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...
Evoware wins award for seaweed based packaging and works on scaling up production
In Indonesia, Evoware was one of the winners of the New Plastics Economy Innovation Prize in the “Circular Design Challenge” category for their innovative...
U.S. Air Force defends biomaterial samples collection from Russians
In Washington, D.C., the U.S. Air Force is defending its reasons for collecting biomaterial samples from Russians after Russian President Vladimir Putin brought up...
SweeGen and Ingredion get stevia derived sweetener approved for use in Mexico
In Mexico, California-based SweeGen, a nature-based sweetener company, and Illinois-based Ingredion Incorporated, a global provider of ingredient solutions to diversified industries, said that the...