Scientists say they are closing in on a cool solution to a sticky problem. They've found that adding tiny cellulose fibers extracted from banana plant waste to ice cream could slow melting, increase ...

Royal Cosun spokesman Bart van Ingen gives a business plan overview on the extraction of Curran from carrot residue cellulosic materials. Percutaneous extraction cellulose in association with various ...

Summer is upon us, and many of us have already started to feel the heat of high electric bills resulting from increased air conditioning use. This means greenhouse gas emissions are increasing, too; ...

Srinivas Janaswamy, associate professor in South Dakota State University's Department of Dairy and Food Science, demonstrating how agricultural byproducts can be transformed into plastic-like films.

(Nanowerk News) It all starts with the mash: the mixture of malt and water, which is stirred and gently heated for several hours. The resulting liquid is known as the wort, and eventually, several ...

Material derived from crab shells and wood pulp could replace flexible plastic packaging Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a material from two naturally-occurring ...

Cellulose is a fiber found in fruits, vegetables, and other plant foods as part of a plant’s cell walls. It’s found in tree bark and a plant’s leaves. When you eat plant foods, you are consuming ...

Researchers have converted natural wood into flexible, strong, water-repellent films that glow in different colors. The luminescent films could lead to more sustainable alternatives to the glass and ...

The need for biodegradable packaging material has never been higher. Currently, most packaging is "single use" and is made with plastic materials, derived from nonrenewable sources like crude oil that ...