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Fracking Corn! Novozymes taps a gusher for hardy biorefiners, in a corn oil extraction breakthrough

Fracking Corn! Novozymes taps a gusher for hardy biorefiners, in a corn oil extraction breakthrough

January 4, 2021 |

Fortiva Hemi launches with 9-figure upside potential for US biorefining industry. From North Carolina comes news that Novozymes launched Fortiva Hemi to increase revenues for the enervated but still enthusiastic corn biorefineries of the US heartland. Fortiva Hemi is a cocktail of novel enzymes for liquefaction that deliver greater than 10% oil yield improvement and […]

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Biofuels Need Cost-Effective Separations Tech: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Bioprocessing Separations Consortium

Biofuels Need Cost-Effective Separations Tech: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Bioprocessing Separations Consortium

January 4, 2021 |

Four critical challenges in biochemical and thermochemical processing were addressed in the just released “Bioprocessing Separations Consortium Three-Year Overview” U.S. BETO report, including targeting the fractionation of lignin to enable valorization; Developing technologies to enable process intensification to cut bioprocessing capital costs and make processes more efficient; Recovering carbon from dilute aqueous streams that are common […]

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The 50 Hottest Companies in Biodesign & Engineering

The 50 Hottest Companies in Biodesign & Engineering

January 3, 2021 |

In Florida, the 2021 rankings for the 50 Hottest Organizations in Biodesign & Engineering was published today, as voted by invited international Selectors and subscribers of The Daily Digest, the world’s most widely-read bioeconomy daily, and part of the overall 50 Hottest Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy rankings. The annual rankings recognize innovation and achievement in […]

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Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Solutions for Transportation: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Ballard & Deloitte

Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Solutions for Transportation: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Ballard & Deloitte

January 3, 2021 |

As we look to the future with a new year, Deloitte and Ballard are looking at fueling the future of mobility with hydrogen and fuel cells, which makes sense considering hydrogen is the single most abundant substance in the universe. Their white paper dives into fuel cell applications, total cost of ownership analysis across 3 […]

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The 50 Hottest Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy — Agriculture and Nutrition, 2021

The 50 Hottest Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy — Agriculture and Nutrition, 2021

December 31, 2020 |

In Florida, the 2021 50 Hottest Companies in Agriculture and Nutrition was published today, as voted by invited international Selectors and subscribers of The Daily Digest, the world’s most widely-read bioeconomy daily. The annual rankings recognize innovation and achievement in fuel, chemicals, materials, advanced foods, genetics, advanced biological and process engineering and integrated biorefinery development, and […]

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12 Key Technologies to Watch in 2021: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Lux Research’s Foresight

12 Key Technologies to Watch in 2021: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Lux Research’s Foresight

December 31, 2020 |

Congrats! We made it to 2021! Now is the time to look to the future and see what 2021 might hold for us and here to help with that is Lux Research’s top 12 emerging technologies to watch in 2021 that have the greatest potential to transform the world over the next decade. Hint: bioinformatics, green […]

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3 Top Secret Words That Will Change Your Life: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to The Science of Yes

3 Top Secret Words That Will Change Your Life: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to The Science of Yes

December 30, 2020 |

As Part 3 of our “Science of Yes” this week, The Digest shared this short but sweet slide guide making it a quick read for you today on New Year’s Eve so you can get back to celebrating the end of 2020. But first, check this guide out for 3 words that will change your life and […]

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Hot 50 2021 – 50 Hottest Companies in Renewable Fuels, Chemicals & Biomaterials

Hot 50 2021 – 50 Hottest Companies in Renewable Fuels, Chemicals & Biomaterials

December 30, 2020 |

In Florida, the 2021 50 Hottest Companies in Renewable Fuels, Chemicals & Biomaterials was published today, as voted by invited international Selectors and subscribers of The Daily Digest, the world’s most widely-read bioeconomy daily. One theme that stood out was deployment at commercial-scale. 9 of the top 10 had reached full commercial-scale, and 38 of […]

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The Science of Yes – Part 2: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Grey Heron

The Science of Yes – Part 2: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Grey Heron

December 29, 2020 |

Yesterday we shared with you Part 1 of a recent DigestConnect webinar on “The Science of Yes” where we talked about how we persuade customers, partners, investors, reviewers, employers to join us in industrial biotechnology through messaging and positioning. In today’s Slide Guide, we look at what Grey Heron principal Steve Weiss had to say about The Science […]

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The Science of Yes – Part 1: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Amyris

The Science of Yes – Part 1: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Amyris

December 28, 2020 |

We recently held a DigestConnect webinar on “The Science of Yes” and talked about how we persuade customers, partners, investors, reviewers, employers to join us in industrial biotechnology through messaging and positioning. We were joined by GreyHeron principal Steve Weiss and Amyris Chief Engagement Officer Beth Bannerman. In today’s Slide Guide, we look at what […]

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