An underutilized natural resource could be just what the airline industry needs to curb carbon emissions. Researchers report success in using lignin as a path toward a drop-in 100% sustainable ...

On cocoa farms around the world, cocoa beans are pulled from their pods, and the hard husks are discarded, leaving some 20 million tons of plant waste to biodegrade and potentially harm future crops.

This mini-review explores the influence of temperature on lignin deposition in plant cell walls, highlighting the need for adaptive strategies in lignin supply chains amidst global warming. Lignin, a ...

My research focuses on catalytic reactions in the lignin-first bio-refining field for sustainable aviation fuel production. By conducting batch and flow reactions I’m investigating optimization ...

It's a tough job, but someone's got to do it. In this case, the 'job' is the breakdown of lignin, the structural biopolymer that gives stems, bark and branches their signature woodiness. One of the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This study presents the role of specific terrigenous organic compounds as important vectors of mercury (Hg) transported from watersheds to ...

After Michael Lake got his Ph.D. in chemical engineering and joined the paper company Westvaco, he soon became convinced that lignin—needed by trees but unwanted by the paper industry—was the material ...

Dissolved lignin-derived compounds in seawater indicate the presence of organic matter originating from vascular plants and therefore from terrestrial (upland and coastal marsh) ecosystems. We used a ...

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