In Massachusetts, Ginkgo Bioworks announced that a Ginkgo-led team — including partners from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Colorado School of Mines, and Global Algae Innovations — has been awarded funding through the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO). The scope of the project will be to develop a new approach to […]
In Delaware, the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently awarded two DSU researchers a three-year just under $300,000 grant for a project that could leverage the properties of microalgae toward energy and cancer treatment purposes. The technical title of the project is “A Multiple-Stage Cost Effective Smart Farming of Engineered Microalgae for Simultaneous Production of High-Value Molecules […]
In the UK, Bdaily News reported that two Teesside University academics have received funding for research investigating how to reduce the carbon footprint from waste-to-energy plants. Professor Dawid Hanak, in collaboration with Professor Kumar Patchigolla, has been granted funding from the UK Carbon Capture and Storage Research Community’s (UKCCSRC) Flexible Funding call to look at […]
In California, for people who menstruate, access to affordable and hygienic period products is a necessity. A lack of pads, tampons, menstrual cups, or safe and hygienic facilities to use and dispose of them can affect attendance at work and school or participation in other aspects of daily life. Yet studies estimate that 500 million […]
In the UK, two companies have secured over £6.7 million to develop their world-leading launch technologies in a sustainable way and help cement the UK’s position as Europe’s leading destination for commercial spaceflight activities. The funding was awarded using UK Space Agency contributions to the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Boost! Programme which aims to help […]
In Sweden, hygiene and health company Essity has joined the European research project Sustronics, which is supporting the development of circular electronic products. Companies and universities from 11 countries will, together with Essity, develop sensor-based digital solutions for self and professional care. The main purpose of Sustronics is to transform the European electronics industry and […]
In the UK, the world’s first low-energy, non-oil-based, high-performance bioplastic, developed by Floreon with the University of Sheffield, has secured £2 million financing from Northern Gritstone. Northern Gritstone announced a £2 million Series A investment into the bioplastics developer Floreon Technology Limited, a spinout technology from the University of Sheffield. Floreon has developed a range […]
In Sweden, Essity said it has joined the European research project Sustronics, which is supporting the development of circular electronic products. Companies and universities from 11 countries will, together with Essity, develop sensor-based digital solutions for self and professional care. The main purpose of Sustronics is to transform the European electronics industry and promote a […]
In Germany, utilizing impure CO2 from car exhaust, researchers at the University of Bayreuth, present in a paper, which was published in Nature Communications, a cost-effective synthetic route for γ-lactams. γ-Lactam is an organic chemical compound, which is an inhibitory neurotransmitter. This means that CO2, which is frequently produced anyway, can be put to good […]
In Washington, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the findings of a report highlighting ways to achieve the Department’s goal of making hydrogen an affordable, abundant source of clean energy and examining different pathways to get there through thermal conversion. The report is the first of three assessments of clean-hydrogen production pathways for the […]
