Who works: Some 180 employees across three divisions manufacture liquid chitosan products used by three industries across three continents. What works: Tidal Vision is on track to divert 5.4 million ...

A group of researchers announced on January 12 that they have developed a new technology to make memory devices from chitosan, an element extracted from shellfish, such as crabs or shrimp. Led by ...

Crustaceans (Crabs, Lobster, Shrimp) are a delicious category of seafood, but their shells can yield a biopolymer with myriad potential uses Overall, our modern food system does a good job of ...

A Scottish company is developing a biodegradable food wrapping using waste material from shellfish. Cuantec is extracting a natural substance called chitin from shells after processing langoustines.

There's now potentially one more use for discarded shrimp shells. Already, scientists have used chitosan – a natural antibacterial polymer found in crustacean shells – as an ingredient in self-healing ...

Washington-based startup Tidal Vision upcycles discarded crab shells to produce chitosan — a positively charged biopolymer with myriad applications in sustainable water treatment, textile production, ...

Coating frozen fish with a mix of chitosan and fish oils can boost shelf life and improve the nutritional load, according to new research on lingcod from the US. Lingcod (Ophiodon elongates) is a fish ...

A substance found in langoustine shells is key to the process of making the compostable packaging A Scottish company is developing a biodegradable food wrapping using waste material from shellfish.