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11 May 20189 May 2018

Young Pakistan’s scientists use natural resources to giving birth crucial inventions

Why orange peels are used to repel off mosquitoes with no harmful effects on the human body

9 May 20189 May 2018

SWEETWOODS Consortium brings together 9 European bio-innovation oriented stakeholders

The project receives major EU funding to establish a first-of-a-kind wood fractionation Flagship plant to create new industrial value-chains using sustainable hardwood as a resource

4 May 201826 April 2018

Wood Formation Model To Fuel Progress in Bioenergy, Paper, New Applications

The model will speed the process of engineering trees for specific needs in timber, biofuel, pulp, paper and green chemistry applications

20 April 201818 April 2018

Hannover Messe 2018: „Schaufenster Bioökonomie“

Gemeinschaftsstand von BioPro, FNR und PTJ mit Einblick in nachhaltige, biobasierte Forschungsthemen

18 April 201817 April 2018

Glues, vanilla and aerospace. Lignin becomes a reality

Unlocking the potential of lignin, to replace fossil-based materials, has been a focus for Stora Enso for a number of years

3 April 201828 March 2018

Who are the winners of the 2018 Bio-Based World News Awards?

After a two month process, our panel of independent industry expert judges carefully deliberated and decided our shortlist and winners

26 March 201822 March 2018

Stora Enso Wins Bio-Based Product of the Year for Lineo by Stora Enso

Made from versatile wood-based raw material lignin, Lineo can be used in a range of applications instead of fossil-based materials

15 March 201813 March 2018

Shortlist Announced: Bio-Based World News Innovation Awards 2018

Winners will be announced on Tuesday 20th March at World Bio Markets 2018 in Amsterdam

The promising future of microalgae: current status, challenges, and optimization of a sustainable and renewable industry for biofuels, feed, and other products

Microalgae are tiny factories and renewable, sustainable and economical sources of biofuels, bioactive medicinal products and food ingredients

14 March 201812 March 2018

Wood Stronger Than Most Metals

University of Maryland research previously made a range of emerging technologies out of nanocellulose related materials

Holz als natürlicher Nanowerkstoff

Geplantes 70 Stockwerke hohes Gebäude soll nur noch außen mit Stahl verstärkt werden, innen sollen sämtliche tragenden Teile aus Holz bestehen

13 March 20189 March 2018

Big Bioeconomy Challenges – Part 2

In this series of articles we will discuss some of the global challenges that the bioeconomy provides solutions for

8 March 20188 September 2018

Auf der Suche nach dem biobasierten heiligen Gral – ist das Ergebnis in Europa das gleiche wie in den USA?

Die US-Regierung und die EU versuchen vorherzusagen, welches die vielversprechendste biobasierte Chemikalie ist

6 March 201829 April 2019

Breakthrough technologies for a sustainable mushroom industry

New biorefinery project to recover used mushroom compost is now halfway to success

28 February 201826 February 2018

The new bioenergy research center: building on ten years of success

US biofuels centre to develop sustainable alternatives to transportation fuels and products currently derived from petroleum

Lignin Challenge 1.0

Alberta Innovates invites proposals for funding under Lignin Challenge 1.0, a sub-program of Alberta Bio Future

21 February 201820 February 2018

DowDuPont boss: Merger will speed up innovation to face farming challenges ‘quickly’

Green NGOs have warned about agro-chemical company mergers, saying that they will deliver 70% of the sector into the hands of three giant merged companies

20 February 201816 February 2018

TU-Studenten gewinnen Kleber aus Stroh

Projekt Bioraffinerie 2021 –Harburger Uni und tesa arbeiten gemeinsam daran, pflanzliche Abfälle in Klebstoff nutzbar zu machen

19 February 201815 February 2018

Stora Enso launches bio-based lignin as renewable replacement for oil-based phenolic materials

The launch of Lineo^TM by Stora Enso is another important step on the way to replacing fossil-based materials with renewable solutions. Lineo is available to companies seeking more sustainable, bio-based alternatives

Stora Enso launches lignin-based phenol

Stora Enso has been producing lignin at industrial scale since 2015 at its Sunila pulp mill in Finland

16 February 201814 February 2018

10 Years After: Advanced Biofuels’ Status, Opportunities and Challenges

Dr. Lorenz Bauer, Ph.D., Member Lee Enterprises Consulting, will be speaking at the ABLC 2018 conference in Washington DC

15 February 201813 February 2018

UMD Researchers Create Super Wood Stronger Than Most Metals

By removing the wood’s lignin and heat compressing, wood’s fibers are pressed together so tightly that they can form strong hydrogen bonds

Going Green and Cold: Biosurfactants from Low-Temperature Environments to Biotechnology Applications

The cryosphere is becoming more easily accessible to scientific expeditions and is predicted to fuel the discovery of novel natural products

12 February 20189 February 2018

Meridian Waste Solutions’ Attis Innovations Reports Strong Performance Results for its Bio-Based Composite

Focused on Conversion of Biomass into Low Cost, High Performance Materials

9 February 20187 February 2018

A step towards independence from fossil resources

Lignin is a real alternative to fossil resources in the manufacture of primers and adhesives

Ein Schritt in die Unabhängigkeit von fossilen Rohstoffen

Lignin ist eine echte Alternative zu fossilen Rohstoffen bei der Herstellung von Grundierungen oder Klebstoffen

8 February 20186 February 2018

Advanced Biofuels: Now? Later? Never?

By Terry J. Mazanec, PhD, Lee Enterprises Consulting - Special to The Digest

6 February 20182 February 2018

Tennessee Startup Awarded Competitive Grant from the National Science Foundation to turn Waste into Plastic

New start-up awarded grant to develop new biodegradable plastics from lignin

2 February 201816 February 2018

Biobasierte Materialien – Werkstoffe und Textilien

Ob Mais, Holz, Wiesengras, Löwenzahn oder Zuckerrohr – die Rohstoffbasis von Biomaterialien ist ebenso groß wie ihre Anwendungsmöglichkeiten. Das Dossier beleuchtet die Bandbreite existierender Biomaterialien und ihre Einsatzgebiete

31 January 201830 January 2018

Glucan Biorenewables: The Digest’s 2018 5-Minute Guide

Short-term goals for the Company include plans to deliver a reliable source of furfural at competitive prices

26 January 201819 January 2018

Alkol BioTech to supply cane feedstock to BRD

The first crop it is developing is EUnergyCane, a sugarcane variety

24 January 201823 January 2018

Expert View: Bio-based, not just a ‘buzz word’ for the European pulp and paper industry, it goes to the roots of who we are

European pulp and paper industry is one of the few mainstream industries who work with a raw material which is renewable, recyclable and fossil free

Biome’s CEO Paul Mines: ‘UK bioeconomy is part of the solution to eliminating plastic waste’

With Brexit looming, the UK has been setting its own course on plastic and plastic waste, calls for increased focus on more sustainable plastics

17 January 201812 January 2018

USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture Invests in Integrated Biorefinery Optimization

NIFA has invested in a range of projects to expand the regional biofuel and bioproduct industries

11 January 20189 January 2018

Enabling Commercial Scale Biorefineries in Europe

Lignocellulosic feedstock will soon become a key strategic resource for chemical intermediates

Bacteria Use Multiple Enzymes to Degrade Plant Biomass

Nature demonstrates how bacteria degrade lignin and provides better understanding to make biofuels

8 January 20187 January 2018

Alkol Biotech and BRD, the commercialization partner in the BIOFOREVER Consortium, sign a LOI for sustainable biomass sourcing in Europe

UK based company is able to provide European-grown canes to any biotechnology project in the continent

22 December 201720 December 2017

Earth Institute: The Truth About Bioplastics

Bioplastics are often touted as being eco-friendly, but do they live up to the hype?

15 December 201713 December 2017

Geht es auch ohne Öl?

BMBF will „Technologie-Initiative Bioraffinerien“ mit bis zu 15 Mio. EUR fördern

14 December 201712 December 2017

Österreich: Biokunststoffe als nachhaltige Zukunftslösung?

Stakeholderdialog Biobased Industry widmete sich dieses Jahr schwerpunktmäßig dem Kunststoff

Mild treatment of biomass yields valuable building blocks for green fuels and products

ECN has developed a mild fractionation process, Fabiola^TM , which has a large potential for improving the cost-effective pretreatment of biomass

12 December 20178 December 2017

Report of Biorizon’s Annual Event 2017: from the lab to piloting

€10m Euro deal signed to accelerate bio-aromatic development

11 December 20177 December 2017

Grüne Chemie: Polyurethane mit Synthesebausteinen aus Lignin

Forscher entwickeln im Projekt „Lignoplast“ Verfahren und Anwendungsmöglichkeiten für verschiedene Lignintypen bis zum Pilotmaßstab

1 December 201729 November 2017

Hanf: Die grüne Lösung für unsere Plastiksucht

Legalisierung des Anbaus von Nutzhanf lässt in den USA neue wirtschaftliche Möglichkeiten für diese vielseitige Pflanze entstehen

27 November 201723 November 2017

Greener Biomass Utilization

Depolymerization and conversion of biopolymers into useful materials using ionic liquids as reaction systems is a relatively new approach

22 November 201717 November 2017

Sweetwater Energy introduces Ligning-Based activated Carbon to Market

Biomass conversion technology produces the first-ever native lignin that can be easily carbonized

21 November 201717 November 2017

New routes to renewables: Sandia speeds transformation of biofuel waste into wealth

The team’s findings could help transform the economics of making fuels and other products from domestically grown renewable sources

20 November 201716 November 2017

Aus Holz wird Hightech

Aus Holz wertvolle chemische Verbindungen gewinnen, seine Eignung als Baumaterial verbessern und die Bewirtschaftung von Wäldern optimieren

17 November 201715 November 2017

VTT to develop new enzymes found in India’s wildfire-prone areas for biorefineries

An EU and nationally funded project led by VTT is looking to study whether they are capable of breaking down agricultural waste better than commercial enzymes

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