Washington-based startup Tidal Vision upcycles discarded crab shells to produce chitosan — a positively charged biopolymer with myriad applications in sustainable water treatment, textile production, ...

Who works: Some 180 employees across three divisions manufacture liquid chitosan products used by three industries across three continents. What works: Tidal Vision is on track to divert 5.4 million ...

(Nanowerk News) Researchers have developed a process to turn crab shells into a bioplastic that can be used to make optical components known as diffraction gratings. The resulting lightweight, ...

Crabmeat is delicious—that’s an unassailable, garlicky buttery truth. But here’s something you might not know about your predilection for boiled crustacean: Every year, about six to eight million tons ...