In Germany, lab-grown cow and pork fat pioneer Cultimate Foods has shuttered operations, four months after filing for bankruptcy and expressing hopes of reopening under a leaner financial structure. “The company didn’t become what we hoped it would become. That hurts,” Cultimate co-founder and CTO Jordi Morales-Dalmau said in a LinkedIn post, as reported by […]
In Florida, biotech company Dyadic International has entered into definitive agreements with an institutional investor to raise approximately $2.9 million through a registered direct offering of common stock and a concurrent private placement of warrants. The company will use the funds for general corporate purposes and working capital. The offering price per share of Common […]
In British Columbia, plant-based health biotech BioHarvest Sciences has signed an exclusive manufacturing and supply agreement with an existing fragrance partner in the United Arab Emirates for a rare and endangered fragrance plant cell culture. The undisclosed plant is threatened by overharvesting and habitat loss, and its fragrance is considered one of the world’s most […]
In Germany, Wacker has received approval from the European Commission to use its vegan amino acids L-cystine and L-cysteine as sensory additives in pet food for all animal species. The company’s FERMOPURE® VEGAN L-CYSTEINE and FERMOPURE® NATURAL L-CYSTINE are plant-based, fermentation-derived ingredients that can be used as flavor precursors and components in pet food. During […]
In New York, artist and “creative technologist” Sophia Collender has created an open-source archive of biobased paint “recipes” suitable for artistic painting. Dubbed The Experimental Paint Archive, the publicly accessible collection lists only biodegradable, non-toxic, or reusable pigments that can be combined with binders and liquid vehicles to produce artistic paints. Collender, a graduate student […]
In Switzerland, biomaterials startup Seprify has developed a cellulose-based alternative to the ubiquitous white pigment titanium dioxide by drawing inspiration from an unlikely source: the Cyphochilus beetle. The creepy crawly, found mostly in Southeast Asia, appears exceptionally white because its thin scales have a complex, porous structure that scatters light efficiently. “It’s not hard to […]
In Germany, bioengineered yarns produced by biotech firm AMSilk GmbH have been featured in commercially available garments from Balenciaga’s Spring 2026 collection. The designs include a sharp-collared white shirt and a black shirtdress that cinches at the waist with a ribbon tie, complete with an embroidered tone-on-tone Balenciaga logo on one “gleaming-buttoned cuff.” Each style […]
In China, a team of researchers at Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology have created a textile out of mycelium that can almost repair itself. Unlike previous mushroom-based textiles that grew mycelium but killed it to stop growth, the Shenzhen team used dormant cordyceps militaris. This created a material that self-renews. The team also showed that they […]
In France, designer Germain Verbrackel has come up with a cork stool that doubles as a mobile brainstorming kit. Called The Bulb, the lightweight seat has a built-in compartment for markers, sticky notes, papers and notebooks, allowing teams to take their creative supplies wherever they decide to work. The opening also serves as a handle, […]
In South Korea, Chilgok County has created a plant-based leather alternative from discarded melon peels, with the aim of boosting farm incomes and local economy. Located in North Gyeongsang Province, Chilgok County began researching the material in 2024, after low-quality and unsold melons frequently ended up in the Nakdong River. Researchers initially experimented with drying […]
