RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – Biomason, the only company in the world using biology to produce cement, has scored a European partner to advance its environmentally friendly alternative to traditional ...

Biomason plans to scale up its unique ‘biocement’ production process, taking aim at one of the world’s most polluting—and most widely used—products. While working at a design studio in New York City ...

More than 1 trillion bricks are manufactured every year, resulting in about 800 million tons of carbon emissions, says bioMASON CEO Ginger Dosier. More than 1 trillion bricks are manufactured every ...

Traditional cement production accounts for 8 percent of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions, but the world isn’t exactly going to stop using concrete anytime soon. What’s the solution? A greener ...

The handwritten sign hangs on the wall of an office in BioMason‘s Raleigh, North Carolina, headquarters: “I’m gonna have to science the shit out of this.” The quote comes from Matt Damon’s character ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – In these days of growing fears about climate change, RTP-based Biomason has raised $65 million with its proprietary “biocement” technology which the firm says will help reduce ...

BioMason is inching closer to commercially debuting its eco-friendly “grown” bricks, which they say could be on the market as early as next year. Since its founding in 2012, the North Carolina startup ...

BioMason says it has developed a method to grow ‘bioconcrete’ in a process that enlists microorganisms and produces no carbon dioxide emissions. Cars. Airplanes. Power plants. Cows. These are among ...

Biomason, a Research Triangle Park biotechnology startup trying to devise an environmentally friendly way to make cement, said Monday it’s raised $65 million in a Series C round from investors — money ...

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