We may soon be finishing off a box of cereal and then eating the bag it came in. Researchers have turned to bacteria-produced cellulose to create a composite packaging material to replace plastic. The ...

While plastics are very useful on their own, they can be much stronger when reinforced and mixed with a range of fibers. Not surprisingly, this includes the thermoplastic polymers which are commonly ...

Ramen noodles, cookies, shredded cheese and ice cream: all a part of a college studentâÄôs balanced diet. Most students donâÄôt realize that a component of some of these foods is a miniscule amount of ...

There are several different forms of cellulose that can be used for commercial applications, including cellulose nanocrystals, cellulose nanofibers, microcrystalline cellulose, and bacterial cellulose ...

A research team affiliated with the Laboratory of Polymeric Materials and Biosorbents at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) in Araras, São Paulo state, Brazil, has produced and is testing ...

Woods Hole, MA. (December 8, 2021) -- Cellulose diacetate (CDA), a bio-based plastic widely used in consumer goods, disintegrates, and degrades in the ocean far quicker than previously assumed, ...