L.A. County officials signaled interest in rebuilding in fire zones with natural materials, such as adobe, but advocates say ...

Sustainably produced, biodegradable materials are an important focus of modern materials science. However, when working with natural materials such as cellulose, lignin or chitin, researchers face ...

The Korvaa Consortium tapped Modern Synthesis, Ecovative and Ourobio to develop the debut shoe made with mycelium, bacterial ...

A new filtration material developed by researchers at MIT might provide a nature-based solution to this stubborn contamination issue. The material, based on natural silk and cellulose, can remove a ...

A new filtration material developed by researchers at MIT might provide a nature-based solution to this stubborn contamination issue. The material, based on natural silk and cellulose, can remove ...

The new leather is based on the fibers of discarded pineapple leaves, and the researchers say it is perfectly comparable to the real thing. It also outperformed other strong and sustainable materials ...

To make a “natural” product, the natural resource is not chemically changed as much. One example is a wooden chair. It is more natural than synthetic, because its shape has been changed, but the ...

After confirming its success in racing, BMW plans to implement a flax-based alternative to carbon fiber in its future road ...

Following its motorsports endeavors, BMW will start rolling out natural fiber composites in series-production machines. BMW ...

Sustainably produced, biodegradable materials are an important focus of modern materials science. However, when working with natural materials such as cellulose, lignin or chitin, researchers face ...