PTT donates sustainable packaging to mitigate trash left by Thai mourners
In Thailand, PTT Public Company Limited has donated more than a million biodegradable polybutylene succinate-coated paper food containers to help manage the massive trash...
Canadian Government to Develop First Algal Biorefinery Project for Biofuels and Biomaterials
In Canada, the Government of Canada is making an effort to double funding for clean energy and clean technology by 2020 as part of...
Starches Produced From Yeast for First Time Ever, Allowing Study for Starch Optimization and...
In Switzerland, researchers at ETH Zurich’s Institute of Agricultural Sciences created a first in biochemistry – they produced starch from yeast in a non-plant...
Tryptophan in Your Turkey Not Only Thing to Blame for that Thanksgiving Day Nap...
In Florida, researchers from The Scripps Research Institute Florida campus studied fruit flies behavior to figure out why we get that sleepy feeling after...
Sparing Horses By Creating Diphtheria Antitoxins in a Lab
In the United Kingdom, PETA International Science Consortium is giving about $142,000 to the Institute of Biochemistry, Biotechnology, and Bioinformatics at the Technische Universität...
NIH Awards $5.4 Million to Three Colorado State University Genetics Researchers
In Colorado, three researchers from Colorado State University received the National Institute of General Medicinal Sciences “Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award” to take on solutions...
Dude creates surfing gear out of cyanobacteria, eyes shoe market
In California, surfer-turned-entrepreneur Rob Falken is looking to make shoes from harmful algae called cyanobacteria.
Falken’s company, Bloom, uses a mobile harvester to gather the...
Eucalyptus pulp maker invests in cellulose nanocrystals
In Montreal, Brazilian eucalyptus pulp maker Fibria has invested CAD$5.3 million in Canadian cellulose nanocrystals company CelluForce and gained exclusive distribution rights to the...
Evonik adds biomaterials capacity, medical device lab in Alabama
In Alabama, Evonik will add capacity to produce bioresorbable polymers for use in medical devices and controlled-release formulations for parenteral drug delivery.
The expansion includes...
Biomaterials to Help Kidney Disease Patients with Dialysis
In Washington, a new Center for Dialysis Innovation has opened at The University of Washington and the Kidney Research Institute. The center will be...