By controlling the growth of bacterial cellulose with oxygen using “superhydrophobic interfaces”, Orlando Rojas and colleagues at Aalto University of Finland have discovered a way to use bacterial cellulose nanofibers to 3D print more realistic, safer, and personalized tissue replacement implants.

Researchers at the University of Maryland have created an eco-friendly alternative to Styrofoam using nano-size wood fibers.

UBQ Materials, an Israeli firm, is commercializing technology to convert municipal solid waste into plastics which they say will dramatically change waste management systems throughout the world and make landfills a thing of the past.

Scientists from the University of Vienna have discovered a way of using the manure of cows and elephants in order to sustainably make paper.

Scientists from the Russian National University of Science and Technology MISIS (NUST MISIS) have created new biodegradable, living bandage.