In France, alternative protein is getting a boost with Ÿnsect, a leader in producing insect-based ingredients, launched ŸNFABRE, the first industrial genomic selection program applied to mass insect farming for alternative food protein. More specifically, the programme brings together a number of fields of expertise and powerful innovations in developing phenotyping tools (biological trait characterization) […]
In Singapore, a team of researchers are evaluating how chitin—a material found in the exoskeletons of crustaceans and bugs—can help solve the material sourcing challenges associated with Mars colonization. Conventional building materials, such as concrete and steel, are astronomically expensive to send into space. To address the infrastructure needs of a such an expedition,, Javier […]
In Germany, Europe’s rapeseed crop has been hit by insect damage in France and Britain along with frost damage to Poland’s crop, cutting production to 21.2 and 21.4 million tons from 22 million tons last year, which could provoke import demand from Ukraine, Australia and Canada. Poland’s crop is seen down 22%, the UK’s down […]
