For the first time in history, patchouli oil will be produced by yeast instead of a plant. Can Amyris cash in on the opportunity? Patchouli is fun to say and more fun to spray. While Urban Dictionary ...

Brazil just approved Amyris Inc 's farnesane fuel additive for use in jet fuel. That's a big boost for this bio-products company that could help it keep volume up and costs down. And it could be good ...

Amyris’s breakthroughs in bioengineering–and its plans to make biofuels from Brazilian sugarcane–promised to transform how the world’s businesses produce energy, cosmetics, and medicine. Then reality ...

To become a Vogue Business Member and receive the Beauty Edit newsletter, click here. The golden age of celebrity-backed beauty may be coming to an end, and Amyris has learned the hard way. The ...

Total SA and Amyris Inc. signed agreements to expand their current research and development partnership and to form a joint venture aimed at developing, producing, and commercializing a range of ...

An Amyris demonstration facility in Brazil. Credit: Noah Friedman-Rudovsky. In its early years, biotech company Amyris described itself as a start-up “applying its proprietary breakthrough ...

Oil prices are falling, but that hasn't stopped Brazil from working toward cleaning the environment and boosting its own economy. Big and getting bigger Brazil is the fifth largest country in the ...