Molecules 10,000 times narrower than the width of a human hair could hold the key to making possible wooden skyscrapers and more energy-efficient paper production. The two most common large molecules ...

Researchers have identified a gene in rice plants whose suppression improves both the extraction of xylan and the overall release of the sugars needed to make biofuels. After cellulose, xylan is the ...

Researchers have developed an eco-friendly method for extracting xylan from birch sawdust using pressurized hot water as a solvent. In his doctoral thesis, researcher Petri Kilpeläinen of the Natural ...

Figure 1: Two distinct xylan populations in twofold screw and threefold screw helical conformations are found in never-dried wild-type Arabidopsis stems. Figure 2: Twofold screw xylan predominates in ...

After cellulose, xylan is the most abundant biomass material on Earth, and therefore represents an enormous potential source of stored solar energy for the production of advance biofuels. A major ...

A new bio-based hot glue derived from a byproduct of the wood pulp industry beats traditional epoxy resins and commercial hot-melt glues in terms of adhesive performance. New findings about the ...

Softwood from trees such as spruce and pine is used to make paper, building materials, fuel, and chemical feedstock. But even though humans have long relied on this renewable resource, biochemists ...

A by-product of the timber industry has been turned into a safe and reusable hot-gun glue that could replace solvent-based adhesives that are toxic to humans and the environment. Ziwen Lv at Beijing ...