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.
ECHA Toolkit for Promoting the REACH 2018 Registration Deadline
ECHA has created a toolkit of resources which will help companies meet the registration requirements for the REACH 2018 deadline (May 31, 2018).
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) provides new advice on using non-animal test methods
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) recently updated its guidance on how to use non-animal testing methods to gather data for REACH substance registration.
Shampoo Bottle Nano-Makeover: Good to the Last Drop
Have you ever went to wash your hair, only to find that your can't quite squeeze the last of your shampoo from the bottle?
"Nanofish" Could be Used as Targeted Medicine Delivery
Jinxing Li of the University of California, San Diego, along with his colleagues, have created metallic nanofish which are 100 times smaller than a grain of sand and could soon be used to guide medicine to certain areas of the body.
API and MYBiomass sign Joint-Development Agreement for the Production of Nanocellulose for Downstream Applications
American Process, Inc. (API) and MYBiomass Sdn. Bhd. (MYBiomass) announced in a press release this week that they will work together to produce nanocellulose and cellulosic sugars from oil palm empty fruit-bunches, a lignocellulosic feedstock common in Malaysia.