Affordable, green hydrogen — it is here, near, or nowhere in sight (again)?
News arrives from Israel’s Technion Institute that they have developed a stable catalyst that can split water at extravagantly low energy-levels - and haven’t...
The Silver in Silva: The Story of Steeper Energy and SGF’s’s $59M advanced biofuels...
This week we reported that Steeper Energy is partnering with Silva Green Fuel, a Norwegian-Swedish joint venture, to construct a $59M industrial scale demonstration plant...
As petroleum prices, demand soars, US, EU dither on biofuels
Petroleum is on the rise again and this week IHS said that refined product demand growth has averaged 1.2 million barrels per day over the...
Tyson Foods buys into Beyond Meat
In Arkansas, Tyson Foods invested an undisclosed amount for a five percent ownership position in Beyond Meat to help the plant-based protein producer expand...
Algae DHA: a fix for odor, taste and cost is on the way for...
Omega-3s are a great thing, but here’s the bottom line: the current applications stink. Not as in, they-don't-work. We mean, literally.
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Beyond Meat raises $55 million from Cleveland Avenue and Tyson Foods to triple production
In California, Beyond Meat raised $55 million in a new round led by Cleveland Avenue, LLC, the venture capital firm founded by Don Thompson,...
Chew on This: Plant Peptides Help Kill Cavities and Tooth Decay
In Pennsylvania, Penn Dental Medicine researchers found a way to prevent cavities and tooth decay with a single biomaterial topical treatment using plants that...
The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of April 18th, 2018
The pace of invention and change is just too strong, we’ve realized, to highlight annual or even quarterly or monthly rankings and summaries of...
Sorghum and Barley Get Married – How Adding a Barley Gene to Sorghum Is...
In Iowa, biofortification in sorghum is helping increase the body’s absorption of beta-carotene which is converted to Vitamin A. This is especially helpful for...
The $20 Million Carbon XPRIZE: The 10 Finalists, revealed
In New York, XPRIZE announced the 10 teams advancing to the final round in the $20M NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE.The 10 finalists, each taking...