Due to its ability to regenerate, cork has proved to be a very sustainable material. And, with Portugal’s leading role in cork production, it makes sense that a Portuguese startup has designed the ...

Cork, known for such low-tech applications as wine bottle stoppers and bulletin boards, now shows promise as the core material in composites used in high-tech automotive, aircraft and energy ...

Dilemma: If all three Pinots are equally appealing to me, should I opt for the one with the natural cork, synthetic cork or metal screw-top before I toast to Mother Nature? Of course I'll: Choose ...

Does cork or screw cap actually make a difference in how your wine tastes, ages, or holds up over time? We look at the ...

There is nothing new about using cork as an insulating material; Fridtjof Nansen lined the Fram with a foot thick layer of the stuff, and almost got to the North Pole in it, while Amundsen used the ...

Cork, the humble material used for centuries to seal bottles, is a unique product not only for the way it's grown, but also for the plethora of inventive uses people have found for it — which go far ...

"Walking on overly hard floors creates energy that moves upward toward our muscles and tendons, causing them to vibrate," explains João Rui Ferreira, president of APCOR, the Portuguese Cork ...