Along with their use in foods, soybeans have also been utilized as a source of graphene, a greener alternative to mulch, and an ingredient in longer-lasting tires. Now, they're additionally being used ...

The rising demand for sustainable options to petroleum-based plastics has made biopolymer food packaging an exciting area for ...

Design practice EcoLogicStudio has turned algae into a biodegradable biopolymer, from which it has "grown" a 3D-printed, 10-metre-tall tree that carries out photosynthesis. Titled Tree One, the ...

The consistently depleting fossil-based resources and the associated climate and environmental issues arising due to their consumption have prompted research on clean and sustainable energy sources ...

Unique biopolymer composite films with increased strength are produced by combining agarose, a biopolymer derived from seaweed and used to generate gels, with chitosan, a biopolymer that hardens crab ...

The sutures used to help close up large cuts and surgical incisions mostly get the job done, but they're far from perfect. A new biocompatible polymer that helps glue and repair tissue without causing ...

At Silicon Valley Clean Water in Redwood City, California, an installation assembled from a shipping container, plastic piping, brackets, and a small steel reactor is testing technology that could ...

The lining or coating is a small percentage of a package's material footprint, but it can make all the difference when it comes to its sustainability. CJ Biomaterials, Inc., a division of South ...

A robust group of environmentally conscious brands, together with a trio of seaweed-based-film producers, is making significant strides toward scaling up seaweed-based packaging for consumer goods ...

The secret to healthy, fracture-resistant bones may lie within tiny bits of a shock- absorbing biopolymeric "glue" recently discovered by scientists at the University ...