Driving towards sustainability with biobased scooter

In the Netherlands, Deputy Harry van der Maas from the province of Zeeland drove around on a biobased scooter made entirely from recycled materials...

The end of animal testing? CELLINK 3D bioprinting could be the answer

In Massachusetts, CELLINK is expanding its 3D bioprinting technology with its newly opened U.S. headquarters in Cambridge near MIT. The company makes and sells...

Algae biomaterial regenerates blood vessel damage

In Portugal, researchers from the Institute for Research and Innovation in Health (i3S) in Porto discovered a way to use a new biomaterial modified...

New National Biomaterial Centre inaugurated for organ and tissue transplants

In India, a new government National Biomaterial Centre (National Tissue Bank) at the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (NOTTO) was inaugurated. The main...

Unilever launches new natural personal care products

In the United Kingdom, Unilever launched a new line of natural personal care products, ApotheCARE Essentials. The 18 new products are created from six...

Spider, succulents and funghi inspire AquaWeb water collection system

In California, NexLoop, a biomimicry venture, is conducting the next phase of pilot tests for its AquaWeb system which collects water from fog and...

Silver and gold abounds in Swiss sewers

In Switzerland, 95 pounds of gold are flushed away each year into the sewers, according to researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic...

Onion skin key for electricity-generating nanogenerator

In South Korea, researchers from the Pohang University of Science and Technology have found a way to use naturally abundant, self-aligned cellulose fibrous untreated...

What do fish and paper mills have in common? Domtar has the answer

In Pennsylvania, a leading pulp and paper manufacturer is hatching and raising thousands of brook, brown and rainbow trout in one of their old...

Biomaterial beauty mask making electric waves around the world

In South Korea, BioSensor Laboratories are expanding the beauty boom’s use of sheet masks for skin care with its new Franz sheet mask using...

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