Modified Yeast Creates Bones, Implants From Human Urine
Human urine creates dental prosthetic materials thanks to modified yeasts. The discovery is worth 3,5 billion dollars by 2030.
Bio-cement from urine: construction becomes more… fluid
A team of researchers has discovered how to turn human urine into a durable building material, with dramatically reduced emissions compared to traditional concrete.
Plant-based breakthrough: Plasma paper reinvents packaging
Plant-based packaging: Fraunhofer IST plasma technology reinvents paper and challenges plastic for the packaging of the future.
The new plastic is alive, and it self-destructs in 30 days
New bacterial spore-filled plastic resists use but rapidly biodegrades. An innovative solution to the waste problem.
Thames Glass, fantastic bio glass obtained from the shells of mussels
A bio glass made from zero-kilometer waste products can make a difference in construction and architecture as well. And it's beautiful, which doesn't hurt.
The sharpest knife in the world? It is made of wood, and is recycled.
Wood (and especially cellulose): a wonder that never ceases to amaze. After centuries, we still discover new things: this new method to produce a super knife can be used for a thousand other things.
Imperial College creates self-repairing “Living Bricks”.
Imperial College London makes new "Living Bricks" filled with bacteria, which exhibit extraordinary properties.
Scalite, the stone obtained from fish scales
A product design student finds a way to reuse food processing scraps by inventing a stone-like material made from fish scales
Sonnet155, the temporary fruit leather bag made with discarded peels
Two German designers develop an envelope (but above all a production chain) based on the waste of fruit peels and cellulose fibers. Efficient, elegant, sustainable. It bodes well.
Remade, takeaway boxes made with cocoa beans
Recycled cocoa bean shells for takeaway containers? Remade focuses on sustainable growth in the delivery sector.
Leather from cacti: textiles that are animal and environment friendly
Desserto, Mexican startup, derives skin and leather from succulents. A variety of cacti from which a turning point is obtained for the entire textile industry.
The circular economy will never work with the materials we have
Cyrill Gutsch, head of an environmental organization, is certain: no circular economy until biomaterials will replace plastic. And he's right.
A team of scientists thinks we should live in mushroom houses
A speculative and provocative paper by a team of European academics explores the possibility of living in houses made of mushrooms. Living building.
A “living” concrete transforms bacteria into replicating bricks
A brick made of bacteria can replicate to eight bricks. Living cement can make construction more environmentally sustainable.
A bio-material made of cellulose and silk “canvas” can beat plastic
The team created a new bio-material by merging cellulose fibers and silk proteins together. The result is spectacular and biodegradable.
Bioceramic domes: houses of a world with a crazy climate
Buckminster Fuller's ideas see the light after 70 years thanks to more accessible materials. The world is ready to live under bioceramic domes.
