What if we could produce cellulose without cutting down a single tree? Meet Treeless, an ETH spin-off harnessing bacteria and organic waste to create biodegradable and recyclable nanocellulose.

So what other reinforcing fiber options are there? As it turns out, cellulose is one of these, along with basalt. The former has received a lot of attention currently, as the addition of cellulose ...

Give a bacteria-fungi biofilm access to sweetened tea and you can make not only kombucha – but a fibre vital to making ...

Natural fibres that are increasingly being used in ... Viscose and lyocell, which are made from cellulose in wood, are ...

‘Spinnova fibre is very different from synthetic fibres. The cellulose domain has two types of fibre: nature and manmade. Spinnova’s technology is a hybrid of natural and mechanical processes,’ ...

have developed a ‘fibre to fibre’ technology to recycle textiles, based on cotton being an excellent cellulose feedstock. The research is part of IFM’s focus on designing materials and ...

If you've ever made kombucha, you will be familiar with the term SCOBY - a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast. It's impossible to miss - it's the ...

As the microbes feed on the sugar, they spin out cellulose fiber and form a dense mat able to be harvested ... highly ...