Inspired by leaves, WashU researchers designed a bioplastic stronger than petroplastics and compostable at room temperature.

Plastic recycling is inefficient, toxic, and hard to scale. Engineers are now exploring better material flows to build safer ...

Controlled-release systems deliver medication and other bioactive compounds to the ideal spot inside a body and over a ...

The new approach can better target drugs and other bioactive compounds used to improve human and animal health.

Kombucha is a fermented tea beverage produced by a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast (SCOBY), offering polyphenols, ...

A research team led by Prof. Li Dejun from the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has ...

As part of a global initiative to switch to renewable energy sources, biofuel has emerged as a promising alternative to ...

Dyadic announces leadership changes to support its strategic shift towards commercialization of ancillary recombinant protein products. Quiver AI Summary Dyadic International, Inc. has announced a ...

Dyadic Announces Leadership Change as Part of Ongoing Strategic Shift to Focus on High Demand Ancillary Proteins for Life Sciences, Nutrition, and Industrial Applications ...

The dimeric structure of the CelOCE enzyme acting on cellulose fibers, represented by the green sticks. Credit: Mario Murakami/CNPEM The natural protein, known as CelOCE, was developed at the ...

It cleaves cellulose using an unprecedented mechanism, allowing other enzymes in the enzyme cocktail to continue their work and convert the fragments into sugar.