by admin | Jun 1, 2025 | Cork Industry Federation
Main image: Smoke rises from cork being boiled at the factory. (Jose Sarmento Matos for The Washington Post). Cork is a natural material known since Antiquity (Phoenicians and Greeks), mainly as a floating material as well as a sealant for bottles and jars. However,...
by admin | Apr 1, 2025 | Cork Industry Federation
© RUAG Schweiz AG As 2024 is likely to be an important year in the development of space travel, now seems a good time to look at how cork plays a key role in shielding astronauts and space vehicles from extreme temperatures. These can range from -423F (-253C) to more...
by admin | Feb 1, 2025 | Cork Industry Federation
This Cork clad house is winner of the Environmental Prize 2025 at ‘Don’t Move, Improve!’ * and shortlisted for this year’s RIBA London Awards. Designed by Nina Woodcroft at London-based company Nina+Co in association with ROAR Architects. The project...
by admin | Nov 1, 2024 | Cork Industry Federation
Left: Robert Hooke invented the compound microscope and illumination system shown above and used it in his demonstrations at the Royal Society’s meetings. Photo credit: © Science Museum. Right: A page from Hooke’s ‘Micrographia’ illustrating the tiny cells of cork...
by admin | Aug 1, 2024 | Cork Industry Federation
Picture: by kind permission of Comité Champagne – France Champagne is justly revered for many reasons. One is the time and effort it takes to produce. All Champagne undergoes a secondary fermentation on its lees in the bottle before the yeast sediment is...