Our results show that it is possible to form a normal crystalline granule structure with only one starch synthase isoform. Current freeze–thaw stable starches are produced by chemical substitution.

The new technique, which relies on chemical catalysts and a curated combination of natural and engineered enzymes, converts CO 2 to starch 8.5 times as efficiently as corn plants can.

Kong, who worked with Greg Ziegler, professor of food science, used a solvent to dissolve the starch into a fluid that can then be spun into long strands, or fibers. These fibers can be combined ...

Starch may not be a National Starch and Chemical Corporation glamorous product, but for Bridgewater-based National Starch it has been a profitable one. Last year the company”s net sales reached ...

“Biodegradable starch-based plastics may not be as safe and health-promoting as originally assumed ... and the Zhishan Young Scholars Fund of Southeast University by the Fundamental Research Funds for ...

But its actions in many cases involve the play of chemical affinities, and should be minutely known. Pure wheaten starch, when closely examined under the microscope, is found to be composed of v ...

To make these particles biodegradable, researchers created plastics from plant starch instead of petroleum. An initial study shows how animals consuming particles from this alternative material ...

‘Starch is the most abundant and also the least expensive of all natural polymers.’ Kong used a solvent to dissolve the starch into a fluid that can then be spun into long strands or fibres and ...

Bridgewater-based National Starch and Chemical today announced the appointment of Charles F. Knott as president and chief operating officer of the company, effective April 2. He succeeds Walter F.