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Toys made of liquid wood

Toys made of liquid wood

Chemistry /

created Dec 02, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (30) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Most plastics are based on petroleum. A bio-plastic that consists of one hundred percent renewable raw materials helps to conserve this resource. Researchers have now optimized the plastic ...





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Scientists discover eco-friendly wood dissolution

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 20, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Scientists at Queen's University Belfast have discovered a new eco-friendly way of dissolving wood using ionic liquids that may help its transformation into popular products such as bio fuels, textiles, clothes and paper.


Novel Technology Could Produce Biofuel for Around $0.65 a Liter

Technology / Energy

created Jan 29, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (8) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A novel technology for synthesising chemicals from plant material could produce liquid fuel for just over €0.50 ($0.65) a liter, say German scientists. But only if the infrastructure is set up in the right ...


Washington forests may be solution to state's green-energy quest

Washington forests may be solution to state's green-energy quest

Technology / Energy

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity 1.6 / 5 (5) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Wood is a popular fuel for heating homes in the Northwest but few people might see it as an important source of liquid fuels for motor vehicles. However, a new University of Washington report ...


Nanotechnology Treatment Protects Wood in Australia

Nanotechnology /

created Feb 07, 2005 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Nanotec Pty Ltd based in Sydney, Australia announced today the start of the marketing of it’s wood protection product “Nanoseal Wood”. Nanoseal Wood is a water based, ultra hydrophobic, colloidal solution with self assembling pro ...


Butterfly proboscis to sip cells

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A butterfly's proboscis looks like a straw -- long, slender, and used for sipping -- but it works more like a paper towel, according to Konstantin Kornev of Clemson University. He hopes to borrow the tricks of this piece ...


New biofuel from trees developed at UGA

New biofuel from trees developed at UGA

Chemistry /

created May 18, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (16) | comments 0

A team of University of Georgia researchers has developed a new biofuel derived from wood chips. Unlike previous fuels derived from wood, the new and still unnamed fuel can be blended with biodiesel and petroleum ...


Diuscovery in amber reveals ancient biology of termites

Diuscovery in amber reveals ancient biology of termites

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 14, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 0

The analysis of a termite entombed for 100 million years in an ancient piece of amber has revealed the oldest example of "mutualism" ever discovered between an animal and microorganism, and also shows the ...


Biomass as a source of raw materials

Chemistry / Other

created May 12, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 4

For the protection of the environment, and because of the limited amount of fossil fuels available, renewable resources, such as specially cultivated plants, wood scraps, and other plant waste, are becoming the focus of considerable ...


A promoter shows off  liquid crystal display (LCD) television panels in Seoul earlier this year

LG Display claims world's thinnest TV panel

Electronics / Hardware

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (11) | comments 8

South Korea's LG Display said Monday it has developed the world's thinnest LCD television panel, measuring 2.6 millimetres (0.1 inches).


WISE Is Chilling Out

WISE Is Chilling Out

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers are busy cooling the science instrument on NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. The spacecraft is scheduled to blast into space from Vandenberg Air Force Base in ...



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