A new plant-based alternative to titanium dioxide promises bright whitening at low replacement ratios as Seprify scales its cellulose-based SilvaAlba to industrial supply.

Scientists at Rutgers University were inspired by the circularity of natural materials and aimed to achieve the same for plastics in a recent experiment. The researchers believe they have found a ...

They’re tenacious, which is very good for a milk jug or a car bumper. But they don’t easily break down, which is bad for the environment. From the 1950s, when plastics were first produced in ...

This experiment relies on MIT to explore the optimal operating conditions for embedded immobilized biological fillers under low temperatures, given the aforementioned characteristics of rural ...

Matt Stata spends his days in a Michigan State University plant biology laboratory. His passion for growing, however, doesn’t end when he hangs up his lab coat. When the postdoctoral student goes home ...

Abstract: Natural fiber-based artificial muscles represent a class of green and intelligent actuating materials with significant potential for applications in soft robotics and smart textiles. This ...

With the global population set to reach 9.8 billion by 2050, the world needs to produce more food than ever before. Using current farming methods, that means more fertiliser, more pesticides, more ...

DS Smith has collaborated with Elvial to introduce its fibre-based Fanfold packaging to customers across Greece's industrial sector, designed to protect heavy aluminium products during transport.

The wind seems to carry tales along the cliffs of Cape Breton Island. It's easy to picture ancient forests once covering this coastline as you stand close to ...

Long gone are the days of ‘one size fits all’ hair products, and whether you have an afro texture or poker-straight hair, ...