Focuses on the government's research and development projects for biobased industrial products made from agricultural and forestry feedstocks. Department of Agriculture's study to determine the emission effects of ethanol-blended fuels; Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization Center's financial...
Breakthroughs in bioengineering stand to benefit organizations in a wide variety of sectors, including healthcare, food and agriculture, consumer products, sustainability, and energy and materials production. And the potential impact is large: aside from the transformational benefits to be gained in ...
Novonesis biosolutions are nature's own catalysts Biocatalysis involves implementing natural catalysts, such as enzymes, in place of chemical catalysts in synthetic processes. Transitioning to biocatalysis enables more sustainable manufacturing of fine chemicals, agro-intermediates, and active pharmaceutical ...
The word “biodegradable” is probably one of the easiestgreen labelsto understand, so one may assume it is also the least likely to be subject to false claims. However, the term is still interpreted very loosely and frequently used on products that are toxic, that break down into harmful e...
The food industry is one of the biggest sectors to use biotech to its advantage. Thegrowing interest in alternative meat products, food that’s easy to grow at home and evenlab grown meathas proven that biotech’s influence on what we eat is here to stay. Food products like cultured meat...
What is biotechnology? Biotechnology is the use of biology to develop new products, methods and organisms intended to improve human health and society. Biotechnology, often referred to as biotech, has existed since the beginning of civilization with the domestication of plants, animals and the discov...
These three terms all mean different things. The average user of plastic products is often confused by the terms ‘bio-sourced’ and ‘biodegradable’ plastics. So, let’s clear that up right away. Bio-sourced Plastics Pros Bio-sourced or biobased plastic refers to the origin of the material...
What is Biohacking? Biohacking is developing our best selves to feel great with optimal performance. Now, you are probably thinking, so biohacking is simply self-improvement? Well, no, not exactly. Biohacking takes a holistic approach to human biology. It is a comprehensive system for ...
access control or for identifying individuals who are under surveillance. The basic premise ofbiometric authenticationis that every person can be accurately identified by intrinsic physical or behavioral traits. The termbiometricsis derived from the Greek wordsbio, meaninglife, andmetric, meaningto ...
Another definition is from European Bioplastics (www.european-bioplastics.org) “The term bioplastics encompasses a whole family of materials which are biobased, biodegradable, or both.” In the next several posts we will dig a little deeper in the emerging field of bioplastics....