
The Vireo Advisors blog brings you the latest news and developments in safe, sustainable and bio-based materials and products including novel foods and sustainable nanomaterials.
Stora Enso Launches Bio-Based Lignin Product to Replace Oil-Based Phenolic Materials
Finnish Company Stora Enso launched their bio-based lignin product last month, LineoTM, which can be used to replace oil-based phenolic materials in resins for plywood, oriented strand board (OSB), laminated veneer lumber (LVL), paper lamination, insulation materials, and more.
IoT ImpactLABS Acquired by Context Labs
In efforts of advancing their CXL’s blockchain-based ImmutablyTM-platform and their goal of enabling the “Supply Chain of Everything”, Context Labs has acquired IoT ImpactLABS.
Advanced Graphene Membranes for Water Filtration and Desalination
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) of Australia has created a water filtering membrane using graphene reported in Nature Communications
Sausage: The Labor of Small Organisms
fter arranging for a local salami manufacturer to create two batches of salami, one using a starter culture and allowing one to set out to be worked on by naturally occurring microbes, researchers of the University of Turin found that salami made with the wild microbes were rated higher than those made with the starter culture.
Cellulose Nanofiber (CNF) in Commercial Products
Manufacturers in Japan are among the first to produce commercial products using cellulose nanofiber (CNF), a material created from biomass which has a low environmental impact in its production and disposal.