What if wood became a high-tech material? Researchers have developed a semi-transparent version, combining strength and ...

As the world moves toward electrification to increase energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the demand ...

With more than 181.5 billion tons of wood produced globally each year, a new method could revolutionize how we build sustainably. By infusing red oak with ferrihydrite using a simple, low-cost process ...

Lately, there's been plenty of progress in 3D printing objects from the lunar regolith. We've reported on several projects ...

In a study published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition, a research team integrated activity-based protein profiling ...

In a perspective, Northwestern Engineering’s Chad Mirkin and Milan Mrksich argue that structural precision drives therapeutic ...

Researchers are developing the biomaterial as a more environmentally friendly alternative to concrete, but any wide-scale use ...

Chemical insight into biological function is the holy grail of structural biology. Small molecules are central players as building blocks, effectors and probes of macromolecular structure and ...

A gridded wooden structure formed using traditional joinery makes up The Grand Ring, which Japanese studio Sou Fujimoto Architects has used to encircle the Expo 2025 Osaka in Japan. At 61,035 ...

This week on Dezeen, we unveiled Japanese studio Sou Fujimoto Architects' giant wooden ring encircling Expo 2025 Osaka. Named The Grand Ring, the 61,035-square-metre structure was confirmed by ...

Lignin is arguably the most abundant component of biomass that most people have never heard of. That may be about to change. Many people are familiar with its biochemical cousin cellulose, a byproduct ...

This structure has two helical chains each coiled round the same axis (see diagram). We have made the usual chemical assumptions, namely, that each chain consists of phosphate di-ester groups ...