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...
Stingray-inspired bio-robot combines biomaterials with electronics
In California, UCLA bioengineering professor Ali Khademhosseini led the development of a tissue-based soft bio-robot that mimics the biomechanics of a stingray. The new...
European Commission adopts new plastic strategy since China no longer option
In Belgium, the European Commission is adapting to the news that China will no longer accept plastics from abroad, by developing the first-ever Europe-wide...
Researchers program biomaterials with ‘logic gates’ that release therapeutics in response to environmental triggers
In Washington, University of Washington scientists built and tested a new biomaterial-based hydrogel delivery system that will encase a desired cargo, like drug treatments,...