The Global Market for Next-Generation Natural Fibers 2026-2036 provides comprehensive analysis and forecasts for the rapidly expanding sustainable materials sector, covering plant ...
Interest in building with earthen and other natural materials — such as adobe — spiked in the wake of Eaton and Palisades fires. Architects and engineers say that L.A. County’s approval process for ...
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 a ...
The sources of natural polymers can be plant-based, animal-based, and marine-derived. For instance, plant-based polymers like cellulose are widely used in paper and textile industries for their ...
There is another unexpected natural material trending for home exteriors, and that's adobe. Whereas most bricks are made from clay, adobe bricks are essentially made from mud. They're a mix of dirt, ...
London-based Vivobarefoot is making shoes with mycelium. On a quest to find a plastic alternative to vegan shoes, the UK-based barefoot shoe company launched a new vegan sneaker, the Gobi, which is ...
Natural gas is a critical, abundant, reliable, and clean source of energy for the American economy, both commercially and environmentally. Beyond its well-known role in electricity generation, natural ...
For decades, our society has predominantly embraced an extractivist approach when formulating models for material manufacturing across diverse industries. While we now know that this model is ...
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Researchers from Michigan State University have developed a wood-based material that can be used inside lithium-ion batteries to prevent potentially dangerous short circuits.