Itaconix Expanding Staff to Support Partnerships with AkzoNobel and Croda
In New Hampshire, biobased itaconic acid producer Itaconix is planning to double its staff after inking separate development partnerships with AkzoNobel and Croda.
Co-founder and...
Biodegradable caskets give guinea pigs dignity in death
In Australia, two women have launched a business making biodegradable pet coffins and body bags.
Zoe Ednie-Brown and Jahna Trethowan of Kojonup, West Australia, founded...
Ap-peeling fabrics: Micronesian company pioneers banana waste textiles
In Micronesia, Green Banana Paper is repurposing waste banana fiber to make textiles as an alternative to resource-intensive cotton and non-renewable fibers.
Made from the...
Sweet success: Swiss breakthrough drastically increases sugar yields from biomass
In Switzerland, researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne have significantly increased the amount of sugar that can be extracted from plants....
Panasonic to debut bioplastic appliances
In Japan, appliance major Panasonic says it will begin using plant-based plastic in its products within a few years.
The company has developed a material...
Rice University professor touts methane feedstock and smaller-scale manufacturing
In Texas, Rice University professor Ramon Gonzalez is working to advance biomanufacturing technologies using methane commonly flared by petrochemical plants as a feedstock.
In a...
Spit-activated, biobased batteries could improve humanitarian aid
In Binghampton, New York, researchers are have created paper-based, saliva-activated batteries that could help power medical tests and devices in remote or impoverished regions.
The...
Wisconsin researchers report 1,5-pentanediol breakthrough
In Wisconsin, university researchers have developed a low-cost, renewable route 1,5-pentanediol. The alpha, omega-diol could be used in place of 1,4-butanediol and 1,6 hexanediol...
London locates second “fatberg”
In London, another giant ball of garbage—congealed together by decades worth of discarded fats and oils—has been found clogging the city’s sewer.
The latest “fatberg”...
Iowa State researchers studying slow-release fertilizer to feed crops, improve water quality
In Iowa, Iowa State University researchers may have found a slow-release fertilizer that could feed crops while protecting water quality, but they may have...