In California, Blackbird released the Clara ukulele, a revolutionary instrument with the tone of vintage wood and the durability of cutting-edge, eco-friendly construction. Made from Ekoa – a proprietary, renewable material – the Clara is a game-changing instrument, delivering unmatched sustainability and performance. Ekoa is made up of fiber reinforcement fabric in resin matrix, but […]
In Kansas, Green Dot is introducing new Terratek WC wood-plastic composite pellets, ideal for injection molding and sheet extrusion. The smaller more uniform pellet size is optimized to ensure superior processing compared to other wood-plastic composites, allowing designers and OEMs to create more sustainable high quality parts on existing equipment without extensive mold modifications. Terratek […]
In Massachusetts, MIT researchers have found a way to boost lithium-air battery performance, with the help of modified viruses. The researchers found that adding genetically modified viruses to the production of nanowires — wires that are about the width of a red blood cell, and which can serve as one of a battery’s electrodes — […]
In Canada, two new Canada Research Chairs and renewal of an existing CRC at the University of Guelph were announced in Calgary by Greg Rickford, minister of state (science and technology). The three Guelph chairs are worth $2.4 million in support. One chair is a Tier 1 chair in Soft Matter and Biological Physics held […]
In Germany, FKuR Kunststoff GmbH has started operation of an additional line for the production of biopolymers delivered by Hannover-based KraussMaffei Berstorff. This is the third compounding line the producer of biodegradable and biobased polymer compounds has bought from KraussMaffei Berstorff. The third line is equipped with a ZE 75 R UTXi and designed for […]
In Delaware, DuPont announced it has gained more than one point in North America corn market share for its Pioneer seed business and strong harvest results in 2013. “Pioneer brand products, coupled with our industry-leading agronomic and technical support, delivered strong yield performance again on growers’ farms this year, validating the more than one point […]
In Illinois, the EPA gave AkzoNobel’s Dissolvine GL, the company’s biodegradable and biobased chelate, the EPA Design for the Environment label to recognize the product as being a safer ingredient for consumers and the environment. EPA awards the DfE designation only to chemicals that pass the strict DfE criteria after the agency’s scientific team screens […]
In Tennessee, researchers at Vanderbilt University have found that when the biological clocks of cyanobacteria were stopped in their daylight setting, the amount of several biomolecules that they were genetically altered to produce increased by as much as 700 percent when grown in constant light. “We have shown that manipulating cyanobacteria’s clock genes can increase […]
In Finland, a joint production by UPM and Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, the Biofore concept car, will be premiered at the 84th Geneva International Motor Show, March 6-16, 2014. Various parts of the concept car will be made from UPM’s biobased materials – the UPM Formi biocomposite and UPM Grada thermoformable wood material. […]
In Canada, the Climate Change and Emissions Management Corporation has invited full proposals from 55 projects from around the world for the first round of its $35 million Grand Challenge, which is seeking to create new products and markets based on the utilization and conversion of carbon dioxide. CCEMC is an Albertan entity, set up […]
