Wood digestion without enzymes
SUCCESSFULLY understanding the unique, non-enzymatic digestion of wood by a fungus has been descr...
News - Biotechnology
Cutting biofuel production time
A BIOMASS pre-treatment technique could make biofuels cheaper, safer and up to 172% faster to pro...
RAEng report calls for waste-based biofuels
BIOFUELS should be made from waste and byproducts, not food crops, if their carbon emissions redu...
Spinning webs sustainably
HYDROGEL fibres similar to spider silk have been spun at room temperature, and researchers say it...
Shell partners SBI for drop-in biofuels
SBI BIOENERGY has granted exclusive development and licensing rights for its drop-in biofuels tec...
Notts Uni to reprogramme chemicals production
GREEN chemicals are a focus of a new £200m (US$253m) investment announced by the UK’s University ...
Exxon and partner double algae oil output
EXXONMOBIL and biotech pioneer Synthetic Genomics have announced a breakthrough in biofuels resea...
Caterpillars eat plastic shopping bags
Waxworms offer solution to polyethylene pollution
E. coli engineered to make serine
Useful for detergents, cosmetics, biochemicals
New Bayer firm focuses on stem-cell therapies
Seeks Parkinson’s and cardiovascular treatments
Bionic spinach can detect explosives
MIT plants cross plant/human communication barrier
Evonik commercialises first biosurfactants
Made from a yeast found in bumblebee honey
Bacteria offer benign rare earths separation
Absorbed metals can be selectively washed out
Bacteria discovered that eat plastic
Degrade PET into industrial precursors
BASF slashes plant biotech research
Highly technically challenging work to be abandoned
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