Canada ticked off over unregulated tick repellent
In Canada, national public health regulator Health Canada is warning citizens to be wary of homemade, untested, and unlabeled tick repellents.
Donald Bourgeois, Health Canada’s...
Plants, like people, pack on pounds with too much sugar
In New York, researchers at the Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have discovered that plants, like people, accumulate fat when they retain sugars.
In...
“Smart” cotton yields glow-in-the-dark, magnetic fibers
In Israel, researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science have created cotton with glow-in-the-dark and magnetic properties that could create a blueprint for the...
Plant-based packaging for your plant-based meat
In North Carolina, No Evil Foods is now using biodegradable Kraftpak carton board with plant-based inks and water-soluble adhesives to package its plant-based meat...
U.K. start-up raises $9.8 million toward open-source computing for biotechnology
In the United Kingdom, open-source biotechnology operating system company Synthace has raised £7.3 million (USD9.8 million) in a Series A funding round.
The funds will...
UPM Raflatac launches biobased PE adhesive films
In Europe, pressure-sensitive label materials maker UPM Raflatac has launched a plant-based polyethylene film for home and personal care products.
RafBio PE film can be...
“Molecular conveyor belts” in could boost yields in yeast
In Germany, researchers at Goethe University in Frankfurt have developed a new mechanism in yeast to improve the rate at which transport proteins deliver...
Nine animal-free ways to make leather
In California, Entrepreneur magazine showcased nine startups that are looking to meet consumer demand for sustainable, cruelty-free leather substitutes.
Vegan leathers made from fruit waste...
French milk-based bioplastic maker nabs government grant
In France, milk protein-based bioplastic company Lactips has received a €1.5-million (USD1.8-million) grant from the European Union’s H2020 SME funding vehicle to help the...
West Virginia professors tinker with cottonwood trees to improve bioproducts
In West Virgina, researchers are using transgenics to develop cottonwood trees with cell wall characteristics that make it easier to extract lignin.
“One of the...