Arbiom receives €10.9M in funding and launches new wood to food value chain project
In France, Arbiom received €10.9 million (about $12.8 million) in funding from the Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking to demonstrate the production of sustainable feed...
Scottish shellfish plastic firm closes funding round
In Scotland, marine biotech company CuanTec has closed an investment round that will enable it to scale up production of its bioplastic produce packaging....
Designer turns chippy waste into ceramics
In Margate, UK, designer Carly Breame has converted the leftover fish bones, potato peels and oyster shells from one of the seaside town’s local...
Surftech’s algae, bamboo and biobased paddleboard a winner
In California, Surftech’s Aleka not only incporarates many biobased elements into its board, it now is an official winner too. Surftech’s board won Outside...
Spider silk and shrilk among “biomimicry” breakthroughs
A California-based manufacturer of bioengineered spider silk and shrimp-shell-based bioplastics are two examples of a new materials innovation trend based on biomimicry.
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AkzoNobel enters joint marketing effort for Itaconix bio-based chelates
In the United Kingdom, Itaconix announced that following a successful technical and regulatory evaluation, AkzoNobel’s Chelates’ business has formally notified Itaconix of its intention...
Sugarcane based milk container now at supermarkets
In the Netherlands, Lelystad dairy farm is offering their milk in Europe’s first biobased milk container, made from 100% biobased PE from renewable material,...
Tissue paper organ origami biomaterial has potential cancer healing applications
In Illinois, Northwestern Medicine scientists accidentally invented bioactive “tissue papers” made from organs’ materials that can be used for wound healing and natural hormone...
Take a Selfie and See If You Have DiGeorge Syndrome
In Maryland, National Institutes of Health’s National Human Genome Research Institute researchers used selfies combined with facial recognition software to successfully diagnose a rare...
Heinz developing paper bottle to “ketchup” with sustainability trends
In Pennsylvania, food giant Kraft Heinz is developing prototype ketchup bottles made of paper in collaboration with Pulpex, the company behind Johnny Walker’s paper-based...