An effective strategy for utilizing anaerobic digestates is required to promote biomass power generation. We developed an anaerobic digestate tablet using liquid dairy cattle manure derived from a small mesophilic anaerobic digester installed on a dairy farm. Anaerobic digestate tablets are intended for use in the fertilization of oligotrophic coastal seas to promote primary production.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe extracellular matrix (ECM) is composed of a hydrogel derived from natural polymers with an anisotropic structure that plays an important role in cell proliferation and differentiation. Alginates-algae-derived polysaccharides-form into the hydrogel, and can be potentially used for the synthesis of cell scaffold materials following the addition of calcium ions. However, to date, the synthesis of anisotropic alginate hydrogels has not been reported.
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