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Bioplastics Contain Similar Toxic Chemicals as Conventional Plastics

Bioplastics are allegedly marketed as an eco-friendly alternative to traditional, petroleum-based plastics.

18 Sep 2020

Researchers Produce Eco-Aerogels from Pineapple Leaves

Enzymes, vitamins, and antioxidants are abundantly present in pineapples. Such fruits are regarded as one of the most significant ones in the world.

9 Sep 2020

New Lactate Platform Uses Microorganisms to Turn Biomass into Chemicals

Most fuels and chemicals produced now are derived from fossil petroleum. On the other hand, these materials can also be manufactured from sugars using microorganisms.

31 Aug 2020

Plantain is a Potential Source of New Composite Materials for Automotives

A luxury automobile is not really a place to look for something like sisal, hemp or wood. Yet auto makers have been using natural fibres for decades.

29 Jul 2020

$10m Mission to Keep Food on Our Plates in a Crisis and Beyond

Food Agility CRC is calling for agrifood and tech businesses to join its mission to build data-driven resilience in food supply chains and help keep food on our tables in a crisis and beyond.

From Food Agility CRC Ltd 28 Jul 2020

Dow and Thong Guan Introduces Sustainable Plastic Stretch Cling Films Made with Renewable Feedstock in Asia Pacific

Dow and Thong Guan, one of the world's leading plastic stretch cling film producers, today introduced a new range of bio-based polyethylene (bio-PE) in Asia Pacific.

From Thong Guan 28 Jul 2020

Monash Researcher Awarded $255,000 to Assess Impacts of Bushfire on Biodiversity

The recent bushfires that swept across South Eastern Australia were unprecedented in scale and intensity.

24 Jul 2020

Tropic Biosciences Partners with BASF to Develop Innovative Traits for Growers

Tropic Biosciences announces their research agreement with BASF to utilize Tropic’s ground-breaking GEiGS™ (Gene Editing induced Gene Silencing) technology to develop traits to address growers’ most critical challenges in protecting crops.

From BASF Agricultural Solutions 24 Jul 2020

IFAD, Mars and ICRAF Invest in Sustainable Farming Research and Development in Indonesia and the Philippines

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Mars, Incorporated and World Agroforestry (ICRAF) have agreed to collaborate on a five-year research-in-development project, Sustainable Farming in Tropical Asi...

17 Jul 2020