Hacker News with Generative AI: Sustainable Materials

Self Densified Wood (newatlas.com)
While sustainably-grown wood can be an economical and eco-friendly building material, its relatively low tensile strength limits its potential applications.
Sustainable Materials, Building Materials, Wood
24 points by pixiemaster 7 days ago | 1 comments
Lignin discovery could help turn trees into affordable green chemicals (phys.org)
Trees are the most abundant natural resource living on Earth's land masses, and North Carolina State University scientists and engineers are making headway in finding ways to use them as sustainable, environmentally benign alternatives to producing industrial chemicals from petroleum.
Sustainable Materials, Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Bioengineering
5 points by PaulHoule 146 days ago | 0 comments
Plant-based substitute leather developed from pineapple leaf fiber and rubber (asiaresearchnews.com)
Sustainable Materials, Bio-based Products, Fashion, Innovation, Research
62 points by gnabgib 289 days ago | 42 comments
Elegant Wind Turbine Blades Made of Wood Can Outperform Composites (cleantechnica.com)
Renewable Energy, Wind Energy, Sustainable Materials, Engineering
43 points by thelastgallon 333 days ago | 28 comments