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11 July 20189 July 2018

Expansion of agricultural land reduces CO2 absorption

Study about the impact of changes in land use on the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere – publication in Environmental Research Letters

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Ausdehnung von Ackerflächen reduziert CO2-Aufnahme

Studie zur Auswirkung veränderter Landnutzung auf die Kohlendioxid-Konzentration in der Atmosphäre – Veröffentlichung in Environmental Research Letters

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Bacteria-powered solar cell converts light to energy, even under overcast skies

UBC researchers have found a cheap, sustainable way to build a solar cell using bacteria that convert light to energy

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Jennewein Biotechnologie to build new R&D centre for synthetic organisms and microbiome research in Bonn, Germany

A new R&D centre for microbiome research and designer microorganisms

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LignoTech Florida plant officially opened

On 26 June LignoTech Florida’s new lignin plant in Fernandina Beach was officially opened

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High-tech hemp homes: Australia’s 3D-printed green building revolution

Australian company Mirreco has revealed plans to roll out 3D-printed hemp homes

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Toyota wins dismissal of suit over rodent-damaged soy-based wiring

Filed in August 2016, the lawsuit said the insulation is soy-based rather than petroleum-based, which makes it attractive to hungry rodents

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10 July 20186 July 2018

Number of Builders Reporting a Shortage of Framing Lumber Surges

Top five items on the 2018 shortage list are made of softwood lumber or steel, both of which have been targeted by the Administration with new import tariffs

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Gevo Adopts DSM’s eBOOST™ Yeast for Ethanol

A step forward to improving profitability at Gevo’s Luverne Facility

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New Wilmar-NUS joint lab to drive innovation in food-tech and sustainable biochemicals

S$110 million research facility will deepen knowledge of good macronutrients and micronutrients, food products and ingredients, as well as design eco-friendly ‘bio-factories’ to produce industrial biochemicals

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Chemists report biorenewable, biodegradable plastic alternative

Colorado State University polymer chemists have taken another step toward a future of high-performance, biorenewable, biodegradable plastics

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Waste to Taste: TN Researchers Create Edible Plates From Jackfruit Skins, Seeds!

What if you could eat your plate after you finish your food, just like you do with ice-cream in cones?

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9 July 20189 September 2021

New world record for direct solar water-splitting efficiency

Tandem solar cell of III-V semiconductors with a catalyst of rhodium nanoparticles and a crystalline titanium dioxide coating

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Neuer Weltrekord bei der direkten solaren Wasserspaltung

Tandem-Solarzelle aus III-V-Halbleitern mit Rhodium-Nanopartikeln und kristallinem Titandioxid

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From emissions to a valuable feedstock for plastic precursors

The new project BioCOnversion unites multidisciplinary expertise from academia and industry in a cross-border consortium to make CO-containing process gases available for the production of added-value chemicals

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From Synthesis of Artificial Cells to Artificial Intelligence, Synthetic Biology Opens New Doors of Opportunities

There are very few fields that are as versatile

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Opportunity for industrial experts on zero waste biorefineries

Zelcor summer school: "Zero waste biorefineries: technical advances and sustainability assessment"

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Scientists create Biodegradable, Paper-based Biobatteries

The proposed design is easy to produce, low-cost, flexible and more efficient than previously proposed paper-based batteries

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6 July 20184 July 2018

More sustainability through industrial biotechnology

Project has developed recommendations for the broad deployment of industrial biotechnology and has drawn up future scenarios

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Mehr Nachhaltigkeit durch industrielle Biotechnologie

Projekt hat für eine breite Anwendung industrieller Biotechnologie ausgearbeitet und Zukunftsszenarien entworfen

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Major beauty players unite for SPICE to collectively shape the future of sustainable packaging

The Sustainable Packaging Initiative for CosmEtics - SPICE - members join together to collectively guide sustainable packaging policies, drive packaging innovation, and to meet consumers’ expectations on understanding the environmental performance of products

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How relevant are today’s newly introduced and emerging bioproducts?

Modest advancement of bio-based industrial products

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U.S. Senate Votes To Legalize Hemp After Decades-Long Ban Under Marijuana Prohibition

The non-psychoactive cannabis cousin of marijuana would finally become legal to grow in the United States under a bill overwhelmingly approved by the Senate

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­Welcome to the eigth RoadToBio newsletter

With this newsletter, we once more want to highlight our work on barriers that oppose an increase of bio-based resources in the chemical industry

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Synthesis of opium alkaloids using electric current

A selective electrochemical reaction enables the synthesis of thebaine and offers a solution to a long-standing synthetic challenge

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Synthese von Opium-Alkaloiden mithilfe von elektrischem Strom

Eine selektive elektrochemische Reaktion erlaubt die Darstellung von Thebain und löst eine altbekannte synthetische Herausforderung

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5 July 20185 July 2018

EIHA is looking for a new executive office and an executive director

European Industrial Hemp Association re-issued a tender and job advert

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Global Bioenergies successfully moves its C3 process to Demo scale

Bacteria with a core metabolism rewired in order to increase the production yields from sugars

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International Paper and WWF Join Forces to Help Create First-Ever Science-Based Targets for Forests and Scale-Up Forest Restoration in Brazil

What are the ecological tipping points for forests that we need to stay well above?

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Feeling blue? How this entrepreneur revitalized a natural dye industry

First company in the United States to grow the indigo plant at a scale usable by the commercial denim industry

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Kraig Biocraft Laboratories produces first roll of pure Dragon Silk fabric for U.S. Army

On the verge of demonstrating its capability to provide lifesaving performance blended with high flexibility and user comfort

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In hunt for clean jet fuel, South Africa swaps tobacco for weeds

The country’s researchers are looking for innovative ways to manufacture green aviation fuel at larger scale

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EERE Success Story — From Breakfast to Biocrude: Study Identifies Production Potential across Nation

To shed light on this uncertainty, a team of researchers performed a detailed analysis of these wastes’ potential for biofuel production

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Leaf Selected for Accelerator Programme ‘Unreasonable Impact’

Leaf Resources was chosen thanks to its innovative Glycell^TM process and biodegradable recyclable packaging product LeafCOAT

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4 July 20183 July 2018

Plastic of the Future

Bioplastics may offer one solution to the plastic predicament — and a West Sacramento company is leading the way

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Rohstoffmonitoring wood: the results

Cascade use already reality - heat stagnant with wood - sustainable wood potentials especially in the hardwood not exhausted

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Rohstoffmonitoring Holz: Die Ergebnisse

Kaskadennutzung bereits Realität – Heizen mit Holz stagniert – Nachhaltige Holzpotenziale insbesondere beim Laubholz noch nicht ausgeschöpft

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Corbion CEO Tjerk de Ruiter appointed as new EuropaBio Chairman

Mr. De Ruiter’s mandate as Chairman is not remunerated and runs until 2020.

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ZE Basic twin-screw extruder doubles biocompound production capacity at Tecnaro GmbH

Leading producer of special compounds made from alternative raw materials opts for KraussMaffei Berstorff extruder

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Zweischneckenextruder ZE Basic verdoppelt Produktionskapazität für Biocompounds der Tecnaro GmbH

Führender Hersteller von Spezialcompounds aus alternativen Rohstoffen setzt auf KraussMaffei Berstorff-Extruder

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As More Countries Adopt Crop Biotechnology, Farm Families and the Environment Benefit

Developing countries now account for 53 percent of the global biotech area planted

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3 July 20182 July 2018

Saying ‘no’ to palm oil would likely displace, not halt biodiversity loss – IUCN report

Oil palms produce 35% of the world’s vegetable oil on under 10% of the land allocated to oil crops

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Palmöl-Boykott wird den Urwald nicht retten

Für Palmölplantagen wird Urwald gerodet, deshalb sind zahlreiche ohnehin bedrohte Arten zusätzlich gefährdet. Das Problem: Sinnvolle Alternativen zu dem Fett gibt es kaum

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ADM, DuPont Sign Agreement to Develop, Produce and Market Cellulase Enzymes

Initial product prototypes have proven successful in both laboratory and ethanol plant scale testing

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McDonald’s has replaced plastic with biodegradable alternatives

McDonald's now gives customers wooden cutlery (spoons, stirrers, knives and forks) instead of plastic ones. The plastic cups have been replaced by superior quality paper cups

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Novel packaging extends shelf-life of chicken

Peels from four different mango varieties were used for the study

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Turning Tobacco Stalks Into Cellulose Nanopaper

Chinese scientists have fabricated cellulose nanopaper with improved tensile strength and water resistance from tobacco stalks

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Air Liquide inaugurates a new biomethane production unit near Bordeaux, France

The new biomethane production unit enables the production of biogas from organic matter of farm origin and its purification into biomethane

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2 July 2018

High-tech strategies for small farmers and organic farming

Get an in-depth look into how innovations can both shape the future of organic farming and support smallholders worldwide

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High-Tech-Strategien für Kleinbauern und Ökolandbau

Wie Innovationen sowohl die Zukunft der ökologischen Landwirtschaft mitgestalten, als auch Kleinbauern weltweit unterstützen