Ingredion Has New CFO and Added Focus on Texture for Biomaterial Ingredients
In Illinois, Ingredion Incorporated will have a new CFO, Jim Gray, as of March 1st to replace outgoing CFO, Jack Fortnum, who is retiring...
Sustainable Skiing – Stora Enso Biomaterials Make Their Way into Ski Championships
In Finland, the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships opened today with a sustainable twist by Stora Enso who has been working with the organizers...
Researchers Find Bioadhesive Inspiration in Ticks’ Mouths
In Austria, researchers from MedUni Vienna and Vienna University of Technology are studying tick cement—the dowel-like anchor ticks use to adhere to skin and...
Ocean Sponges Offer Powerful Solution for Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria
In Florida, researchers from Florida Atlantic University demonstrated that a compound derived from a deep water sponge can fight back against antibiotic resistant super...
Speaking of Antibiotics…New Protein May Help Us Find Natural Antibiotics
In Texas, A&M researchers found a new protein called LoaP, or long operon associated protein, in bacteria that fights pathogens that attack plant roots,...
Need a New Face? China Cosmetics Company Creates 3D Printing of Asian Skin
In China, cosmetics company JALA Group has printed Asian skin using 3D printing. Using skin cells from Asians and bioink, they plan on using...
World Textile Awards Go to Dupont Sorona Biomaterial and Unifi REPREVE Recycled Fiber
In Delaware, DuPont Industrial Biosciences was a top two contender for World Textile Awards’ Fiber Producer of the Year, which is given every year....
Are Hydras the Secret to the Fountain of Youth? Cut Them Up But They...
In Israel, a team of researchers chopped up some hydras, which are small, tentacled freshwater animals, but don’t worry, they didn’t die. In fact,...
What’s Strong as Steel but Lightweight? Synthetic Spider Silk Now Viable Solution for Manufacturing
In Sweden, researchers say they have finally cracked the code and created a synthetic spider silk that is a realistic option for industrial use...
Two By Two, Biomaterials Climb Aboard Noah’s Ark Project at Russian University
In Russia, Lomonosov Moscow State University created a giant database as part of their Noah’s Ark project to catalogue and store all types of...