Tuskegee researchers solve cellulose bioplastics challenge
In Alabama, Tuskegee University researchers have discovered a cellulose dispersion method that could help bioplastics overcome some of the performance issues that limit its...
Insect Shells Prove to Be Strong Biomaterial for Medical Uses
In Boston, scientists at Harvard University Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering have found a way to take chitosan, a biomaterial from insect and...
Printing Organs on a 3D Printer Now Possible
In North Carolina, Dr. Anthony Atala from Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine has spent decades trying to print human organs and has reached...
Fortress Paper Expands Investment into Hemicellulose as Biomaterials Feedstock
In British Columbia, Fortress Paper Ltd., which focuses on dissolving pulp and security paper products, has broken out into the renewable energy area and...
Brooks Automation Acquires Cool Lab for $5 Million Cash
In Massachusetts, Brooks Automation, Inc. announced it has acquired Cool Lab, LLC in exchange for a $5 million cash payment and a $9 million...
Pineapple-waste fiber gains traction in shoe market
In the Philippines, Puma has created a prototype shoe using a textile produced from pineapple plant waste.
The nonwoven material, called Piñatex, is made from...
HEXPOL TPE expands renewable thermoplastic elastomers range
In Sweden, HEXPOL TPE has added new grades to its Dryflex Green biobased thermoplastic elastomers product line.
These include a low-hardness TPE compound with 90%...
PTT donates sustainable packaging to mitigate trash left by Thai mourners
In Thailand, PTT Public Company Limited has donated more than a million biodegradable polybutylene succinate-coated paper food containers to help manage the massive trash...
Canadian Government to Develop First Algal Biorefinery Project for Biofuels and Biomaterials
In Canada, the Government of Canada is making an effort to double funding for clean energy and clean technology by 2020 as part of...
Starches Produced From Yeast for First Time Ever, Allowing Study for Starch Optimization and...
In Switzerland, researchers at ETH Zurich’s Institute of Agricultural Sciences created a first in biochemistry – they produced starch from yeast in a non-plant...