Technology
Byproduct of Biofuel Production Could be Used for Insect Pest Management
In a multimillion dollar project funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office, researchers from the USDA-ARS Center for Grain and Animal Health Research (CGAHR), National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), and Michigan State University set out to determine…
Bioreactors today: challenges and innovations
Bioreactors are vessels where microorganisms, stem cells, or specialised cells are cultivated into functional materials. The oldest and simplest examples are containers used for baking bread or fermenting wine. Over the last twenty years, however, they have become sophisticated instruments…
Biomaterials and biotech converge to fight antibiotic resistance
In 2020, Swedish startup Amferia received $650, 000 to commercialise a bacteria-killing hydrogel that could be used as wound patches, wound-healing granules, and medical device coatings. Its active compounds are not antibiotics but peptides, molecules that occur in plant, animal,…
Researchers Develop Strong, Recyclable, And Degradable Sugar-Based Plastics
Researchers from the University of Birmingham and Duke University have developed a sugar-based plastic.
Earthworms Break Down Bio-Based Plastic
Studies show that in 2018, 27 million tons of plastic went into American landfills. Containers and packaging accounted for the vast majority, even as consumers try their best to avoid plastics when shopping.
NTU Singapore Scientists Develop a Recyclable Pollen-based Paper
Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore developed a pollen-based paper that can be printed on and erased multiple times without damaging the paper.