3 September 20192 September 2019 Wits green chemists find a way to turn cashew nut shells into sunscreen Team is working on techniques to produce useful compounds from wood and fast growing non-edible plant waste, through a chemical process named xylochemistry
30 November 201828 November 2018 Researcher profile: The concrete mixer How a civil engineer together with his African friends developed a bio-concrete based on manioc shells and other agricultural residues
26 November 201821 November 2018 ‘Breakthrough’ harvesting solution, growing market, potential beyond biodiesel – all good signs for castor oil’s future After all, if we can make shoes and yarn from castor plants, the possibilities seem endless