Technology
Commentary: Scientists Around the World Are Working to Turn Agricultural Waste Into Food, Packaging and More
For every kilogram of cacao beans, farmers produce about 24 times the amount of biomass. In order to tackle this issue, researchers in Colombia created new products from this “waste” material. The new products range from beer to pudding and…
Commentary: Getting BECCS right
Bioenergy with carbon capture and sequestration (BECCS) is a process that captures and stores atmospheric CO2 while simultaneously producing energy, fuel, or carbontech products from biomass. In the mid 2010’s, interest and confidence in the process started falling behind. In…
Hook Line and Sinker: The Technologies Making Sustainable Fishing Possible
The 2021 Netflix documentary Seaspiracy has pushed sustainable fishing practices to the forefront of people’s minds, and global supply chains are being scrutinised with a new fervour. According to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), more than a third…
Special: Bioresearch of the Week
A lot of things are happening in regards to tech and development of new materials, techniques and approaches. How do we stay on top of it all? Fret not, today we bring you bite-size capsules of the research and reports…
Commentary: Nutrient-Rich Human Waste Poised To Sustain Agriculture, Improve Economies
A new study published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology and conducted by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign civil and environmental engineering professor Jeremy Guest suggests that countries might be closer and closer to using human waste as fertilizer.…
University Of Toledo Receives $3.2M Grant For Algae Biofuel Technology
The University of Toledo received a $3.2 million (€2.7 million) grant, part of a $34 million fund launched by the US Department of Energy’s (US DoE) Bioenergy Technologies Office to support 11 projects that will develop biomass resources. The grant…