Using fungi, UAA team develops biodegradable insulation for shipping Alaska seafood

In a University of Alaska Anchorage laboratory, researchers have been growing lightweight and fuzzy panels from mushroom tissue that they say could be used as insulation for shipping frozen fish

The panels are the latest example of efforts to find biodegradable alternatives to plastics like Styrofoam, which can't be recycled…

Full text: https://www.adn.com/business-economy/2019/07/14/using-fungi-uaa-team-develops-biodegradable-insulation-for-shipping-alaska-seafood/

Author

Devin Kelly

Source

Anchorage Daily News, 2019-07-14.

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University of Alaska Anchorage

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