Scientists have developed a new way to turn plant waste into useful chemicals, bringing us one step closer to replacing some ...

When making cellulosic ethanol from plants, one problem is what to do with a woody agricultural waste product called lignin. The old adage in the pulp industry has been that one can make anything from ...

Cellulose is a key component of plant cell walls that can be converted into ethanol and other products. New findings could help make that conversion process easier. Cellulose is a key component of ...

A novel method to extract lignin could help spin wheat straw into gold. Lignin produced using the new method was color-neutral, odorless and homogenous, an advance that could make this carbon-neutral ...

In a Canadian first, forest products company West Fraser has begun producing lignin in a $24 million facility at its pulp mill in Hinton, Alberta. The company will use the papermaking by-product to ...