Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have discovered that a protein responsible for the synthesis of a key plant material evolved much earlier than ...

The researchers assessed three types of lignin: two derived from Kraft pulp with different post-treatments, referred to as L1 and L2, and one extracted from Cynara cardunculus through an aqueous ...

Efforts to achieve sustainability are driving the discovery of innovative ways to utilize lignin, with growing research focused on its beneficial applications. A key characteristic of biopolymers, ...

Pulp-mill waste could be converted into a powerful diabetes drug, new animal data suggest. Scientists separated kraft lignin into three molecular-weight fractions by sequential 95 % and 80 % ethanol ...

Textiles are a given in civil engineering: they stabilize water protection dams, prevent runoff containing pollutants from landfills, facilitate the revegetation of slopes at risk of erosion, and even ...