Hair conditioner made using lignin, a polymer found in wood and bark, works just as well as a commercial product - as long as ...

Lignin Industries chief executive Fredrik Malmfors added: “We’re seeing a lot of people moving to paper bags. And paper is good, we like paper, but we are something in between paper and plastic.

Wood is not just cellulose and lignin even though they are major components. There is sugar and other stuff in wood that makes it unique. The cell structure of growth rings, knots, etc can not be ...

Using a technology called base editing to knock out a key gene called 4CL1, the researchers were able to grow poplars with 12.8% lower lignin content than wild-type poplar trees.

More specifically, the authors write, “by soaking this [genetically modified] wood in water and hot pressing, we achieved a tensile strength of 313.6 ± 6.4 MPa, 5.6 times higher than that of ...

InventWood's SUPERWOOD has been named to Fast Company's prestigious 2025 World Changing Ideas list for its breakthrough ...

Because lignin limits the use of wood for fiber, chemical, and energy production, strategies for its downregulation are of considerable interest. We have produced transgenic aspen (Populus ...

InventWood’s Superwood product starts with regular timber, which is mostly composed of two compounds, cellulose and lignin. The goal is to strengthen the cellulose already present in the wood.

A new kind of wood, stronger than steel and created from ordinary timber, is approaching full-scale production.. The material, named "Super Wood," by creators InventWood, could provide an ...

Researchers at the University of Maryland genetically modified poplar trees to produce high-performance, structural wood without the use of chemicals or energy intensive processing.Researchers at ...

Hair conditioner made using lignin, a polymer found in wood and bark, works just as well as a commercial product - as long as you don't mind the smell By Madeleine Cuff 21 February 2025 ...

New genetically engineered wood can store carbon and reduce emissions Date: August 12, 2024 Source: University of Maryland Summary: Researchers genetically modified poplar trees to produce high ...