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...
Tufts researchers develop leather alternative from silk, chitosan
In Boston, researchers at Tufts have created a 3D printed leather alternative using silk and various wastes. The process mixes silk fibers with a...
Grow Your Own Lamps and Bowls Now Possible
In New York, Ecovative Design is selling mushroom and hemp-growing kits so consumers can grow their own lamp shades, bowls, and planters. Mushroom’s mycelium...
Domtar Takes Next Step in Lignin Development with Prisma
In South Carolina, Domtar’s Biomaterials team and research partners have been focusing time and resources on lignin development and took another step forward in...
Dutch research institute wants to make hospital stays greener
In the Netherlands, Wageningen University & Research is looking at ways to increase the use of biobased and biodegradable products in hospitals as a...
Hemp is Hopping in South Carolina – Industrial Hemp Farming Now Allowed
In South Carolina, hemp is gaining traction as an agricultural crop now that state legislature and Governor Henry McMaster have passed a bill allowing...
Greek startup turns washed up sea grass into durable products
In Greece, 24-year-old eco-entrepreneur Stravros Tsompanidis is turning the dead sea grass leaves that wash up on the country’s beaches into products such as...
Limestone based bags paves way to decarbonized circular economy
In Japan, TBM Co., Ltd., a company that develops, manufactures and sells paper and plastic alternative products made from a limestone-based material known as...
UK group looks to overcome plant-fiber composite drawbacks
In the United Kingdom, researchers at the Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Research Group at the University of Portsmouth are researching composites from agricultural waste...
Do you smell coffee? That’s my sunglasses!
In Ukraine, the world’s first coffee-based sunglasses are now available thanks to eyeglass designer brand Ochi. They use a biopolymer based on coffee, flax...