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Calyxt expands end markets for PlantSpring and BioFactory tech
Calyxt, Inc., a plant-based synthetic biotechnology company, announced a new strategic direction to provide sustainably produced plant-based synthetic biology solutions. The goal is to expand the group of end markets and diversified base of customers, taking advantage of its proprietary…
Emma van der Leest develops fungal coating to strengthen bio-leather
Emma Van der Leest, a Dutch designer, is hoping to completely eradicate the use of leather in the fashion industry and is developing a fungal coating to make a bio-leather material more versatile.z Currently, there are several plant-based leathers commercially…
Commentary: GM algae could boost biofuel production
Nature has published a paper on a new technique for increasing lipid production in algae. The method, demonstrated on the diatom species Fistulifera solaris, involves modifying genes that control lipid degradation in the organism. The authors argue this could increase…
Commentary: Can AI make us shop greener?
The Internet of Food Things Network+ (IoFT) and the Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Intelligence for Automated Investigation for Scientific Discovery Network have published a paper on the ethics of AI for guiding sustainable consumer choices. Reference: https://www.cell.com/patterns/fulltext/S2666-3899(21)00183-5
WEF competition for Blue Carbon Projects
UpLink has launched a competition to find finance, training, and education tools that ‘support people, nature, and climate’. Submissions for the Blue Carbon Challenge are open until December the 17th, 2021 on the UpLink website. Proposals must be market-viable blue…
Ivory Coast rice-fish farming improves yields
On October 10th, the Ivory Coast’s National Agency for Rural Development (ANADER) announced the results of its field trial in integrated rice-fish farming. Integrated rice-fish farming is the practice of cultivating fish and rice on the same irrigated plot. Four…