Good News Notes: “Newly published Michigan State University research details how switchgrass, a biofuel crop, can mitigate effects of climate change when grown on marginal land—agricultural land of little value. For farmers, it may also provide economic returns in these otherwise unproductive spaces. The research was published in Environmental Research Letters. The team was led by…
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Pizza robots are now turning waste into packaging
Good News Notes: “Unilever and PepsiCo have goals to design 100% of packaging to be reusable, recyclable, compostable, or biodegradable by 2025. Companies like Zume – formerly a robotics pizza company – are trying to make the compostable transition easier for brands, brokers and distributors by creating packaging out of agricultural waste and other materials local to the companies that…
NASCAR driver saved by device invented at MSU
Good News Notes: “NASCAR driver Ryan Newman is home from the hospital after a horrific crash at the Daytona 500 on Monday. The device credited with saving his life was invented at Michigan State University. ’20, 25 years ago, they probably would have been planning his funeral,’ said Andrew Blank, a Pit Steward at Corrigan…