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Sustainable 3D printing of wood from its building blocks

For centuries, wood has been shaped through subtractive manufacturing—cutting, carving, and milling—processes that inevitably ...
Cellulose is transitioning from a cheap, low-tech paper commodity into the essential building block of next-generation, sustainable medical manufacturing.When it comes to medicine, natural products ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University researchers have developed tough, flexible, biodegradable films from cellulose, the main component of plant cell walls. The films could be used for products ...