Industrial & Environmental

Biotech Fashion Show

Biotechnology is everywhere. From food to fuel to fashion. Watch the fashion show to see clothes that were made with biotechnology.

Growing and Strengthening the Biobased Chemicals Industry

Biorefining isn’t just for bio-ethanol. Biorefining can produce polyester, nylon, and amino acids just to name a few. In fact, one feedstock may produce many different products.

BioBytes: Industrial Enzymes

Biotechnology is everywhere you look - even in places you might not expect.

Biobased Chemicals and Products: A New Driver for Green Jobs

Biobased products can supplement or replace a wide variety of petroleum-based products, and the United States has a substantial potential competitive advantage in their manufacture.

Bright Spot for Biotech: Golden State Leads in Jobs

Industrial Biotechnology: Biobased Products, Biofuels, and Synthetic Biology

Biobased products cover a wide range of materials. One new such product is biobased insulation made from mushrooms named Greensulate.

Biofuels Take Off as New Alternative to Jet Fuel

This week in Energy Business Daily “Jet Biofuels Take Off.” Jet fuel is expensive and makes up a large part of an airline’s budget.

Biotechnology: Toward a Sustainable Future

Sustainable development is no small undertaking for international companies looking to meet today’s energy, food and environmental needs without compromising the Earth’s resources or its future. The innovative solution these corporate leaders are turning to is biotechnology, whether it’s to augment agricultural productivity, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, create an innovative disease therapy or diminish the use of pesticides.

Greenhouse Gas Legislation: All Eyes on California

Interest groups following climate change are closely watching the cap-and-trade program recently proposed by the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Air Resources Board (CARB). With national legislation stalled, what happens in California is viewed as an important next step.

Bumper Crop: Biotech Can Mitigate Climate Change

Can the biotechnology industry feed a hungry world?

Enzymes: An Industrial Biotech Wonder

Enzymes are the oldest tool in industrial biotechnology. For thousands of years, processes such as brewing, bread-making and the production of cheese have involved the usage of enzymes. Today the global market for industrial enzymes is estimated at around $2.9 billion.

Drivers Can Find Cellulosic Biofuels for Sale

Drivers who are concerned about the environment are finding it's getting easier to use a biofuel that really is green.

BioBytes: Biotech in the home

Biotechnology is all around us especially in our homes. From new household cleaners and detergents made with biotech enzymes, to our contact solution and the paper we write on, advances in biotechnology are helping to make our lives easier, cleaner, and greener.

BIO Pacific Rim Summit: Biofuels from Coal and Sunlight

From Pacific Rim Summit: Status of Cellulosic Ethanol Commercialization