Category: Wood, Lignin & Cellulose
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What is Transparent Wood?
German scientist Siegried Fink first fabricated transparent wood in 1992, and his method has been improved on by subsequent research.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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Panasonic Develops New Bioplastic
Panasonic’s new cellulose fiber resin composite
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Volkswagen Goes Biobased
VW is working on the biomaterials of the future
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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…
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Electrodes Made from Lignin
The manufacture of wood-based electrodes
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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…
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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…
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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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Bacterial Cellulose
Bacterial cellulose: A smart biomaterial with diverse applications
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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…
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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
