Renewable fuel from vehicle exhaust: Oak Ridge’s catalytic breakthrough

Researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory have come up with a highly-efficient process to make liquid fuels directly from carbon dioxide and water. Because burning...

Podesta, Putin, Trump, Gingrich, and Joule: WikiLeaks and the inside true story

If you’ve been following the Sunday news programs in the past week, or breathless reporting in the Wall Street Journal (“John Podesta and the...

PrecisionHawk and ADM partner to manage crop risk using dronetech

In North Carolina, PrecisionHawk released a new waterpooling app that was developed in conjunction with ADM Crop Risk Services to provide insurance adjusters and...

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...

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...

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...

Zymergen gets Lit: raises $130M in epic Series B

In California, Zymergen has raised $130 million in Series B funding led by SoftBank Group. The round also includes prior lead investor Data Collective...

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NUU launches: the Digital Voice of the Physical World

In Florida, NUU, the Digital Voice of the Physical World launched officially this afternoon as a new digital content portal for the new physical...

TerraTech, weekly radio program on the advanced bioeconomy, set to launch Jan. 11th

In Florida, The Digest announced the launch of TerraTech, a weekly one-hour radio program on new technologies, rising companies and personalities in the advanced...

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Spiderman, but kind of goth: University of Bayreuth team creates red silk-producing spiders

In Germany, researchers at the University of Bayreuth’s Biomaterials research group have used the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology to create spiders that produce red fluorescent...

BoilMate corn-fiber cooking bowl seeks funding on Kickstarter

In California, Transcarton has launched a Kickstarter campaign for BoilMate—the world’s first fire-safe, compostable paper bowl engineered for instant cooking. BoilMate combines FDA-approved corn fiber...

Natural Indigo Finland, TAMK turn coffee waste into ink for packaging

In Finland, Natural Indigo Finland and Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK) have developed a water-based ink using biocolorant extracted from coffee waste supplied...