Researchers Find Way to Block Scar Tissue from Forming on Biomaterial Implants
In Massachusetts, researchers found a way to help prevent fibrosis, or scar tissue from developing around medical implant devices. While biomaterial devices have been...
New Nanotechnology from Northeastern University to Help Audax Medical Clients
In Massachusetts, Audax Medical, Inc. has a worldwide license from Northeastern University for new nanotechnology of a self-assembling arginine-rich peptide to add to its...
Make a wish, feed a fish with algae “coins”
In Germany, an eco-friendly “coin” for making wishes in wishing wells has won the prestigious iF Design Award from Hanover’s International Forum Design.
Comprised of...
Bamboo Babe brings eco-friendly feminine hygiene to Australia
In Australia, Bamboo Babe has launched the country’s first biodegradable feminine hygiene pads. The pads, made from bamboo, are more absorbent than cotton pads....
Dude creates surfing gear out of cyanobacteria, eyes shoe market
In California, surfer-turned-entrepreneur Rob Falken is looking to make shoes from harmful algae called cyanobacteria.
Falken’s company, Bloom, uses a mobile harvester to gather the...
Reducing Wrinkles with New Silicone Biomaterial Now Possible
In Massachusetts, scientists from MIT, Massachusetts General Hospital, biomaterial research group Olivo Labs, and biotech company Living Proof are offering us aging folks some...
Starbucks and McDonald’s partner up to find the perfect biobased cup
In New York, Starbucks and McDonald’s are teaming up to build a fully recyclable, compostable cup, lid and straw in the next three years....
Target and ADM join AgWater Challenge
In the United Kingdom, big retailer Target and one of the world’s largest agricultural processors and food ingredient providers, Archer Daniels Midland Company, both...
Turning coffee waste into coffee cups
In Australia, a Macquarie University PhD student believes he’s come up with a way to turn coffee waste into biodegradable plastic coffee cups by...
Party hard and be easy on the earth with starch-based Mardi Gras beads
In Houston, NexEvo is gearing up for a 2022 Mardi Gras celebration that is not only more festive than 2021’s toned-down, mid-pandemic celebration, but...