A study on the new material has been published in the journal Cellulose. Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have engineered a new composite material made from cellulose ...

When it comes to plant-based materials, many people may picture something that's "green" but not very robust. Such is not the case with a new MIT-designed composite, however, which is claimed to be as ...

The strongest part of a tree lies not in its trunk or its sprawling roots, but in the walls of its microscopic cells. A single wood cell wall is constructed from fibers of cellulose ­— nature’s most ...

A recent study has developed a novel composite aerogel scaffold designed to enhance bone regeneration in cases of bone defects. Combining electrospun poly(lactic acid ...

A new woody composite is tough as bone and hard as aluminum, and might pave way for naturally derived plastics. The strongest part of a tree lies not in its trunk or its sprawling roots, but in the ...