Bio Products Opportunity

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. said it has created a coalition with “many of its leading sustainability suppliers″ that will work to create green jobs in the U.S. Called the Wal-Mart Green Jobs Council, the group is comprised of representatives from throughout Wal-Mart’s retail divisions, representing disciplines such as store operations, real estate, logistics, and sustainability; and representatives …

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SemBioSys Genetics Inc. (TSX:SBS), a biotechnology company developing protein pharmaceuticals in crop plants, today announced that it has initiated a phase I/II clinical trial of its plant-produced insulin with the first injection of its drug in humans.

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Consider this: as consumers in a highly-technical society, we have come to expect efficiency and convenience, as well as instant gratification and quick turnarounds.

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BENTONVILLE — It’s very unlikely anyone who has shopped the new Fayetteville Sam’s Club has noticed anything different about the parking lot. That’s because the difference is below the surface. (Benton County Daily Record)

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( Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies ) Synthetic biology promises to enable cheap, lifesaving new drugs to treat the 350-500 million people who suffer from malaria and to create innovative biofuels that can help solve the world’s energy problems. But the science and its applications are raising questions.

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Sweden’s Chemrec , which is working on gasification technology to turn the byproduct from paper and pulp mills into biofuels and biochemicals, says it has raised $20 million to bring its technology to commercialization, according to GigaOm.

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A new television adaptation is being made of The Day of the Triffids, but why are we still prepared to believe in a post-apocalyptic world roamed by flesh-eating semi-sentient plants? And do we have a love affair with fictionalised destruction?

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Honeywell has announced that it will provide the process control and safety systems for a new NSE Biofuels research facility in Varkaus, Finland. The demonstration plant will develop processes to produce renewable biofuels from wood residues.

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A Superior Court judge in Hartford will decide today whether to allow the court-appointed receiver overseeing the liquidation of assets of the now-defunct F&S Oil Co. to abandon a biofuels plant the firm was developing in Cheshire.

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Bentonville, Ark. — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has launched a green jobs council in partnership with many of its leading suppliers of goods and services in an effort to help rebuild and retool America’s workforce.

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WASHINGTON - The United States can expect a terrorist attack using nuclear or, more likely, biological weapons before 2013, reports a bipartisan commission in a study being briefed today to Vice President-elect Joe Biden.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States can expect a terrorist attack using nuclear or more likely biological weapons before 2013, reports a bipartisan commission in a study being briefed Tuesday to Vice President-elect Joe Biden.

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I receive a lot of emails from city employees who are afraid to vent publicly and don’t want their names associated with a letter to the editor. Here is one from an employee who wants the city to consider expanding the bus rapid transit and forget any idea of building light rail. Thanks and keep them coming. Mr. Haydon makes a very important distinction with his learned recommendations in the …

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Students eager to return their biochemistry and microeconomics textbooks after finals have an alternative to reselling.

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A memorial service will be held in honor of Dennis Shelly, an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry who was killed Nov. 21 in a car accident. Jean Shelly, Dennis Shelly’s ex-wife, said friends, faculty and students are invited to the service, which will be at 2 p.

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