In a world where plastic dominates almost every part of daily life—from phones to windows—finding a sustainable alternative ...

Can you imagine a smartphone with a wooden touchscreen? Or a house with wooden windows? Probably not—unless you've heard of ...

While sustainably-grown wood can be an economical and eco-friendly building material, its relatively low tensile strength ...

A plant-based detergent, created from a mixture of cellulose nanofibers derived from wood and zein protein derived from corn, ...

Although the components of wood – cellulose and lignin – are exceedingly cheap and plentiful, combining these into a wood-like structure is not straightforward, despite many attempts to make ...

A team of scientists at China’s Nanjing University has developed a technique for increasing the strength of wood by removing ...

From laundry detergent to dishwasher tablets, cleaning products are an indispensable part of life. Yet the chemicals that ...

From laundry detergent to dishwasher tablets, cleaning products are an indispensable part of life. Yet the chemicals that make these products so effective can be difficult to break down or could even ...

A study published in the Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts details a self-densification strategy that transforms ...

A new study found that chomping on wooden medical tongue depressors for five minutes can increase levels of glutathione (GSH) ...

Transparent wood, made by stripping organic polymers and replacing them with a mixture of egg whites and rice extract, could ...

The main source for the production of staple fibres or filaments such as viscose, lyocell, modal or other types of new ...