Who’s right, in the fight of their lives over E15 ethanol blending? Whose data’s from Toontown, whose from the real-world? Yesterday the American Petroleum Institute held a press conference in DC to highlight a new report from the Coordinating Research Council on E15 ethanol blends. The report is here. The API: Blast your scuppers, now […]
In the Netherlands, researchers at Technische Universiteit Eindhoven and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University have developed a special treatment for cotton fabric that allows the cotton to absorb 340 % of its own weight in water from misty air. The researchers applied a coating of PNIPAAm, a polymer, to the cotton fabric. At lower temperatures, […]
In North Carolina, Precision BioSciences announced that research, The Bayer Scientific Magazine, has published an article describing the successful use of Precision’s DNE technology to modify the genome of cotton. The article describes pioneering work performed by Kathleen D’Halluin and her colleagues at Bayer CropScience, who used an engineered DNE meganuclease produced by Precision to […]
In China, DuPont Industrial Biosciences presented results of collaborative trials with Pacific Textiles Limited, a Hong Kong-based manufacturer of custom fabrics, which demonstrate the significant sustainability benefits of bio-based enzymes used to replace traditional chemicals in cotton textile processing at bulk-scale production. The results of the Cotton Incorporated study found that the use of DuPont […]
In Iowa, the DOE’s Ames Laboratory has used spectrometry to map the lipids in cottonseed, a process which may hold the key to understanding biosynthesis and alternative energy production. The process, which allows scientists to understand the structural framework for molecules within cottonseed plant material, will create a new method for viewing plant molecules. Said […]
In New Mexico, Incitor received $1.5 million from the Cottonwood Technology Fund to finance its next growth phase. Incitor’s patent-pending low-temperature chemical process breaks down various forms of agricultural, solid, woody or algal waste to produce commodity petrochemical replacements, specialty bio-based chemicals, and Alestron, a novel third generation biofuel compatible with both gasoline and diesel. […]
In Texas, Panda Biotech announced that commercial operations have officially begun at the Panda Hemp Gin, their landmark industrial hemp processing facility in Wichita Falls, Texas. The 500,000-square-foot building situated on 97 acres is the first of its kind and the largest in the Western Hemisphere, with the capacity to process 10 metric tons of […]
In London, a startup producing a leather alternative using spent grains from local beer brewers hopes to launch its first product later this year. Founded in 2022 by vegetarians Brett Cotten and Edward Mitchell, Arda Biomaterials gathers its feedstock from the Bermondsey Beer Mile, so named for its copious number breweries and beer bars. The […]
We’ve long been fans of the Finns, their smart forest management practices, their innovative products and the complete lack of hype and bluster coming out of Helsinki. It’s the Quiet Country, but really they are the Fab Finns, whose actions speak volumes. Here are the Top 20 bioproducts we’ve seen in Fab Finland, in alphabetical […]
In New York City, a company known for weighted blankets is highlighting sustainability in addition to comfy-coziness with its latest stress relief pillow. The Hugget Knot Pillow from Bearaby is super huggable and squishable, but also promotes sustainability by using Melofoam, a new Bearaby-developed material made from the sap of rubber trees. The resulting biodegradable […]
