Scientists witness living plant cells generate cellulose and form cell walls for the first time
In a groundbreaking study on the synthesis of cellulose—a major constituent of all plant cell walls—a team of Rutgers ...
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Biodegradable photonic glitter made from nanocellulose replaces microplastics
detailed in Advanced Functional Materials ("All-Cellulose-Based Photonic Glitters"), transforms cellulose—the main component of plant cell walls—into precisely controlled, color-shifting particles.
How to Shop for Home Insulation
The right insulation can ease your summer and winter energy bills while keeping your home more comfortableAdding insulation ...
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Green glues: will they stick?
The Purdue researchers found that heating a mix of epoxidized oil, malic acid, and tannic acid yielded a sticky goo that bonded plastic, metal, and wood as tightly as, if not more tightly than, ...
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What The Beads Can Tell You
A week after Doug Ford (our provincial version of Trump, in every sense of the word) handily won the premiership of Ontario ...
Origin of life: How a special group of single-celled organisms laid the foundation for complex cells
Ten years ago, nobody knew that Asgard archaea even existed. In 2015, however, researchers examining deep-sea sediments ...
A NASA spacecraft will make another close pass of the sun
A NASA spacecraft will make another close brush with the sun, the second of three planned encounters through the sizzling ...
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Nanocellulose treated with red onion dye provides effective UV protection for solar cells
Researchers at the University of Turku, Finland, investigated how to use bio-based materials to produce effective UV ...