NEWARK, De. - A team of researchers at the University of Delaware has made sticky tape out of wood. Like many other recently-engineered supermaterials, the main component is lignin - a natural and ...

Whether you’re wrapping a gift or bandaging a wound, you rely on an adhesive to get the job done. These sticky substances often are made from petroleum-derived materials, but what if there was a more ...

A team of chemical engineers has developed a more sustainable way of making high-performance adhesives. Their novel new process takes a plant material called lignin -- a substance paper manufacturers ...