In the field of biomedical nanotechnology, chitosan and alginate —both naturally derived biopolymers — have garnered significant attention due to their ...

Norwegian company FMC Biopolymer converts seaweed to alginate for use in thousands of products with an advanced 24 hour chemical process. ABB has supplied process automation, motors and drives to ...

The slick surface of seaweeds such as seaweed and kelp is attributed to alginate, a mucilaginous substance, which may prove ...

On 30 September, the Stella McCartney Paris show featured a tank top crafted from Kelsun, a next-generation seaweed fibre ...

If those small molecules are sugars, the polymer is called a polysaccharide. Sodium alginate is a polysaccharide found in brown seaweed. It consists of long chains of tiny clusters of sugars. On a ...

In water, jelly bombs release a goo made from sodium alginate, which comes from a mineral-rich seaweed. LUSH's factory in Poole has around 800 members of staff. They made over 50 million items ...