Technology
Leeds Welcomes UK’s First Solar Powered Park-and-Ride.
The UK’s first ever solar powered Park and Ride centre is set to open its doors this week in Stourton, south Leeds. The £38.5m scheme will be powered with energy sourced entirely from solar panels and a battery storage system,…
Special: Bioresearch of the Week Vol. 2
A lot of research has been done over the past few weeks by the greatest minds from universities all over the world. In this edition of bioresearch we’ll have a double take on bio-agriculture, an industry that can’t stop innovating,…
Perennial Bioenergy Crop gets UK Government Funding
A project looking to expand cultivation of bioenergy crop Miscanthus has received over £150,000 in funding under the UK Government’s Biomass Feedstocks Innovation Programme. The project - dubbed OMENZ - is being run by Terravesta with the aim of helping…
Potential Oxygen-delivering Hydrogel Could Accelerate Diabetic Wound Healing
According to the paper “Preventing foot ulcers in patients with diabetes” published in 2005 by Singh, Nalini, David G. Armstrong, and Benjamin A. Lipsky, approximately a quarter of diabetic patients suffer from painful and potentially dangerous foot ulcers which are…
Lab-Made Furs Could Replace Breeding for Fur
The fashion industry is being revolutionized as scientists have achieved the world’s first in vitro hair follicle inseparably linked to collagen in order to cultivate cell-based fur and wool. Startup Furoid’s team has developed a system in which multiple single…
Bühler and DIL Open Technology Centre Proteins of the Future
Bühler AG, the Swiss technology group and the food technology research institute DIL Deutsches Institut für Lebensmitteltechnik e. V. (German Institute of Food Technologies) have revealed the Technology Centre Proteins of the Future in Quakenbrück, Germany. The joint efforts aim to further develop…