Technology
New tech turns ethanol waste into bio-acetone
Lallemand Biofuels & Distilled Spirits and Braskem have announced a new technology platform that lets corn ethanol producers generate bio-acetone alongside their ethanol output. The system combines an engineered yeast strain with a separation process to recover the coproduct without…
New pest repellent made from biomass waste
Japanese green tech company Green Science Alliance has developed a pest repellent made from carbon quantum dots synthesized from organic waste. The materials include wood, plant, and food waste. Quantum dots are nanoparticles just a few atoms wide. Their tiny…
New sensor tech tracks enzyme activity in real time
Researchers at Iowa State University have developed a bioreactor system that uses artificial intelligence to monitor and optimize enzyme production. The project, backed by Novonesis and funded by Schmidt Sciences, ran from 2023 to 2026. The team built a reinforcement…
Take Root Bio turns salty whey into bioethanol
A company that helped design food systems for astronauts is now tackling a very different challenge, dairy waste here on Earth. Take Root Bio has worked with Heriot-Watt University to turn salty whey into bioethanol. Salty whey is a high-volume…
Wood waste could power new gasoline facility in Pennsylvania
Researchers at Penn State are working with a startup planning to turn wood waste into gasoline. The goal is to confirm the project will be ecologically sustainable before it moves forward. Woodland Biomass Innovations wants to convert about 1,000 tons…
Covestro coordinates EU project for continuous bio-based aniline
Covestro has launched Bio4PURConti, an EU-funded project aiming to build the world's first continuous production process for bio-based aniline. Covestro is coordinating the initiative as project lead. Aniline is a key raw material in plastics and chemicals. It's especially important…