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And now, feather-based plastics

A patent application for converting cleaned and chopped feather material into plastic products--on a laboratory scale--has been filed by scientists...
Agricultural Research, 09/01/05 by Walter F. Schmidt · More from publication
Fiber from feathers—for industry!

Turning chicken feathers into industrial fiber seems a little like the fabled spinning of straw into gold--but it's hardly as far-fetched. In fact,...
Agricultural Research, 01/01/05 by Walter F. Schmidt · More from publication
Chicken-feathered industrial products - Science Update - research into uses for chicken feathers

With over 9 billion chickens raised for food annually in the United States alone, the industry generates enormous quantities of feathers....
Agricultural Research, 09/01/02 by Walter F. Schmidt · More from publication

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