Animals • September 24, 2026

Portuguese Company Turns Cork Wood into Limitless Material, Even to Insulate Spacecraft

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Portuguese Company Turns Cork Wood into Limitless Material, Even to Insulate Spacecraft

In Portugal, a 150-year-old business making corks is showing that it's absolutely possible to teach an old dog new tricks. Having cultivated cork oak trees since the time of the monarchy, Corticeira Amorim have popped open the potential of this humble material, transforming it into a sustainable piece of sophisticated technology that can line the

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