According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 30% to 40% of the nation's food supply ends up being wasted. That adds up to billions of pounds every year rotting in landfills and emitting greenhouse ...

In an innovative gas fermentation process, reducing the concentration of carbon dioxide was found to significantly improve microbial production of the biodegradable plastic poly[(R)-3-hydroxybutyrate] ...

E. coli bacteria could be used to create biodegradable plastics, reports a paper published in Nature Chemical Biology. The engineered bacterial system described in the study may help in the production ...

Digital technology is connected with making processes easier and allowing businesses to collect information more easily., fitting in with digital transformation initiatives. Many of those pioneering ...

Mango Materials, a California-based company that creates biodegradable polymers for use in plastic products, has been scaling up and commercializing a biomanufacturing technology that utilizes methane ...

A 60-day incubation study of Loess Plateau orchard soils shows biodegradable PLA microplastics sharply increased carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions while conventional PE and PET plastics ...

The patented µBites process uses engineered yeast strains to break down PET plastic and biomass into food ingredients with enhanced flavor.

Pollution affects human health and the environment in many ways. Air, water, and land pollution continue to damage ecosystems, with conventional materials—especially plastics—being a primary ...

Binghamton PhD student Tianzheng Liu, left, and Department of Biomedical Engineering Professor Sha Jin have developed a method to turn food waste into biodegradable plastic. According to the U.S.

Researchers found that low CO₂ levels under non-combustible gas conditions can increase P(3HB) production by improving carbon utilization efficiency. Conventional gas fermentation systems often ...

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 30% to 40% of the nation’s food supply ends up being wasted. That adds up to billions of pounds every year rotting in landfills and emitting greenhouse ...