An Emirati-led team has converted pineapple peels into cellulose nanofibres 43 nm wide and used them to amend three Arabian desert sands. Published in the Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts (2025, 10, 513-529), the work shows that alkali-bleached ball-milled fibres at only 1–2 % (w/w) reduce hydraulic conductivity by 58 %, extend water evaporation time by 55 % and boost compressive strength four-fold to 0.5 MPa without sacrificing breathability. Phosphate retention climbs from 30 % to 60 % relative to unamended sand, while biodegradation tests reveal negligible CO₂ evolution in sterile desert matrices, indicating multi-year stability. Cherry-tomato seedlings grown in 1 % fibre-amended sand achieved 100 % survival versus 40 % at 3 %, underscoring a narrow agronomic optimum. The open-source process uses kitchen-grade blenders and yields 13 % cellulose from peel waste, offering smallholders a circular, low-tech weapon against land degradation.

Engineers have merged neomycin-grafted cellulose nonwovens with a polyvinyl-alcohol/cellulose-nanofiber aerogel to create a biodegradable smart bandage that delivers >99 % kill of Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli within 30 min, scavenges 93 % of free radicals and produces –1.4 mmHg micro-negative pressure to pull exudate away from chronic lesions. Reporting in the Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts (2025, 10, 373-385) the team show that blueberry-derived anthocyanins embedded in the matrix act as a built-in pH sensor, shifting colour when infection drives wound alkalinity above pH 8. In a murine full-thickness infection model the dressing closed 88 % of wound area in seven days, outperforming a leading commercial dressing and suppressing inflammatory IL-1β and TNF-α expression to baseline levels. Complete soil burial disintegrates the device within 90 days, offering a plastic-free route to connected wound care.

An international team has quantified furan fatty acid (FuFA) across 48 rubber-tree genotypes planted in Cambodia, recording concentrations from 0.01 % to 0.71 % of latex weight and single-tree yields up to 2 446 mg per cut. Published in the Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts (2025, 10, 111-122), the work links high FuFA levels to increased total fatty-acid pools and identifies palmitoleic acid as a new biochemical marker. With broad-sense heritability estimated at 93 %, breeders can select parent PB5/51 to amplify the trait, offering growers a lucrative side-stream from existing plantations without extra land or fertilizer.

A new study published in eGastroenterology uncovers profound alterations in the mucosal DNA and RNA virome and their interplay with host transcriptomes in colorectal polyps. The research team, led by Dr. Howard Yim and Dr. Xiaotao Jiang at the Microbiome Research Centre, UNSW, analyzed paired polyp and normal mucosal biopsies, revealing reduced viral diversity and distinct enrichment of Poxviridae, Retroviridae, and BeAn 58058 virus. These viral changes correlated with altered gene expression related to cancer and immune pathways, suggesting potential virome-driven mechanisms in early colorectal tumorigenesis.

The latest issue of Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts (2025, 10, 295-309) surveys four millennia of cellulose sutures and concludes that newly engineered nanocellulose and oxidized regenerated cellulose fibers lose more than half their tensile strength in only seven days—fast enough to qualify as absorbable under ISO standards. The Chinese–Iranian team behind the survey demonstrates wet-spun cellulose nanofibril (CNF) threads reaching 1 877 MPa when blended with chitosan, while interfacial polyelectrolyte complexation (IPC) embeds antibiotics or growth factors directly into the filament core. In vivo rodent data reveal smaller inflammatory footprints and 1.7-fold higher collagen deposition than silk or Vicryl controls, suggesting the plant-based threads could soon move from bench to bedside.

Reporting in the Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts, researchers outline a closed-loop concept: a glutaraldehyde-cross-linked chitosan/carboxymethyl-cellulose sponge first adsorbs Cr³⁺, Al³⁺ and Zr⁴⁺ from simulated tannery liquor at pH 4, obeying Langmuir kinetics. Instead of conventional acid desorption, the metal-laden gel is simply swollen, sheared and added to the re-tanning bath where its wide-molecular-weight fragments and coordinated metals raise shrinkage temperature by up to 8 °C and increase tear strength 40 %. The tactic eliminates a disposal step while cutting virgin chrome demand.

Writing in the Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts, researchers unveil the first short-term dynamic model that couples Monod and Haldane kinetics to simulate day-and-night carbon switching by Chlorella vulgaris in anaerobic-digestion wastewater. Dubbed ADBA, the framework needs only 25 parameters yet predicts biomass, dissolved gases and nitrogen removal under variable light, turbidity and bacterial load. Calibration with five culture scenarios achieved R² = 0.90, offering designers a lightweight alternative to earlier 100-plus-parameter platforms. Simulations indicate that keeping effluent turbidity below 0.5 AU and ammonium between 100–1 000 mg L⁻¹ can double productivity, suggesting low-cost pre-treatment routes for on-farm algae reactors.

Writing in the Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts, a Chinese–industry team describe an industrial-scale route for spirally winding 0.3 mm bamboo veneers into 8–12 mm drinking straws. Steam-softened, flattened Moso bamboo is ultrasound-cleaned to remove colourants and starch, eliminating mould risk, then bonded with food-grade water-borne polyurethane. The resulting straws deliver compression (≈17 MPa) and bending (≈14 MPa) strengths that match premium paper straws yet absorb 60 % less liquid; 1 500-consumer blind tests ranked them first over paper and PLA. Life-cycle screening indicates 70 % lower CO₂ footprint than polypropylene.

Published in the Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts, a new review synthesizes two decades of global research on turning agricultural leftovers into dissolving pulp for viscose, lyocell, and other regenerated cellulose textiles. Soybean straw, wheat straw, rice straw, sorghum stalks, and sugarcane bagasse—currently burned or left to rot—emerge as technically viable feedstocks that match the purity and reactivity of conventional wood pulp while slashing land-use pressure and greenhouse-gas emissions. The authors urge industry to pilot region-specific biorefineries and to complete full life-cycle assessments before scaling.

Researchers review how hydrogel-based wearable devices can collect and analyze sweat to monitor health biomarkers like glucose, lactate, and electrolytes. These flexible, biocompatible sensors offer a non-invasive alternative to blood tests for real-time health tracking.