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Carbon Recycling: Microbes, Jet Fuel and Leggings

GreenTechMedia

Jennifer hints at the potential for applying genetics expertise from medicine to industrial biotechnology; one day Lanzatech hopes to produce acetone, isopropyl alcohol and other valuable chemicals directly from its carbon-eating microbes.

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Demo plant produces industrial sugars from mixed household waste fractions

Envirotec Magazine

A UK-based demonstration plant that generates industrial biotechnology sugars and other recycled material streams from the paper and card in mixed household waste has come online in May 2022. The products will be used in the production of several high-performance bio-based materials.

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Carbon Recycling: Microbes, Jet Fuel and Leggings

GreenTechMedia

Jennifer hints at the potential for applying genetics expertise from medicine to industrial biotechnology; one day Lanzatech hopes to produce acetone, isopropyl alcohol and other valuable chemicals directly from its carbon-eating microbes.

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Biorefinery handles recycle-resistant plant waste

Envirotec Magazine

A long-standing grail of biotechnology is the effort to convert the lignin component of plant-based biomass into energy or something useful – this being a less wasteful avenue than simply burning it or throwing it away. It breaks apart the polymer bonds but selectively leaves the ring,” Gray said.

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How Hydrogen is Changing Hollywood

Hydrogen Fuel News

Key facts about diesel generator pollution include: Diesel exhaust contains over 40 toxic air contaminants, including many known or suspected carcinogens such as benzene and arsenic according to a study published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. tons of CO2 per year.

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Synterex: Clinical Service Provider That Gives Back to the Environment and Society

Green Business Bureau

The brand works with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to help them get new therapies to patients as quickly and efficiently as possible. The medicines that Synterex writes about come from a wide variety of therapeutic areas such as allergy, cancer, vaccines, nervous system disorders, and rare diseases.

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Founder Profile: Caralynn Nowinski Collens, M.D. | Dimension Inx

Better Ventures

When I left to decide what’s next, I knew that I wanted to take my newfound passion for advanced manufacturing and pair it with my roots in medicine. I was fortunate to have a front row seat to the future of manufacturing, working with some of the world’s leading companies and universities. I now live this every day.

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