22 October 201912 January 2020Pioneering a path to cleaner fuels and fewer emissionsUnconventional greenhouse gas reduction research brings biology and chemistry together in engineering
5 August 201930 July 2019Researcher uses canola to create biodegradable cling wrapA University of Alberta researcher has found a new use for a canola byproduct, providing potential for diverse markets beyond China
13 June 20197 June 2019U of A social enterprise wins $10,000 to make biodegradable menstrual pads a realityYoung entertainers aim to help reduce the landfill waste created by menstrual products
3 April 201929 March 20195 Other Uses for Hemp You May Not Know AboutHemp-derived CBD gets all the love in the media, but the plant is remarkably versatile
9 September 20165 September 2016Polyol made from canola oil leading to new greener productsSpray foam, wall and roofing panels among newly created environmentally-friendly products being commercialized thanks to new conversion process
1 October 201530 September 2015Club Coffee set to release biodegradable podPaper-capped PurPod, invented by Guelph researchers, uses a brown-flecked bioplastic ring made of coffee bean chaff
20 August 201518 August 2015Researcher Uses Vibrations to Identify Materials’ CompositionA team of researcher has developed a new method for identifying materials’ unique chemical “fingerprints” and mapping their chemical properties at a much higher spatial resolution than ever before
21 May 201520 May 2015Schmerzmittel und Droge: Forscher stellen Morphium aus Zucker herZucker und Hefe: Die Zutaten könnten bald reichen, um Schmerzmittel wie Morphium günstig herzustellen. Für Pharmafirmen wäre es ein Durchbruch - die Technik könnte aber auch missbraucht werden.
21 April 201520 April 2015Canada’s growing biobased economy to be showcased at the 2015 BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology in MontrealBrent Erickson: “We look forward to bringing BIO’s World Congress back to Montreal, where Canadian and American industrial biotechnology companies have formed strong partnerships over the years.”
25 September 201424 September 2014Alleskleber für FeuchtesEinbau von DOPA in künstliche Muschelkleber-Proteine
10 September 20149 September 2014Hanf konkurriert mit Kohlenstoffmodifikation GraphenWissenschaftler entdecken Hanf als Alternative für Graphen, da Hanf die gleichen Eigenschaften aufweisen kann wie moderner Hightech-Kohlenstoff
14 August 201413 August 2014Could hemp nanosheets topple graphene for making the ideal supercapacitor?Long suspected value to the hemp bast — it was just a matter of finding the right way to process
6 March 2012Alberta gets $4.4 million to boost bio-product developmentInvestment flows in a pilot plant for the production of bio-based plastic packaging
24 October 2011FIBRAGEN: Verbesserte Bio-Werkstoffe aus Flachs durch angewandte GenomikInternationales Forschungsprojekt unter Beteiligung der Hochschule Bremen
12 August 201121 February 2018Creating plastic from beefCanadian researchers turn animal byproducts into plastics for industrial use
3 February 2010Bio-Mile planning moving forwardnova-Institut and Eco SYS offered interim update for a study on bio-based synthesis gas