UK bans plastic microbeads – alternatives abound
In the United Kingdom, the recent ban on plastic microbeads in cosmetics and personal car products is launching alternatives like biobased corn husks, apricot...
Plant based biopharmaceutical helps people with eye growth
In Mexico, researchers are working on a biopharmaceutical made from a plant called Siempreviva to help patients with pterygium, an abnormal benign growth on...
Singapore researchers report aerogel breakthrough
In Singapore, researchers at the National University’s Faculty of Engineering have developed a method for converting cotton fabric waste into aerogels with military applications...
Birla Cellulose launches NYC design studio for biobased fabrics
In India, Birla Cellulose, the pulp and fiber business of the Aditya Birla Group, launched its premier international design studio in New York. Birla...
Pomegranate extract could help bacteria lose resistance to silver nanoparticles
In the Czech Republic, a unique mechanism that enables bacteria to defend themselves against silver nanoparticles has been discovered by scientists at Palacký University....
Agragen predicts camelina-based biofuels to be on price parity with petroleum fuels
In Ohio, Agragen LLC, a Cincinnati-based plant sciences company, predicts that the recent surge in oil prices will soon permit biofuels derived camelina oil...
Cattle hearts in high demand for biomedical uses
In New Zealand, 10.4 million beef and dairy cattle have hearts and the heart’s pericardium is becoming quite high in demand thanks to the...
Say it again Sam – Another study says palm oil plantations negatively impact climate...
In the Czech Republic, a study conducted by Palacký University researchers and others analyzed ow the tropical rain forests on Borneo absorb carbon dioxide...
Croatian bioplastics maker joins packaging consortium
In Central Europe, renewable corrosion protection company EcoCortec has joined the BIOCOMPACK project, a consortium that aims to bring together R&D institutions and companies...
Clean and green moss removes lead from water
In Japan, researchers at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) demonstrated that moss can be a green alternative for decontaminating polluted water...