We know it's April Fools, but this is super serious stuff (read: not an April Fools joke). Okay, it may not come exactly in the form of the above image (I wouldn't complain), but developments in the ...

"Crab-shell and seaweed compounds spin into yarns for sustainable and functional materials." ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2020 / 01 / 200128114615.htm (accessed December 25, 2025).

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." Chitin and its derivative chitosan are natural polymers found in crustaceans and elsewhere in nature.

Cellulose and chitin are the world's first- and second-most common biopolymers, found in plants and crustacean shells (among other places) respectively. Georgia Tech scientists have now devised a ...

(Nanowerk News) As the worldwide demand for electronic devices continues to grow, so too does the strain on the finite resources used in their production, such as metals and fossil fuels. In an effort ...

Researchers from Aalto University, the University of São Paulo and the University of British Columbia have found a way to make a new kind of fibre from a combination of chitin nanoparticles, extracted ...