5 September 202230 August 2022 RIPE researchers prove bioengineering better photosynthesis increases yields in food crops for the first time ever RIPE researchers prove bioengineering better photosynthesis increases yields in food crops for the first time ever
Speed-the-Leaf: RIPE’s photosynthesis breakthru offers a 20% increase in crop yield Some years ago, the RIPE team went down the rabbit hole of transforming photosynthesis, on the noble theory that if plants are more efficient, we’ll have more food, fiber, fuel, and what have you
20 March 201915 March 2019 Novel engineered high performance sugar beetroot 2D nanoplateletcementitious composites Nanoplatelets synthesized from sugar beetroot waste can be used to significantly enhance the performance of cementitious composites
Warum Karotten die Betonindustrie retten werden Lancaster-Ingenieure wollen eine einfache und günstige Methode gefunden haben, um Beton stabiler und umweltverträglicher zu machen
4 March 201926 February 2019 Grow your own bioplastic home, avocado-pit bioplastic, Arla and UPM’s wood-based dairy packaging, PHA bioplastic water bottle and more The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of February 20th
9 November 20186 November 2018 Carrots could be key to making greener buildings, say researchers Crunchy and tasty, yes, but could carrots also strengthen cement and cut carbon dioxide emissions for the building industry?
15 August 201810 August 2018 Beets and carrots could lead to stronger and greener buildings According to engineers, root vegetables aren’t only good for the body. Their fibres could also help make concrete mixtures stronger and more eco-friendly
19 May 201715 May 2017 New breakthrough makes it easier to turn old coffee waste into cleaner biofuels A new process has the potential to enable 720,000 tonnes of biodiesel to be produced each year from spent coffee grounds
4 August 20153 August 2015 Intensive biofuel planting poses risk to human health The race to meet carbon-neutral biofuel targets could put human health and food crop production at risk unless it is carefully planned, according to new research
25 February 2013 Paper: Impact of biofuel production on human health Research shows the impacts of biofuel cultivation on mortality and crop yields