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Road construction
02:21

Accelerated research into bio-asphalt

Will we be driving on roads made of wood in the Netherlands in the near future?…

Pierre Gielen

Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant
03:13

New biosurfactants are greener than ever

Surfactants, or surface active agents, can be found just about anywhere: in medicines, cosmetics, detergents, food,…

Pierre Gielen

Tractor plowing a field
05:59

“Agriculture: a fully-fledged partner in biobased value chains”

The bio-economy starts on the fields. That is where the agricultural biomass originates. Active participation of…

Pierre Gielen

Pilots4U Final Event
04:36

Final Event marks a next phase for Pilots4u

With more than 450 registered open access pilot research facilities and more than 100 participating organizations…

Pierre Gielen

Smart golf ball sensors
04:45

Smart golf balls measure the reactor process from the inside out

Chemical processes that work flawlessly in the lab can suddenly behave very differently when transposed to…

Pierre Gielen

EU meeting on circular bioeconomy
03:54

‘Calimero effect biobased industry misplaced’

The circular bioeconomy in Europe is bigger than we think, says Alain Dufait, managing director of…

Pierre Gielen


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Biotech Investments
00:53

‘Investors are passing up opportunities in agri, food and industrial biotech’

While medical biotech is 'hot', private and public investors are often overlooking investment opportunities in agro,…

Editorial office / The Hague

Joint Research Center Zeeland (JRCZ).
01:34

Joint Research Center Zeeland open in February 2023

HZ University of Applied Sciences in Middelburg, the Netherlands, will open the new Joint Research Centre…

Editorial office / Middelburg

LEGO mad scientist
01:45

Step towards strong and sustainable biobased plastics

In The Netherlands, scientists from the Industrial Sustainable Chemistry group led by Prof Gert-Jan Gruter of…

Editorial office / Amsterdam

Cement trowel
00:54

US researchers create carbon-negative cement from algae

Researchers at the University of Colorado (Boulder) in the US have developed a method to make…

Editorial office / Boulder

ESA's Biomass satellite
00:59

ESA ‘Biomass’ satellite will monitor the earth’s forests

European space agency ESA will monitor forests from space with the new Biomass satellite.

Editorial office / Stevenage

Protesting Dutch farmers
01:03

NOx emissions unevenly distributed around the world

Nitrogen oxides use limits are greatly exceeded, especially in north-western Europe and parts of China and…

Editorial office / The Hague