WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University researchers have developed tough, flexible, biodegradable films from cellulose, the main component of plant cell walls. The films could be used for products ...

Scientists have discovered a new eco-friendly way of dissolving wood using ionic liquids that may help its transformation into popular products such as bio fuels, textiles, clothes and paper.

Using a small bird's nest-making process as a model, researchers have developed a nontoxic process for making cellulose gels. Using a small bird's nest-making process as a model, researchers from ...

Developing technologies for a circular future is at the heart of our sustainability strategy at TNO. It’s the reason we’ve set ourselves a goal to produce half of all plastics circularly by 2030 – and ...

A UBC research team has developed a cleaner way to produce rayon, a popular fabric used in clothing for more than a century.

VANCOUVER – Production of dissolving pulp at the specialty mill owned by Fortress Paper Ltd. (TSX:FTP) in Thurso, Que., has reached 60 per cent of its targeted capacity and customer shipments have ...