Nearly 100 years ago, a chemist discovered that Clostridium bacteria efficiently ferment sugar or starch into alcohols and acetone. Cheap fossil fuels made the process commercially unviable, but it is ...

As oil prices have edged up in recent years, numerous firms have developed processes for making biobased fuels and chemicals. But these products typically require sugarcane and corn-derived sugars as ...

Waste Management and the cellulosic sugar firm Renmatix will explore the feasibility of converting postconsumer waste into affordable sugars for making biobased materials. The aim of the alliance is ...

Lining the shelves of the bakery aisle in your local grocery store are bags upon bags of sugar. Whether it’s brown sugar, granulated sugar, or powdered sugar, the sweet stuff is a vital part of baking ...

HARLEYSVILLE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Colorcon Inc. announces an exciting process development for sugar coated pharmaceutical tablets with the launch of Opadry® SGR, Rapid Sugar Film Coating System.