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Nanocelulosa bacteriana: una alternativa sostenible al consumo de recursos forestales
- La celulosa es el polímero orgánico más abundante en la Tierra, encontrándose principalmente en las paredes celulares de las plantas. Sin embargo, la creciente demanda de celulosa para la...
Enzyme discovered from Brazilian biodiversity can revolutionize bio-refineries
28/02/2025 - © CNPEMA new enzyme class discovered in Brazilian soil represents one of the main advances in recent decades in the field of sustainable production of energy and chemicals. This enzyme is...
 nova-experts reintroduced: Verena Kuhlmann
28/02/2025 - Verena Kuhlmann  © nova-InstituteVerena joined the nova-Institute in December 2019 and has since been an integral part of nova’s communication department. She is primarily...
Cellulose Fibres Conference 2025 – New with Biosynthetics: Meet the Next Generation of Sustainable Fibres and Technologies
27/02/2025 - © nova-InstituteThe conference program is ready, the innovation award nominees are excited and all sponsors, media partners and partners are spreading the message diligently. Conference...
Polyplastics Launches New Eco-Friendly PLASTRONⓇ︎ LFT with Reduced Weight, Higher Rigidity, and Strong Damping
25/02/2025 - Polyplastics has launched PLASTRONⓇ LFT (Long Fiber-Reinforced Thermoplastic) RA627P, an eco-friendly composite of polypropylene (PP) resin and long cellulose fiber which delivers low...
Polyplastics launches new eco-friendly PLASTRON ︎LFT
25/02/2025 - Polyplastics has recently launched a new eco-friendly composite of polypropylene (PP) resin and long cellulose fibre: PLASTRON FT. This boasts lower weight, higher rigidity and strong damping.
Seoul National University of Science and Technology Researchers Develop Bioink for Personalized Tissue Repair Using Kombucha SCOBY Nanocellulose
11/02/2025 - Tissue engineering utilizes 3D printing and bioink to grow human cells on scaffolds, creating replacements for damaged tissues like skin, cartilage, and even organs. A team of researchers...
Sustainable Textiles – The Way Forward
03/02/2025 - Cellulose in plant cells, microscopic view of plant cell walls showing cellulose fibres, © Kraiwit – stock.adobe.comThe evolution of the demand for textile fibres from 1960 to the...
Panasonic HD develops marine biodegradable cellulose fiber molding material
20/01/2025 - Marine biodegradable cellulose fiber molding material © PanasonicPanasonic Holdings Corporation (Panasonic HD) has developed a molding material with full marine biodegradability by...
Electric fungi
20/01/2025 - Fungi are still underresearched in the field of materials science. © EmpaA battery that needs feeding instead of charging? This is exactly what Empa researchers have achieved with their...
Pilzbatterie
20/01/2025 - Gerade im Bereich der Materialwissenschaft sind Pilze noch zu wenig erforscht und genutzt. © EmpaEine Batterie, die man nicht aufladen muss, sondern… füttern? Genau das ist...
Cellulose Fibre Innovation of the Year 2025: Six Innovations are Nominated
- The use of leaves for cellulose pulp and packaging, seaweed as a feedstock for biosynthetic fibres, plant-based surface material for car interiors and much more – The award nominees are as diverse...
Cellulose Fibre Innovation of the Year 2025: Six Innovations are Nominated  
14/01/2025 - It is getting exciting again in Cologne on 12 and 13 March for the cellulose fibres industry. Six new products have been nominated for the popular innovation award. The jury has...
Cellulose Fibre Innovation of the Year 2025: Die sechs Nominierten stehen fest
14/01/2025 - Am 12. und 13. März wird die Cellulosefaserindustrie wieder mit besonderem Interesse nach Köln blicken. Sechs Produkte sind für den beliebten Innovationspreis nominiert...
Nordic Bioproducts Group Partners with Southern European Distributors to Boost Sustainable Microcrystalline Cellulose Supply for the Beauty and Personal Care Industries
09/01/2025 - © NBGNordic Bioproducts Group (NBG) has announced that it has partnered with C.Q. Massó to make Microcrystalline Cellulose (MCC) more conveniently available for cosmetics...
Rubi Secures $1 Million Phase II Grant from the National Science Foundation to Scale its Breakthrough Carbon-to-Cellulose Platform
17/12/2024 - Leila and Neeka Mashouf, co-founders of Rubi Laboratories. © Rubi LaboratoriesRubi, the company re-inventing manufacturing to be symbiotic with the planet, has been awarded...
W-Cycle and Melhoramentos Join Forces to Produce Compostable Food Containers 
04/12/2024 - W-Cycle and Melhoramentos Join Forces to Produce Compostable Food Containers © MelhoramentosW-Cycle, Ltd., an innovator in sustainable food packaging, and Melhoramentos, a publicly traded...
Lidl incorpora bandejas de pescado hechas con un 80% de plástico reciclado
- Como parte de su estrategia ambiental, la compañía se compromete a que, para 2025, el 100% de sus envases sean reciclables y que el 25% del plástico utilizado en todo su surtido de productos sea...