Rather than a potential triumph, the compostable plastics we use look increasingly like a tragedy. Andy Extance looks at the ...

In Solar Foods’ case this consultation had only one comment, from a critic of novel proteins querying the health impacts of consuming the polymer polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB). This is an example of ...

coli that are genetically engineered to take acetic acid as their food source and they can upgrade it into butanol and a polymer called polyhydroxybutyrate." Dr Sakimoto believes that these ...

Another bioplastic produced exclusively from a renewable and biodegradable source is polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB), sold under the brand Biocycle. Manufactured by metabolizing sugarcane with bacteria and ...

The sodium salts in corn stover hydrolysates have been identified as important inhibitors for cellulosic ethanol production. Adaptive evolution generated a robust yeast that converted both glucose ...