Best in Biotech 11 Feb 2025 12 ways biotechnology makes the world more sustainable Biotech companies are turning to biology for solutions to make all aspects of our lives more sustainable for the environment. February 11, 2025 - 11 minutesmins - By Willow Shah-Neville Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 12 Sep 2022 Could combining biotech and photosynthetic cyanobacteria help the energy crisis? A group of researchers in Switzerland is using photosynthetic bacteria to generate energy. After implanting nanotubes into them, the bacteria can create energy. And when the cells divide, those nanotubes stay with subsequent generations. While there’s a long way to go, and many questions to be answered, Ardemis Boghossian at EPFL’s School of Basic Sciences […] September 12, 2022 - 6 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 12 Jul 2022 Spanish company, 3P Biopharmaceuticals, manufactures biomass to treat black fungus A biomass to treat a difficult and evasive fungal infection with a high mortality rate has been manufactured by Spanish organization, 3P Biopharmaceuticals (3P). It created BSG005 biomass for its partner and client, Biosergen, a Norwegian biotechnology company that has just announced a phase 2 clinical trial of the product against mucormycosis – also known […] July 12, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 23 Jun 2022 Shanghai biotech secures $80 million to advance products A bio-manufacturing company based in Shanghai has bagged $80 million in funding to advance its bio-based supplies. Mojia Biotech said it would use the funds to commercialize its Viridimin brand of animal-feed additives, scale up manufacturing capacity for Aliphane series of bio-based materials, advance its product pipeline and expand its global research and development capabilities. […] June 23, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 20 Jun 2022 Investment in Hyperthermics’ process to turn biowaste into energy and proteins Farvatn Private Equity and Måsøval Eiendom have invested in the Norwegian biotechnology company Hyperthermics AS. Through the investment, Farvatn and Måsøval now hold approximately 11% of the shares in Hyperthermics. Hyperthermics’ technology is based on hyperthermophilic bacteria, which degrade biomass, resulting in biogas and protein production. The high temperatures involved – 80ºC – speed up […] June 20, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 6 Jan 2021 The Bio-Based Economy: What’s Holding It Back? As pollution and climate change become growing problems, breaking society’s addiction to fossil fuels is a daunting task. What are the main obstacles holding European biotechs back from building a more sustainable economy and how can we resolve them? Modern society’s dependence on fossil fuels is unsustainable. Although the Covid-19 pandemic caused a 7% drop […] January 6, 2021 - 9 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 14 Feb 2020 Novozymes Launches Super Robust Yeast to Maximize Biofuel Production The Danish industrial biotech company Novozymes has announced the launch of its latest non-GM yeast technology, Innova Fit, which it says reduces biofuel production bottlenecks caused by conventional and basic yeast. Biofuels, including ethanol, are a renewable energy source being used as a replacement for fossil fuels, with substantially reduced CO2 emissions, particularly in the transport […] February 14, 2020 - 3 minutesmins - By External Contributor Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 18 Mar 2019 The Search for a Better Biofuel: Can Biotech Deliver? With dire climate change reports landing one after another in 2018 the need for sustainable, scalable, and affordable biofuels to aid in this transition to a more sustainable future has never been greater. Ticking all three boxes is no easy task, but the biotech sector has several promising solutions in development. Producing carbon-neutral fuels from […] March 18, 2019 - 7 minutesmins - By Farhan Mitha Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
More News! 24 Jan 2019 ExxonMobil Recruits Swiss Company to Make Biofuels The Swiss biofuels company Clariant is joining up with US companies ExxonMobil and the Renewable Energy Group to make biodiesel from agricultural waste. The new partnership hopes to combine technology from the Renewable Energy Group and Clariant to produce biodiesel — a biofuel that is a mix of ethanol and fat or cooking greases. Unlike […] January 24, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Best in Biotech 31 Dec 2018 European Biotech’s Biggest News of 2018 With this year coming to a close, it’s now time to look back at the biggest biotech news stories of 2018 in Europe, which include CRISPR-Cas9 controversy, big financial deals, and spider silk airplanes. The year 2018 brought a lot of change to the biotech industry in Europe, with clinical trials, approvals and Brexit […] December 31, 2018 - 12 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
More News! 4 Sep 2018 Semi-Artificial Photosynthesis Method Produces Fuel More Efficiently Than Nature Scientists at the University of Cambridge have developed a new photosynthesis method that combines biological and synthetic components to produce hydrogen using sunlight as the only source of energy. “Natural photosynthesis has evolved to store solar energy and to reduce the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into sugars, but this process is not very energy […] September 4, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
More News! 22 Aug 2018 Producing Cost-Effective and Eco-Friendly Biofuel With Seawater UK researchers have developed a technique for making bioethanol from seawater, which they hope will make production of the biofuel cheaper and more environmentally friendly than current methods. At present, bioethanol production uses very large amounts of freshwater – 1000-10,000 liters water per 1 liter bioethanol. They also require large amounts of plant biomass to […] August 22, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Helen Albert Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email