Bioenergy’s #1 company surges on the exchanges after big Sasol, AkzoNobel partnership announcements. In California, Solazyme announced a Q2 loss of $25.8M, compared to a Q2 2012 loss of $19.2M, on revenues of $11.2M, down from $13.2M for Q2 2012, as government funded revenues declined as expected. Excluding the government sector, sales jumped 28% year […]
In Maryland, Intrexon Corporation today announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 9,999,999 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $16.00 per share, before underwriting discounts and offering expenses. All of the common stock is being offered by Intrexon. The shares are expected to begin trading on the New York […]
Biofuels Digest is launching a new feature series: Educational Programs for Biorenewables. Our first feature focuses on biorenewables programs at Iowa State University. As the biorenewable industry grows, so does the demand for a workforce educated in the field. Many programs for traditional students have been created to help meet this demand. Iowa State University, […]
In Iowa, Penford Products introduced PenStrength, a high-performance cationic polymer. PenStrength enhances the binding of pulp fibers to make recycled paperboard stronger, allowing manufacturers to produce premium grade paperboard while reducing manufacturing costs. By using PenStrength, paperboard producers can reduce production costs by up to $10 – 40 per ton. Penford has filed a patent […]
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In Colorado, Cool Planet Energy Systems, a developer of small scale biorefineries which convert non-food biomass into gasoline, jet fuel, and water-conserving biochar, announced that Archie W. Dunham has joined its board of directors. Dunham was CEO of Conoco from 1996 to 2002, then was chairman of ConocoPhillips until 2004. He is also non-executive chairman […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, rose 1.09 percent to 71.19 as ethanol equities surged. For the day, Solazyme (SZYM) soared 12.95 percent to $12.65, while KiOR (KIOR) plunged 9.87 percent to $4.29. Among other equities, Biox (BX.T) rocketed up 21.43 percent to $0.68. Overall, advances led declines 11 to […]
