Two Against One – Drugs and Body’s Immune System Buddy Up to Attack Cancer...
In Pennsylvania, Penn State researchers have found a way to create biodegradable polymer nanoparticles that have cancer-fighting drugs integrated in them to attack certain...
Bacterial protein could help find materials for your next smartphone
In Pennsylvania, a newly discovered protein could help detect, target and collect from the environment the rare-earth metals used in smartphones. Two new studies...
NASA gets SYNLawn biobased lawn system at visitor complex
In Florida, the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is getting a new lawn from SYNLawn, the only artificial grass manufacturer with a complete plant-based...
Gotcha! Biobased material captures micropollutants
In the United Kingdom, CustoMem developed a novel bio-based adsorbent material that can selectively capture micropollutants including pesticides, pharmaceuticals and high-performance chemicals like per...
Renewables-based chelating agents launched by BASF
In Germany, BASF launched Trilon M Max EcoBalanced, the first renewables-based Trilon M grade produced according to the biomass balance approach. This approach replaces...
Cotton industry makes efforts to improve sustainability with new appointment
In North Carolina, Cotton Incorporated, the research and promotion company for U.S. cotton producers and importers, is working towards improving sustainability in the industry’s...
Carrots may be secret to greener concrete
In the United Kingdom, researchers at Lancaster University, in collaboration with Scotland’s CelluComp, are looking to use carrots to increase concrete strength and improve...
SwissFEL electron laser maps protein, molecule structure
In Switzerland, the X-ray free-electron laser SwissFEL has now, for the first time, directed its strong light onto protein crystals and made their structures...
Pubs say no more plastic straws and yes to biodegradable straws
In the United Kingdom, JD Weatherspoon, a giant business with over 900 pubs across the UK, will stop offering plastic straws to customers in...
EU consortium team begins to trial renewable food trays
In United Kingdom, the EU-funded project FRESH has begun to trial Durapulp, a biocomposite material based on wood fiber and biopolymer that can be...