Printing cellulose (IMAGE) Massachusetts Institute of Technology Caption A new woody composite, engineered by a team at MIT, is as hard as bone and as tough as aluminum, and it could pave way for naturally-derived plastics. This image shows a tooth printed by the team resting on a background of wood cells. Credit Image courtesy of A. John Hart, Abhinav Rao; edited by MIT News. Usage Restrictions Images are made available to non-commercial entities, press and the general public under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives license. You may not alter the images provided, other than to crop them to size. A credit line must be used when reproducing images License Original content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.