Crawfish are a delicious seafood that can be enjoyed many different ways, but you might not want to eat the shells themselves ...

Increased insect consumption by humans may be better for both gut health and planetary health. Chitin (kai'tin) and healthy fats from insects appear to contribute to healthy gut microbiota and are ...

Chitin derived from shrimps, mushrooms, and other organisms may lead to new 3D-printed, multi-layered polymer coatings to protect soldiers against bullets, lasers, toxic gases, microbes, and other ...

Material derived from crab shells and wood pulp could replace flexible plastic packaging Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a material from two naturally-occurring ...

A team of materials scientists has developed a new bio based carbon material that can store thermal energy more efficiently ...

Scientists have developed a green way to create chitin, by using two forms of food waste - prawn shells and discarded fruit - and fermenting them. Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, ...

Chitin, which occurs in crustacean shells, has already been suggested for use in things like wound dressings, cheaper pharmaceuticals, and even proton-conducting transistors. Now, researchers have ...

Chitinous Martian: two objects made using a chitin-based material that could be made on Mars. (Courtesy: Javier G Fernandez/CC-BY) Early settlers on Mars could build their homes using a material that ...