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7 September 20235 September 2023

Circular tents reduce camping’s carbon footprint

Not many practices make us as sensitive to our environmental footprint as camping does. A few days without unlimited water and electric charging can show us how little we need and how much we ordinarily waste

13 January 20236 January 2023

New ‘Spray-On Wrapper’ Offers Plastic-Free Food Packaging Alternative

The spray on wrapper’s main ingredient is pullulan, an edible fiber that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) “generally recognize[s] as safe” (GRAS)

6 May 20222 May 2022

Researchers Develop Strong, Recyclable, And Degradable Sugar-Based Plastics

As an alternative to petroleum plastics, biodegradable plastics made from renewable plant sources like corn or sugarcane starch are already on the market and becoming popular

15 February 202214 February 2022

Answering Burning Question on Biochar

Biochar is similar to charcoal and can be added to soil with the goal of improving its quality. It can help increase nutrient and water retention. However, what happens in soil impacts fungi and plants that live there, and it is not always clear how they will react to biochar

26 January 202225 January 2022

Scientists develop recyclable plastics based on sugars

The new materials retained their excellent mechanical properties following pulverisation and thermal processing, which is the usual method for mechanically recycling plastics

24 March 202017 March 2020

Heat and Light Create Never-Before-Seen Biocompatible Microparticles

Innovative manufacturing technique can create new types of microparticles for applications such as drug delivery, diagnostics and tissue engineering

26 March 201821 March 2018

Modified Biomaterials Self-Assemble on Temperature Cues

Precisely ordered biomaterials could be used for drug delivery, tissue engineering and wound-healing

1 March 20179 September 2021

Nanoparticles of rare metal and light convert carbon dioxide into fuel

Newly discovered chemical reaction could use natural sunlight to reduce growing levels of CO₂ in the atmosphere and lead to the development of alternative energies

5 December 20162 December 2016

Renmatix turns biowaste into plastic

Can the King of Prussia firm help save the planet?

11 October 201610 October 2016

Biobased industry growing, but needs more federal help, report says

Study commissioned by the Agriculture Department shows, industry's future growth rate to depend of new government incentives

6 October 20165 October 2016

USDA report shows growing biobased products industry contributes $393 billion and 4.2 million jobs to american economy

Economic Impact Analysis of the U.S. Biobased Products Industry

12 September 20169 September 2016

Have biomaterials reached a tipping point?

Bioplastics make less than 1 percent of the 181 million metric tons of synthetic plastics produced worldwide each year, according to Duke University

21 July 201517 July 2015

$18 Million Algae Biofuel Blast From US Energy Department

The ultimate aim is to bring the cost of algae down to a cost of $3 compared to gasoline by 2030

9 July 20158 July 2015

Bioproducts industry contributes $369 billion to U.S. economy

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced the release of a new report that shows the U.S. biobased industry is generating substantial economic activity and American job

25 June 201525 June 2015

USDA says backing push to expand “bio-economy”

The productivity and innovation of U.S. agriculture is driving a transformation to bio-based products across the economy that is supporting millions of jobs and significantly displacing fossil fuels, according to a study from the USDA on Wednesday.

23 June 201522 June 2015

The US Bioeconomy: $369B and 4 million jobs strong, says USDA

High-Impact report on the bioeconomy, changes to the BioPreferred program and to the Biorefinery Assistance Program; all in a day’s work for Vilsack & Co.

19 June 201518 June 2015

New Report Shows U.S. Biobased Products Industry Contributes $369 Billion, 4 Million Jobs to American Economy

2014 Farm Bill provisions will expand opportunities in the biobased sector by promoting advanced biofuels, renewable chemicals, and biobased product manufacturing efforts

26 March 201425 March 2014

MIT engineers design ‘living materials’

Hybrid materials combine bacterial cells with nonliving elements that can conduct electricity or emit light

22 April 2013