Two Research Council of Finland flagships, FinnCERES and UNITE, hosted a joint policy event, "Forest bioeconomy and the alignment of multiple policy objectives", in the heart of the European Union in Brussels, Belgium. UNITE Flagship and FinnCERES, together with the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), brought researchers, EU policymakers, and industry leaders together at the Helsinki EU Office in Brussels to explore how EU policies can be implemented and refined to de

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Klara Hackenstrass, Nissa Nurfajrin Solihat, Paula Nousiainen, Monika Österberg, Sara Florisson, Jakob Wohlert, Malin Wohlert Biomacromolecules, 2026, 27, 3533 Abstract: Lignin solubility is critical for extraction, tailoring processing, and downstream applications. Understanding the factors governing its solubility helps understand the behavior of this chemically heterogeneous aromatic biopolymer that has found increasing use in recent years. This study explores the molecu