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Mycel Raises $10M in Funding
South Korean startup Mycel said it has raised $10 million (13 billion WON) in a pre-Series A round of funding. The company makes fungal-based biomaterials that can replace leather and meat.
Scientists Discover New Material with Unseen Behaviour
Scientists have discovered a shocking fact about a material called Vanadium dioxide (VO2). According to research published in Nature Electronics, VO2 can remember previous external stimuli. Researchers say it could completely change the future of computer and storage devices.
CUPEX Launches Reusable PP Lid for To-go Drinks
German resealable lid manufacturer CUPEX has launched COMFORT, its new reusable lid.
The chitosan packaging industry is only just beginning
In 1823, a scientist named Antoine Odier created a hornlike material after treating a beetle with potassium hydroxide. This was one of the earliest discoveries of chitin, a polysaacharide found in many animal, plant, and insects. It is the second…
Synthetic Biologists Develop Tool to Observe Bacterial Signal Processing in Real Time
A team of synthetic biologists at Rice University claim they have developed the first method for observing the real-time activity of some signal-processing circuits in bacteria, including deadly pathogens that use the circuits to increase their virulence as well as…
HiBarFilm2 Consortium Aims for Nanomaterial Solution for Film Barrier Properties
Funded by Innovate UK, the HiBarFilm2 Consortium project is working to develop a mono-material film that offers the same barrier performance as current multi-material packaging technologies using plasma functionalised nanomaterials.