Edible straws, shower beer among “quirky” 2017 product launches
In the United Kingdom, FoodBev Media has listed top innovative new products of 2017 for the food and beverage industry, including edible straws and...
‘Brain Glue’ repairs traumatic brain injuries
In Georgia, researchers at the University of Georgia’s Regenerative Bioscience Center developed Brain Glue, a substance that could one day serve as a treatment...
Ingredion comes to town for Tulsa
In Oklahoma, Ingredion, producer of sweeteners, starches, nutrition ingredients and biomaterials, celebrated 60 new jobs at its grand opening of a new office in...
‘Do it all the way’ say parents asking for 100% biobased toys this Christmas
In Germany, a recent study conducted by Klaus Menrad, a renewable resources expert at the Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Science, found that over 500...
New take on organic, biobased electronics thanks to Bio-on and Kartell agreement
In Italy, Bio-on, announces a strategic agreement with Kartell, through its parent company Felofin which takes a 2% stake in Bio-on with a 10...
100% biobased concept house opens in Denmark
In Copenhagen, a consortium of over 40 partners has built a home made out of only biological materials, including tomato stems and seaweed.
The team...
Sappi acquires specialty paper business Cham Paper Group
In South Africa, Sappi Limited, a leading global producer of dissolving wood pulp, speciality and packaging papers, graphic (printing and writing) paper and biomaterials,...
New biomaterial can replace damaged cartilage or bone
In Slovakia, scientists from the University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy (UVLF) and the Institute of Materials Research of the Slovak Academy of Sciences...
Silica-based material could hold key for slowing down global warming
In California, a nonprofit, Ice911, is trying to slow down ice cap melting and global warming with geoengineering by replacing the lost reflectivity of...
Squeeze Me! Researchers squeeze trees for electricity
In Ireland, researchers at the University of Limerick discovered that the biomolecule glycine, which occurs in practically all agro and forestry residues, can generate...