22 March 201820 March 2018 New Molecule Can Kill Five Types of Deadly Drug-Resistant Superbugs Research collaboration developed a synthetic makromolecule with broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity
14 September 201510 September 2015 Fungi tweaked to boost industrial enzymes Mutants of a common fungus produce endoxylanase enzymes twice as potent as the original strain
20 February 201520 February 2015 Fungal waste biomass could be used to harvest microalgae for fuels A*STAR team screened varieties of fungi achieving a harvesting efficiency of 97 per cent after several hours
20 October 201417 October 2014 Bio-based clothing is becoming more popular Raw materials are running out and that is why change is necessary
4 April 20144 April 2014 Singapore: Making Clothes from Sugar IBN researchers have found a green and efficient method to produce nylon from sugar
21 January 20149 September 2021 Carbon dioxide tamed Using a copper catalyst to unite carbon dioxide with organic molecules under mild conditions could make this ubiquitous gas industrially useful
28 November 201327 November 2013 Palm Oil Waste Put to Work A recently isolated bacterial strain converts waste from palm oil production into industrially useful lactic acid
22 May 20139 September 2021 Carbon capture: Making use of minerals Ammonium salts could provide a viable way of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere via carbon mineralization
13 March 2013 Fermentation process converts algae waste into lactic acid Biochemical engineering: Waste not, want not
21 November 2012 Green chemistry: The sweet conversion of a by-product The waste plant materials remaining from palm oil extraction processes can now be converted into a useful sugar
