A virus is one of nature’s most efficient delivery systems: compact, highly organized, and optimized to protect and deliver genetic information into host cells. Its surface architecture often contains repeating molecular patterns that the immune system can detect – even
Enzymes are nature’s master chemists: they can make (or break) molecules with impressive selectivity, under mild conditions, and often with far less waste than many traditional chemical routes.
If you have ever heard someone say “red wine makes me flush,” “beer sometimes gives me headaches,” or “I can’t tolerate kombucha anymore,” histamine is one of the compounds that often gets mentioned. Histamine is a recurring and costly pain
Textiles are everywhere in daily life, from T-shirts and jeans to wool sweaters, sportswear, medical fabrics, upholstery, and industrial materials. Yet most of us only notice “fibre protection” when something goes wrong such when a favourite knit starts pilling after
In the ancient age of industry, humanity awoke the Carbon Fiend, an insidious entity born of smokestacks and tailpipes. For centuries, the Fiend cloaked the skies, scorched the lands, and churned the oceans. With each passing year, its shadow grew
Viennese acib and BOKU researchers are developing a sterile 3D printing process that can be used to produce laboratory equipment from environmentally friendly and biodegradable plastic. This could avoid several million tons of single-use plastic waste and reduce resource, energy
Im Rahmen eines Praktikums durften wir (drei Schüler der Forstschule Bruck) an der TU Graz bzw. beim acib (Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology) den Weg vom Holz zum Biokunststoff im Rahmen unserer Diplomarbeit erforschen.
As part of the EU project BIO-PLASTICS EUROPE, 22 scientific and industrial project partners from 13 countries are working on sustainable solutions for the production of biobased and biodegradable plastics to bring sustainable and safe products to market – from
The recent climate change is caused by greenhouse gases absorbing some of the heat that the Earth radiates after it warms from sunlight, thus trapping this heat in Earth’s lower atmosphere, causing global warming. There are many approaches to reduce
Petrochemical synthetic-based polymers are still everywhere in our daily lives, despite strict regulations and general awareness of their long-term risks to the environment and human health. This is especially true of the numerous cosmetics and personal care products that we