Feng Jiang, associate professor in the faculty of forestry, and doctoral student Huayu Liu. (Credit: Lou Bosshart/UBC) Rayon has been popular for decades because of its soft cotton-like properties, ...

Rayon was the first of all the syn thetic fibers, but its sales slipped badly as nylon and other new synthetics came on the scene; when Du Pont closed down the last of its rayon-producing plants last ...

Rayon has been popular for decades because of its soft cotton-like properties, but it also requires a lot of harsh chemicals to make. Now a team of researchers from the University of B.C. have ...