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Develop Biodegradable Wooden Computer Chips </strong></span></td>
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<td colspan="2">Portable electronics — typically made of
non-renewable, non-biodegradable and potentially toxic
materials — are discarded at an alarming rate in consumers'
pursuit of the next best electronic gadget. In an effort to
alleviate the environmental burden of electronic devices, a
team of University of Wisconsin- Madison researchers has
collaborated with researchers in the Madison-based U.S.
Department of Agriculture Forest Products Laboratory (FPL)
to develop a surprising solution: a semiconductor chip made
almost entirely of wood. The group proposes replacing the
substrate, or support layer, of a computer chip with
cellulose nanofibril (CNF), a flexible, biodegradable
material made from wood. </td>
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