Russia is expected to produce 4.3 million tonnes sugar this season, according to farm industry researcher Ikar. The fall in output is due to high temperatures adversely impacting plant growth […]
Sugar beet disease stemphylium arrives in UK [Registered]
The first UK incidence of sugar beet disease stemphylium has been identified in a beet field in Norfolk. Stemphylium is a new leaf disease which was first identified in the […]
China – Imports and smuggled sugar batters the local industry [Registered]
China’s sugar industry is facing significant challenge to compete with imported and smuggled sugar, according to local press Xinhua. Data from the China Sugar Association (CSA) indicate that the industry […]
Boosting yeast’s ethanol yields through increasing its tolerance to high temperature [Registered]
With a simple mutation, yeast can grow in higher than normal temperatures. Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology demonstrate this in an article published in the scientific journal Science. The […]
Ethanol production boosted by increasing yeast tolerance to it [Registered]
Yeast are commonly used to transform corn and other plant materials into biofuels such as ethanol. However, large concentrations of ethanol can be toxic to yeast, which has limited the […]
Caltech material scientists create ultralight, strong, non-brittle ceramics [Registered]
Imagine a balloon that could float without using any lighter-than-air gas. Instead, it could simply have all of its air sucked out while maintaining its filled shape. Such a vacuum […]
Graphene nanoribbons prove to be superb at de-icing [Registered]
Rice University scientists who created a de-icing film for radar domes have now refined the technology to work as a transparent coating for glass. Lead researcher James Tour and his […]
Bacterial biofilms for production of new self-healing materials and bioprocessing technologies [Registered]
A team at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University are exploiting biofilms as a robust new platform for designer nanomaterials that could clean up polluted rivers, […]
Making stronger, “greener” cement [Registered]
Concrete is the world’s most-used construction material, and a leading contributor to global warming, producing as much as one-tenth of industry-generated greenhouse-gas emissions. Researchers at MIT claim to have developed […]
EU – Post 2017, sugar seen as a valuable feedstock for biochemical production [Registered]
According to research from the consultancy and research firm Deloitte, commissioned by the Biorenewables Business Platform, Rabobank and Dutch Sugar Union, sugar is identified as a valuable feedstock to support […]
Monthly Snapshot
Raw sugar for March delivery settled at 19.82 cents/pound on January 18 after reaching a two-and-a-half-week high earlier in the session at 20.25 cents. The white sugar contract expiring in […]
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