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🌿 Ginkgo Bioworks and Bayer Join Forces to Engineer Plant Microbes
The collaboration is branded under Joyn Bio and is engineering plant microbes to develop high-performing biologicals to help growers overcome challenges and offer new agricultural solutions. The team’s goal is to study the evolution of microbes and their contribution to plant health #synthetic-biology >> Read the article
👩🦱 Nivea Unveils New Bio-Based Jars
June saw Beiersdorf’s Nivea Naturally Good range rolled out across 30 countries with new, more sustainable packaging, setting new standards as they switch from fossil-based virgin plastic to renewable plastic, manufactured by Berry. #packaging >> Read the article
👨🎓 Energycane Could be Cheaper, Better Alternative to Soybeans
Four new studies from the University of Illinois have indicated that energycane could produce higher yields of biofuel than soybeans – at a lower cost #biofuel >> Read the article
👨🔬 Startup Turning Emissions into Products Receives $57m Funding
#CarbonTech and #CarbonTransformation are proving more than just investor deck lingo, as California startup Twelve received $57m in a round of Series A funding for its technology, which captures and transforms carbon dioxide emissions into materials that traditionally use fossil fuels #biochemistry >> Read the article
🚢 Used Cooking Oil-based Biodiesel successfully Powers Vessel
Biodiesel made from used cooking oil (UCO) has successfully fuelled Japanese-registered vessel Frontier Jacaranda on its journey from Singapore to South Africa, in a move that reduced the carrier’s carbon emissions by 5%. The biofuel was provided by Alpha Biofuels in partnership with miner Anglo American, and made up 7% of the carrier’s total fuel mix. #Biodiesel >> Read the article
