Category: Wood, Lignin & Cellulose
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Monitoring Food Quality in Real-Time Using Eco-Friendly Composite
Herein, a facile, environmental-friendly, and sustainable strategy for efficient separation, conversion, and utilization of lignocellulose components was developed.
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Developing Building Supplies from Wood Based Plastic
Highly reinforced and degradable lignocellulose biocomposites by polymerization of new polyester oligomers
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Lignin Inhibits Glycation
Lignin, an active component in the corn silk water extract, inhibits glycation
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Transparent Wood Could Replace Plastics
Life cycle assessment of transparent wood production using emerging technologies and strategic scale-up framework
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Vikas Lifecare to Produce Rice Husk Cellulose, Lignin and Silica
Vikas Lifecare collaborates with multiple institutions to produces Cellulose, Lignin and Silica from Rice Husk
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Bacterial Catabolism of Acetovanillone, a Lignin Derived Compound
Microbial pathway that catabolizes acetovanillone, a major component of several industrial lignin streams.
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Södra to Commercialise Lignin
Södra plans to add lignin within its range of forest-based materials and seeks partners to develop lignin-based sustainable alternatives to fossil materials in a range of applications.
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Technip Energies and Metgen Partner on Lignin Refining Technology
Technip Energies and MetGen Join Forces to Industrialize METNIN® Lignin Refining Technology
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Research on Reprocessable Lignin Vitrimers
Lignin-based reprocessable polymer materials (LIGNOVITRI)
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EU on Deforestation Free Supply Chain and Renewable Energy
EU Parliament Adopts Negotiating Positions on Deforestation-Free Supply Chains and Renewable Energy — The EU bioenergy policy has led to the deforestation of Eastern Europe. Forests have been cut down to make biomass pellets.
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Lignin Based Polyurethanes
Lignin as a Renewable Building Block for Sustainable Polyurethanes
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Conductive Hydrogels Based on Industrial Lignin
Conductive Hydrogels Based on Industrial Lignin: Opportunities and Challenges
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Shiseido Goes for Wooden Cap
Challenged by the brand, Quadpack broke boundaries and developed a 100% wood bespoke cap for the fragrance range
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Lignin Asphalt to be Tested in Canada
First lignin based asphalt to be trialed in British Columbia, Canada
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Canada Invests in Wood Manufacturing Study Project
The Government of Canada is investing in a clean energy future while strengthening Canada’s forest sector from coast to coast to coast. By finding innovative ways to leverage new market opportunities, Canada is ensuring the global competitiveness of our forest sector.
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Lignin Could Make Carbon Fiber Stronger and Lighter
New research with lignin may soon lead to lighter, stronger carbon fiber materials and stronger plastics with a gentler environmental impact.
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Using Lignin Waste in Cosmetics
Lignopure Technology for Using Lignin Waste in Cosmetics
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Eco-Glue to Replace Harmful Adhesives in Wood Construction
A fast and energy-efficient manufacturing process results in a strong, non-toxic and fire-resistant adhesive—and a great opportunity for the Finnish bioeconomy.
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Stora Enso and Northvolt Partner on Lignin Batteries
Stora Enso and Northvolt partner to develop wood-based batteries
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Bangladesh Scientist Invents Jute Cellulose and Polymer Bags
The scientist is looking for funding to scale up production.
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Bio-Sep Scale Up
Bio-Sep secures $1.7 Million for our green-tech that turns sawdust into sustainable biochemicals, from investors including London Business School’s Enterprise 100 investment club and ACF Investors, with additional participation from a hedge fund that specialises in climate and clean energy technology.
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Valmet and Mercer to Build Lignin Plant
Valmet delivers LignoBoost XS plant for Mercer Rosenthal in Germany
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Pirelli Launches Lignin Reinforced Tires
Pirelli testing tires made with wood-derived material
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Lignin Industries Funded by EU Innovation Fund
Spinverse helped Lignin Industries secure 4.4 M€ from Innovation Fund to expand their production of bio-based materials
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EPFL Develops New Lignocellulosic Bioplastic Similar to PET
EPFL scientists have developed a new, PET-like plastic that is easily made from the non-edible parts of plants.
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UPM Plywood Goes Lignin Wisa Biobond
UPM Plywood is taking another step with WISA BioBond to help builders meet sustainability targets
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CropEnergies Buys Stake in LXP Group
CropEnergies AG, Mannheim, has acquired a stake in LXP Group GmbH, Teltow (Germany), at the end of May 2022. For approx. EUR 2 million, CropEnergies secured just under 20 percent of the Brandenburg-based biotech startup as part of a capital increase.
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Can Canada Make the Paper Industry Circular?
Bacteria could transform paper industry waste into useful products
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Bioform Technologies to Replace Plastic with Kelp, Wood Fibre and Minerals
Small Vancouver startup believes it’s created the solution to plastic pollution
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Obayashi Develops Lignin Cleat
Obayashi Corporation has developed a ‘lignin cleat’ that can fix CO2 to concrete structures for a long period of time by adding woody biomass to concrete.
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Nippon Paper Industries Statement on Price Lignin Products
Notice Regarding Revisions to Prices of Lignin Products
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Steelphalt Launches Lignin Asphalt
Steelphalt, A Harsco Environmental Company, Launched Carbon- Negative Asphalt Product
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Using Lignin for Anti Counterfeiting
A Unique Glow-in-the-Dark Powder Could Stop Counterfeiters
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Converting Lignin into Carbon Foam
Simple, additive-free, extra pressure-free process to direct convert lignin into carbon foams
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Wooden Bodyboards for Hire to Solve Plastic Pollution
Surf Wood for Good offers FREE wooden bellyboard rental as a sustainable alternative to cheap polystyrene bodyboards, thousands of which end up broken and discarded on our beaches every year.
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3D Printing Wood and Mycelium Composites for Buildings
3D Printing Wood and Mycelium Composites for Sustainable Building
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Professors Awarded for Wood Based Textile Fibres Research
Marcus Wallenberg Prize to Professor Herbert Sixta and Professor Ilkka Kilpeläinen for the development of Sustainable wood-based textile fibres
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Cellulose Fibers Pollution in Oceans Worse than Microplastics
Twice as many cellulose fibers than microplastics in the Atlantic Ocean
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Antibacterial Lignin Based Foam for Wound Healing
Antimicrobial Lignin-Based Polyurethane/Ag Composite Foams for Improving Wound Healing
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Bright Day Makes Bio Graphene
Bright Day manufactures sustainable graphene from biomass
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Odourless Lignin Production in Sweden
World-leading test facility for odorless lignin is being built in Bäckhammar
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New Bioplastic from Estonia
The large-scale production of wood-based, fully recyclable plastic might soon become a reality in Estonia
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One Step Extraction of Cellulose and Lignin from Palm Oil Waste
One-step extraction of cellulose nanocrystals from high lignin biomass through ammonium persulfate oxidation method
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EU Project for Eucalyptus Polymers
Among the many problems with plastic, it’s manufactured from a fossil resource. An EU team has developed a sustainable alternative that grows on trees.
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Japanese Discover New Enzymes to Degrade Lignin
Developments in lignin degradation: New microorganisms and enzymes at play
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Lignin Asphalts LCA for the Netherlands
Using lignin from local biorefineries for asphalts: LCA case study for the Netherlands
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Norske Skog Saugbrugs Funded for Nanocellulose and Biocomposite Investment
Norske Skog Saugbrugs awarded research funding for nanocellulose and biocomposite investment
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Dishwasher Testing of PHBV and Lignocellulosic BioComposites
Physical-Chemical and Structural Stability of Poly(3HB-co-3HV)/(ligno-)cellulosic Fibre-Based Biocomposites over Successive Dishwashing Cycles
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Carbohydrate Aromatic Interface and Molecular Architecture of Lignocellulose
Carbohydrate-aromatic interface and molecular architecture of lignocellulose
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Large Scale Production of Recyclable Cellulosic Bioplastic
Large-Scale Manufacture of Recyclable Bioplastics from Renewable Cellulosic Biomass Derived from Softwood Kraft Pulp
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LignoValue Pilot Unit Arrives at Vito
Video of the Lignovalue pilot unit arriving at Vito
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First Client for Stora Enso Neoligno
The world’s first fully wood-based furniture board is a circular economy product born from the cooperation of Koskisen Oy and Stora Enso
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Cellulose Valley Launched in France
Launch of the Cellulose Valley : creating new cellulose packaging
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Industrial Polymers Sustainably Made From Lignin
Among the many problems with plastic, it’s manufactured from a fossil resource. An EU team has developed a sustainable alternative that grows on trees
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Lignin Industries Funded by EU Innovation Fund
The European Union co-funds Lignin Industries expansion to create a green industry to replace fossil-based plastics
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Cellulose Nanofiber Production for Biomedical Applications
Production and Characterization of Cellulose Nanofiber Slurries and Sheets for Biomedical Applications
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Machine Learning Analysis in Catalytic Lignin Depolymerization
Machine learning based analysis of reaction phenomena in catalytic lignin depolymerization
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Rapid Degradation of Cellulose Diacetate by Marine Microbes
Bio-based cellulose acetate plastic disintegrates in the ocean much faster than assumed
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Impact Nitrogen Deficiency on Sorghum
Nitrogen deficiency results in changes to cell wall composition of sorghum seedlings
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Participation Call for Hemicellulose Valorization via Furfural 
Biorizon co-initiator TNO is looking for parties that are seeking to increase the valorization potential of their residual hemicellulose via versatile platform molecule furfural.
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New Lignin Based Material Made in Sweden
Researchers at Stockholm University have developed a resource-efficient method to produce new lignin-based materials that can be thermally reprocessed and used to substitute thermosetting resins and adhesives.
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Stora Enso Trees to Batteries
We produce bio-based carbon called Lignode® by Stora Enso, used for sustainable electrification.
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Cellulose Glitter
Cambridge researchers have developed a sustainable, plastic-free glitter for use in the cosmetics industry – made from the cellulose found in plants, fruits, vegetables and wood pulp.
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Nanoscale Wetting of Crystalline Cellulose
It is desirable to understand and estimate the hydrophilicity of the crystalline planes of cellulose
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Quillwort Genome Reveals Evolutionary Surprises
International research team including Göttingen University sequence whole genome of quillwort
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Making Wood as Hard as Steel
Process uses chemistry and pressure to make ordinary wood 23 times harder
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University of Idaho Goes 3D Wood for Construction
U of I Earns $4M to Build 3D-Printing Technology, Furthering Sustainable Building Construction Techniques
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Dartmouth Engineering Funded for Cellulosic Chemistry
Dartmouth Engineering Professor Daniel Olson will lead new research funded by a $1.2 million, three-year grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to investigate the use of biomass to produce next-generation fuels and chemicals.
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New Wood Based Formable Premium Packaging
The prototype Conic is a new wood-based packaging solution that will enable brands to reach their sustainability targets while maintaining their premium position.
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Depolymerization of Lignin and Hemicellulose
Reductive Catalytic Depolymerization of Lignin and Hemicellulose; process development and intensification
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The Italian Timber Mafia
How Myanmar timber is trafficked through Italy to the rest of Europe despite EU laws
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Cellulose Based Dental Implants
Tougher and lighter dental implant crowns can be made of cellulose-based nanocomposites
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France to Reorganise Forestry and Wood Business
The Prime Minister called for the re-organization of Forestry and Wood business
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Wooden Satellite to Launch in 2023
Wood can withstand the extremes of temperature experienced in space
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Phosphorescent Material from Lignin
Phosphorescent material inspired by ‘glow in the dark’ wood
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US Initiative for Wood Products Transparency
The Softwood Lumber Board and U.S. Endowment Launch Initiatives for Increased Carbon and Sustainability Transparency in Wood Products
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Electrochemical Oxidation of Lignin and Waste Plastic
Both lignin and waste plastic are refractory polymers whose oxidation can produce feedstocks for the manufacture of chemicals and fuels.
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Colloidal Lignin Particles and Epoxies for Nanostructured Coatings
Colloidal Lignin Particles and Epoxies for Bio-Based, Durable, and Multiresistant Nanostructured Coatings
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Bioplastics Research in Mexico
Models to create biodiesel and bioplastics are being developed at the UAG
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Domtar to be Acquired by Deforestation Group
Domtar to be acquired by famous deforestation company. UPM buys Lignin from Domtar
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Stora Enso Goes Lignin Based Batteries
Stora Enso’s pilot plant for producing lignin-based carbon materials for batteries is now operational
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Lignin Based Epoxy Vitrimers
Sustainable alternative for bisphenol A epoxy resin high-performance and recyclable lignin-based epoxy vitrimers
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Blue Biofuels Finds New Market for Sulfur Free Lignin
Blue Biofuels Finds Additional High Value Market for its Sulfur-Free Lignin
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How Shipworms Break Down Lignin?
The two-thousand-year-old mystery of the havoc-wreaking worm
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Lignin First Biorefinery Pilot Scale Installation
Lignin-first biorefinery at pilot-scale: KULeuven and MTSA Technopower finalising detailed design
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Nordic Partnership on Biocomposite Turbine Towers
Vestas strengthens collaboration with wood technology company Modvion
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ORNL Enzyme to Break Down Lignin Cheaper
New enzyme breaks down waste for less expensive biofuels, bioproducts
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New Plug In Process for Lignin Biorefineries
These “plug-in” technologies allow for optimization of sustainable, cost-effective lignin
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Supercapacitors Made from Lignin
High-Density Lignin-Derived Carbon Nanofiber Supercapacitors with Enhanced Volumetric Energy Density
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VIOBOND to Replace Fossil with Lignin in Consumer Products
The VIOBOND consortium will replace fossil resources with renewable lignin in everyday consumer products
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Citrus Derivative Makes Transparent Wood Renewable
Citrus derivative makes transparent wood 100 percent renewable
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New 3D Wood Printing Process
Forust Is the World’s First Manufacturer to Use Additive Manufacturing to Upcycle Wood Byproducts for the Production of Custom and Luxury Wood Products
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Adhesives from Waste Wood, Biofuel from Straw
EU research project on the potential of agroforestry waste as environmentally friendly raw materials completed
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The Emerging Reductive Catalytic Fractionation Technology
The RCF biorefinery: Building on a chemical platform from lignin
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Yale and Maryland Universities Develop New Bioplastic
US Universities create a new wood based bioplastics
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