The development has the potential to enhance safety and minimize environmental impact, according to researchers. During oil ...

A study reveals that cellulose-based glitter, made from natural sources, is non-toxic to soil organisms. In contrast, ...

University of CambridgeGlitter is a major pollutant, with the microplastic commonly found in sewage sludge and wastewater, ...

Researchers at the Weizmann Institute have created a composite plastic that degrades easily using bacteria and is cheap and ...

They found that molecules of tyrosine—a prevalent amino acid that forms exceptionally strong nanocrystals—could be used as an effective component in a biodegradable composite plastic. After examining ...

1 Department of Engineering and Industrial Professions, University of North Alabama, Florence, AL, United States 2 Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IW, ...

By leveraging advanced coating and modification techniques, including albumin-collodion, cellulose, hydrogel, and heparin coatings, notable enhancements in blood compatibility have been achieved ...

Among these, cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs), derived from renewable resources, have shown great potential for use in composites, biomedical materials, and packaging. However, a major challenge in ...

The material can also be used in other equipment handling water-oil emulsions. Their results were published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ("Antiscaling Pickering Emulsions Enabled by ...