The World Bio Markets 2023 conference programme is looking amazing (even if we do say so ourselves) and so, with only 3 months to go, we will start dropping speaker announcements each week! First up... take a bow Nils,who is the Head of Technology Innovation at On Running.
Have a brilliant bio week everyone.
FEATURE STORY
The US-China tech war: Will biotech be next?
If anyone had doubts that Cold War dynamics had re-emerged in the international arena, Biden put them to rest in October 2022 with draconian restrictions on computer chip exports to China. Dubbed a “watershed” moment in US-China relations, it promises to inhibit Chinese advances in computing for many years. Will biotech be next up in the tech wars? We look at how souring relations between China and the West could affect the bioeconomy, a sector threaded through with international trade and research relationships.
British flooring company Amtico has presented its new Amtico Bio, a bio-attributed luxe vinyl tile made from renewable materials derived from paper pulp.
Chefs inspire researchers to season biodegradable plastics
How to make stronger biodegradable materials has become its research area. Some researchers have added petroleum-based additives, but these can slow down degradation.
Biorefinery upcycles carbon waste, including lignin
By processing waste through a microbe-driven biorefinery, researchers turned lignin into carbon sources that could be used in high-value, plant-derived pharmaceuticals and antioxidant nutraceuticals as well as carbon-based nanoparticles for drug or chemical delivery.
Intraplás and TotalEnergies’ collaborate to commercialise bio-based polymer
The companies are collaborating to bring sustainable solutions to the packaging market without compromising performance and food safety. Intraplás is launching commercial products using TotalEnergies RE:newable polymer
Fairbrics lands €22M to market CO2-based polyester fiber
The sustainable chemical company developing tech that converts CO2 emissions into high value polyester through a circular manufacturing approach raised €17M from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research & Innovation Program
The University of Maine has wowed everyone with the world’s first 100% bio-based house, made entirely with bio-based materials such as wood flour, or fine sawdust, mixed with a binder made from corn.
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