Bamboo fibres could come to the rescue of Australians haunted by skin cancer. It is a country where 1200 people die of melanoma each year. Ms Tarannum Afrin, a PhD candidate with the Centre for ...

As consumers, we’ve never been more aware of the impacts our sartorial choices can have on the planet. But as more brands throw around sustainability buzzwords like “recycled materials” and “ethically ...

HERObike, a non-profit initiative in Greensboro, Alabama, is designing and manufacturing bikes made from locally sourced bamboo. After partnering with Inhabitat favoriteBamboo Bike Studio, the ...

Key technology and application of bamboo fibre composite materials for automotive interiors and a new product – a bamboo fibre automotive interior headliner-, developed under the leadership of the ...

How many times have we come across a piece of technology that consciously avoids the use of rare Earth materials in place of something environmentally sustainable? Well, it's certainly not every day.

Carbon fiber now appears poised to enter the mainstream of automotive materials, but a less high-tech material could be waiting in the wings as well. Bamboo could be the next carbon fiber, according ...

Food safety institute NVWA has put an immediate ban on the sale of melamine and bamboo fibre crockery because it contains too much formaldehyde. The combination of bamboo and melamine, a synthetic ...

Bamboo and carbon fibre are woven together to form a structure of rings that reverberates with the sound of music, in an innovative installation from Chinese consumer electronics manufacturer Oppo and ...

• Background and Aims Bamboo is well known for its fast growth and excellent mechanical performance, but the underlying relationships between its structure and properties are only partially known.

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Dirk Hebel has received the SMART Innovation Grant and a Sawiris Scholarship. REHAU has helped with the chemical parts of his research. Bamboo, a common grass which can be harder to pull apart than ...