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...
Biodegradable clothing won’t leave you naked
In Delaware, DuPont unveiled its newest fiber innovation called Apexa, a biodegradable polyester fiber. The material decomposes through industrial composting and breaks down into...
Super hero cocktail of insect wings, shrimp shells, and copper fight superbugs
In Colorado, researchers at Colorado State University are trying to fight superbugs, those nasty, deadly, stubborn bacteria that traditional antibiotics can’t kill, with what...
Better weiners bring better sales – Oscar Mayer kicks out nitrates and brings in...
In Illinois, Oscar Mayer weiners are having a makeover this summer. After selling less hot dogs than competitors, Oscar Mayer has removed nitrates and...
Algae to help heal and prevent infection in medical implants
In Portugal, researchers at the University of Coimbra are looking at algae not for biofuel or food, but for the medical world. As one...
ADM and Ingredion go head to head in investor analysis
In Illinois, analysts compared Archer-Daniels-Midland and Ingredion to see which is the better business in terms of investment earnings, risk, profitability and other stock...
Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth with New Sweetener Innovations from SweeGen and Ingredion
In Illinois and California, Ingredion Incorporated and SweeGen Inc. continue to make sweet deals for each other with their latest addition and commercialization of...
Olympic Sprinter Partners with Invibio and CarboFix for Biomaterial Implants
In the United Kingdom, Invibio Biomaterial Solutions and CarboFix Orthopedics have teamed up with James Ellington, a UK Olympic sprinter to work on innovative...
Biomaterials Get Nano-Scaled for Takeda and BioSurfaces Gastrointestinal Research Program
In Massachusetts, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited and BioSurfaces Inc. are joining forces for a research program to help treat patients with gastrointestinal diseases with...
VIASPACE CEO Resigns, Board Chairman Steps in as Acting CEO
In California, the grass is greener on the other side for VIASPACE CEO, Haris Basit, who resigned effective July 31 to move to a...