Inside bioreactors in its new lab in London, the startup Modern Synthesis uses sugar from plant waste along with microbes to grow “microbial textiles,” which could eventually help replace both leather ...

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The Korvaa Consortium has unveiled the first-ever shoe made from a “novel combination” of mycelium, bacterial nanocellulose and polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs). The experimental collaboration explores ...

La Jolla native Jen Keane now lives in one of the world’s most prominent fashion cities, but she’s working to create a textile unlike anything that has been seen on a runway. It even got a nod from ...

Founder Jen Keane talks about her journey from working in material design for Adidas to launching Modern Synthesis, a biotech company using bacteria to create sustainable fibres for the textile ...