The key is lignin. Plants didn’t evolve lignin in response to coming ashore. The biological compound had evolved in other circumstances and been co-opted to new uses. Evolution excels at refashioning ...

The team used a surprising ingredient to replace platinum as a catalyst. Scientists unveil MacGyver-like energy breakthrough ...

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, ...

About 98% of lignin created as a forestry by-product from plants is discarded, but a new enzyme could be the key to ...

Around 98 per cent of lignin created as a forestry by-product from plants is discarded, but a new enzyme could be the key to extracting high-value molecules from this waste using a green chemistry ...

The scientists developed biopolymer compounds containing lignin, which were used to produce thermoplastic materials that can be processed using 3D printing. Lignin has few polar groups ...

Typically it directs considerable resources to ensuring that this does not happen; one of the ways it does so is to encase its cellulosic fibres in recalcitrant lignin, a phenolic resinous ...

Although the components of wood – cellulose and lignin – are exceedingly cheap and plentiful, combining these into a wood-like structure is not straightforward, despite many attempts to make ...

The innovative catalytic system from Umeå University transforms lignin into valuable chemical products, promoting efficient ...

A study from our group spanning 18 months found no significant differences in the extent of decomposition between field-grown wild-type and lignin-modified poplar wood; indeed, the variation ...

The project has two main goals. First, it aims to demonstrate the upgrade of crude lignin oils to biobased (bulk) chemicals and fuels in existing naphtha crackers and characterize resulting fuels as ...