The expensive, energy-intensive process of turning wood into paper costs the pulp and paper industries more than $6 billion a year. Much of that expense involves separating wood's cellulose from ...
E.J. Harris / East Oregonian A company in Eastern Washington is developing a new way to make paper pulp — without trees. The mill will instead use a source abundant to the area: straw. Farmers used to ...
DAYTON, Wash. (AP) A proposed $184 million pulp mill in southeast Washington plans to take straw, a waste product from wheat and alfalfa farms, and convert it into pulp for paper and packaging ...
Omikenshi's noodles. Cellulose pulp and konjac plant are mixed; the resulting fiber-rich flour is 27 calories a pound. TOKYO — Faced with tightening competition for the textiles it's been making for ...
This search has led a team of researchers to an unlikely candidate—the humble carob pulp, a neglected food by-product. Their ...
Hymenaea courbaril, a tropical tree, provides fiber, antioxidants, and natural gums with potential benefits for health and ...
Gluten-free dieting is all the rage, and alternatives to gluten products are getting more and more creative. Case in point? This new type of noodle they’re making in Japan. It’s gluten-free, fat-free, ...
A month after Natron Energy began its first-of-kind sodium-ion battery mass production, Swedish sodium-ion developer Altris has identified a means of making the lithium-free batteries even more ...