GALVA -- The Big River Resources ethanol facility in Galva is teaming with a Bloomington company to build a new plant that extracts a high value corn protein for food and pharmaceutical products. Last ...

GALVA – A $21 million ethanol byproduct plant for zein, (pronounced zayne) began production Monday after receiving its final Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms permit on Friday. The plant has a ...

Rectangular like tiny bricks and charged in a way that makes them stick together, corn zein molecules could be good building blocks for tiny structures to help repair damaged tissue and deliver drugs ...

Researchers at the University of Illinois are working on a formula for corn-based chewing gum. The team aims to create a chewing gum made from corn zein, a by-product of corn kernels, which does not ...