Fungi Inspired On-site Waste Remediation - Mycocycle
Fungi Inspired On-site Waste Remediation - Mycocycle Mycocycle works with nature’s master decomposers, fungi, to break down complex waste streams such as construction materials and asphalt.


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This innovation addresses a key sustainability or performance challenge.
New Dawn Bio: Growing Wood in a Lab Cutting down trees for wood is slow and wasteful.
New Dawn Bio: Growing Wood in a Lab Cutting down trees for wood is slow and wasteful. Growing a tree for lumber takes decades, and the process of converting a round, tapered trunk into rectangular planks results in only a small percentage (sometimes just 5%!) of the original biomass ending up in the final product.
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