๐ธ Gel Developed from Spider Silk Proteins for Biomedical Applications
A team of scientists from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences reported that spider silk proteins can be incorporated into biologically active proteins and be converted into a gel at body temperature.
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๐พ Vegan Biomaterials Could Replace Chemicals In Crop Management
Recent research shows that new vegan-based biomaterials could be used instead of chemical products and pesticides to help farmers manage their crops in a more eco-friendly and sustainable way.
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๐ Rocket Power for CO2 Conversion
Christopher Barton began his career in the aerospace industry, but now sees an opportunity to use carbon dioxide to create useful materials like silica, in a way that is cheaper and with a lower carbon footprint than current methods
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๐ฝ ICM, Impacto to Build Bahiaโs First Corn-Based Biorefinery
In addition to yielding 260 million liters of anhydrous ethanol per year, the biorefinery will be able to recover 9,000 metric tons of corn oil and transform separated feed components into 185,000 metric tons of standard DDGS.
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๐ฎ๐ณ Praj Reveals World First 2G Ethanol Bio-Refinery
This 2G Ethanol Bio-Refinery spans across 35 acres, with a capability of processing two hundred thousand tonnes of rice straw annually to produce around three crore litres of ethanol using Prajโs technology. The facility is expected to create around 1,500 jobs for rural youth and benefit over a hundred thousand farmers.
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๐จ๐ปโ๐ฌ Scientists Use Melamin to Capture CO2
A team of scientists have created a cheap, easy and energy-efficient way to capture carbon dioxide from smokestacks, using an inexpensive polymer called melamine.
The process for synthesising the melamine material could potentially be scaled down to capture emissions from vehicle exhaust or other movable sources of carbon dioxide.
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