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Food or Fuel? Australian Biotech Adapts Yeast to Give us Both
Biofuels. They’re the cornerstone of so much of the environmental legislation of today, anticipated to provide pivotal savings in carbon emissions without endangering our natural resources. Yet they’re not a perfect art, with concerns raised over their encroachment on food…
Spirulina: Pharma’s Market Ally
With more and more technological development in the fields of bio energy, pharmaceuticals and researchers of the nutrient world have been looking more into one particular microalgae: spirulina. Meticulous Research and the European Algae Biomass Association (EABA) recently launched a…
Graphene-based ink could make the electronics of our future
Graphene has long been known as something of a wonder-material, given its high durability and the fact that it is both the thinnest and the strongest material, consisting of a single layer of carbon atoms that is pliable and highly…
60% of Fashion Companies are Greenwashing and Changing Markets Wants to Do Something About It
“While brands are quick to capitalise on consumer concern by using sustainability as a marketing ploy, the vast majority of such claims are all style and no substance. While they greenwash their clothing collections, they are simultaneously dragging their feet…
Introducing C-Combinator, The Innovators Providing A Remarkable Solution To The Sargassum Problem
Since around 2011, an unwelcome new ‘season’ has become an annual fixture for many coastal communities across the Caribbean. It is not the arrival of an unwelcome migratory animal, nor the presence of particularly raucous or challenging tourists but the…