Wheat straw could be used as a sustainable alternative to regulate temperatures in homes and commercial buildings, a new study says. The insulation in our homes and buildings has come at a hidden cost ...

Elsoms’ Sparkler and Heartwood wheats show high yield, strong disease resistance, and promise for distilling and cereal use across the UK.

If successful, wheat straw insulation could reduce both agricultural waste and greenhouse gas emissions, while supporting ...

Along the edge of the Taklimakan Desert, towns and villages in Northwest China’ s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region are ...

“If wheat straw were to be widely adopted,” Zhou says, “it not only would reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but it would also ...

Supported by the U.S. Department of Energy’s ARPA-E program, the research team has found that wheat straw offers strong thermal insulation, high durability, and better fire resistance than many other ...

Benefits of organic materials. Thermal insulation materials can generally be slotted into four main categories: inorganic materials, organic materials, ... Wheat straw, an agricultural byproduct, can ...