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.
Cellulose Nanocrystals and 3D Bioprinting Help to Save Coral Reefs
Cellulose Nanocrystals and 3D bioprinting are being used to create bionic corals capable of growing microalgae by mimicking coral tissue and its underlying skeleton.
Vireo Advisors, LLC and Baylor University Demonstrate Food Safety of Fibrillated Cellulose using Alternative Testing Strategy
Vireo Advisors, in collaboration with Baylor University, recently published an article “Physical, chemical, and toxicological characterization of fibrillated forms of cellulose using an in vitro gastrointestinal digestion and co-culture model” in Toxicology Research.
REPORT BRIEFING WEBINAR June 9, 2020 1 PM EDT National Academy of Sciences Quadrennial Review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative
The National Academies invites you to join us for a report briefing webinar on Tuesday, June 9, 2020 from 1-2:30pm EDT featuring our recent report, A Quadrennial Review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative: Nanoscience, Applications, and Commercialization.
Are you wearing a face mask?
Wearing a cloth face mask protects the people around you, in case you’re one of the perhaps 50% of people who are infected with coronavirus but have no symptoms.
Aleph Farms Working to Destigmatize Cultured Meat with Educational Complex for the Public
In an attempt to increase public knowledge and acceptance of cultured meat, Israeli startup Aleph Farms recently announced the opening of its educational complex which is located beside their production facility in Israel.